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Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Theatrical
Nov 23, 2005
Box Office
$72.0M
Budget
$45.0M
Return
1.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 28, 2006
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Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Columbia Pictures, Nickelodeon Movies, Robert Simonds Productions
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See all →Desire for More Chocolate
Ethan
Need more chocolate.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cheering for Kelly Amidst Friendly Rivalry
Jimi
Now, put your hands up in the air and wave them like you just don't care. And if you think that Kelly is the best, let me hear you say "Oh, yeah!" "Oh, yeah!" Go, Kelly! Go, Kelly! The other team is...
Michael
Smelly!
Jimi
They're quaking like they're...
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
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Dennis Quaid
Frank Beardsley
R
Rene Russo
Helen North
R
Rip Torn
Commandant Sherman
L
Linda Hunt
Mrs. Munion
J
Jerry O'Connell
Max Algrant
D
David Koechner
Darrell
D
Danielle Panabaker
Phoebe North
D
Drake Bell
Dylan North
L
Lil J.J.
Jimi North
S
Sean Faris
William Beardsley
K
Katija Pevec
Christina Beardsley
M
Miranda Cosgrove
Joni North
D
Dean Collins
Harry Beardsley
T
Tyler Patrick Jones
Michael Beardsley
H
Haley Ramm
Kelly Beardsley
T
Ty Panitz
Ethan Beardsley
M
Miki Ishikawa
Naoko North
S
Slade Pearce
Mick North
J
Jenica Bergere
Claudia
J
Josh Henderson
Nick De Pietro
