Overview
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.
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Top Cast
Dennis Quaid
Frank Beardsley
Rene Russo
Helen North
Sean Faris
William Beardsley
Danielle Panabaker
Phoebe North
Miranda Cosgrove
Joni North
Drake Bell
Dylan North
Katija Pevec
Christina Beardsley
Dean Collins
Harry Beardsley
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Movie Info
Release Date
November 23, 2005
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
PG
Genres
Comedy, Family, Romance
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