If you didn't know the story of Yours Mine and Ours Frank Beardsley is a widower who meets Helen North a widow, she has eight children from her first marriage and he has ten. They get married totaling their family to eighteen kids and later on have two more.
The Lucille Ball version (1968) was much more accurate than this version, even though the movie exaggerated a lot. In this version (2005) Frank Beardsley is admiral for the coast guard, He is a widower and moves his family to New London, Connecticut from San Diego. The children's names are changed and are switched around with Frank having eight children, while Helen has ten. Also 6 out of the ten of Helen's kids are adopted and are of different ethnics
In the original movie, there are housekeepers but they leave quickly as soon as they discover how rambunctious the kids are, In the update version there is a housekeeper named Mrs Munion who really isn't in many scenes, she just comes and goes. Also the North kids have numerous pets including 2 dogs, 2 cats, a crow, some finches, a hamster, a rat as well as a pot bellied pig.
The movie is OK, I just think it could have been better
The Lucille Ball version (1968) was much more accurate than this version, even though the movie exaggerated a lot. In this version (2005) Frank Beardsley is admiral for the coast guard, He is a widower and moves his family to New London, Connecticut from San Diego. The children's names are changed and are switched around with Frank having eight children, while Helen has ten. Also 6 out of the ten of Helen's kids are adopted and are of different ethnics
In the original movie, there are housekeepers but they leave quickly as soon as they discover how rambunctious the kids are, In the update version there is a housekeeper named Mrs Munion who really isn't in many scenes, she just comes and goes. Also the North kids have numerous pets including 2 dogs, 2 cats, a crow, some finches, a hamster, a rat as well as a pot bellied pig.
The movie is OK, I just think it could have been better