Cast
Kirstie Alley as Diane Barrows, a likeable and warm-hearted social worker who takes care of the orphans at the East Side Children's Center in Manhattan. She especially loves Amanda and wants to adopt her, but does not seem qualified to do so by authorities. Amanda also especially likes her. Diane wants to find love and thinks that she might have a chance after meeting Roger.
Steve Guttenberg as Roger Callaway, a wealthy widower who owns Camp Callaway. He also runs Callaway Cellular, a cell phone company, but he does not have a cell phone of his own because he dislikes them. Roger founded the camp with his wife, Cathy, and resides in a mansion across the lake from it. Alyssa is his only child and he wants to marry Clarice Kensington in the hopes of her becoming a new mother for Alyssa. Roger begins having doubts about marrying Clarice after meeting Diane and they click.
Ashley Olsen as Alyssa Callaway, Roger's daughter.
Mary-Kate Olsen as Amanda Lemmon, one of the orphans whom Diane takes care of.
Philip Bosco as Vincenzo Campana, the Callaways' butler, best friend, and right-hand man, as well as a secondary father figure to Alyssa since the day she was born.
Jane Sibbett as Clarice Kensington, a socialite and gold digger, the opposite of Diane. She hates baseball, and secretly, children, and intends to marry Roger only for his wealth. Clarice also convinces Roger that Alyssa is too spoiled and gets away with bad behavior.
Ernie Grunwald and Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Harry and Fanny Butkis, Amanda's potential adoptive parents who have a biological son, Harry Jr., and seven adopted children: Bubba, Bridget, Brenda, Bonnie, Billy, Bobby, and Ben. Although she wants to be adopted, Amanda dislikes them, having heard that they "collect kids" and will "take anybody". Her aversion to them is justified, as the only reason that the Butkises "adopted" so many kids is to make them work in their salvage yard as slaves. Additionally, unless their adopted children's names start with the letter "B", the Butkises rename them. For instance, they give Amanda (actually Alyssa) the name Betty.
Dov Tiefenbach as Harry Butkis Jr.
Michelle Grisom as Carmen, Amanda's closest friend at the orphanage.
Desmond Robertson as Frankie, Amanda's friend at the orphanage who makes fun of her for being chosen by the Butkises.
Tiny Mills as Tiny
Shanelle Henry as Patty
Anthony Aiello as Anthony
La Tonya Borsay as Wanda
Michelle Lonsdale-Smith as Michelle
Sean Orr as Jerry
Elizabeth Walsh as Emily
Michael Vollans as Blue Team Kid
Paul O'Sullivan as Bernard Louffier
Lawrence Dane as Mr. Kensington, Clarice's father
Gerard Parkes as St. Bart's Priest
Gina Clayton as Muffy Bilderberg
Doug O'Keefe as Craig Bilderberg
Mark Huisman as Waiter at Party
Marilyn Boyle as Miss Van Dyke
Annick Obonsawin as Brenda Butkis
Austin Pool as Billy Butkis
Andre Lorant as Bobby Butkis
Vito Rezza as the Butkises' neighbor
