Yours, Mine & Ours

A widower meets his ex-girlfriend and the pair soon decide to marry. However, the eighteen children they have between them ensure the path of love doesn't run smoothly.

Yours, Mine & Ours is an American family comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell and starring Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. 

The film is a remake of the original film of the same name, which was released in 1968. (more than half a century is not “a couple of years back”)

It was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Nickelodeon Movies, and Robert Simonds Company, and was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures.