
90 minutes
11/23/2005
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.

Dennis Quaid
as Frank Beardsley

Rene Russo
as Helen North

Sean Faris
as William Beardsley

Danielle Panabaker
as Phoebe North

Miranda Cosgrove
as Joni North

Drake Bell
as Dylan North

Katija Pevec
as Christina Beardsley

Dean Collins
as Harry Beardsley

Tyler Patrick Jones
as Michael Beardsley

Haley Ramm
as Kelly Beardsley

Ty Panitz
as Ethan Beardsley

Miki Ishikawa
as Naoko North

Slade Pearce
as Mick North

Lil J.J.
as Jimi North

Rip Torn
as Commandant Sherman

Linda Hunt
as Mrs. Munion

Jerry O'Connell
as Max Algrant

Beau Holden
as Hardware Store Worker

Gian Franco Tordi
as The Speed Racer

Mateo Arias
as Bully Kid

David Koechner
as Darrell

Jenica Bergere
as Claudia
Jennifer Habib
as Bina North
Jessica Habib
as Marisa North

Lisa Waltz
as Reunion Classmate

Jaelin Palmer
as Bully Kid
Lisa Richman
as Buyer
Kirsten Gronfield
as Bed Store Employer
Diane Woods Carter
as Backup Singer
Donna Taylor
as Backup Singer
Ricky Fanté
as Reunion Singer

Rueben Grundy
as Buyer