A family comedy based on the autobiographical book by Frank Gilbreth Jr and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey - written in the 1940s. Tom (Steve Martin) and Kate Barker (Bonnie Hunt) are hardworking parents trying to juggle careers and a household amid the chaos of raising twelve kids. When Tom gets a job in Chicago, he moves the entire family but Kate then has her memoirs published and she has to go on a book tour. This creates many problems for the children of the Baker family, who react in various ways.
