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She's Having a Baby

4.9

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Original title

She's Having a Baby

Year

1988

Running time

106 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Hughes

Screenwriter

John Hughes

Cast

Music

Stewart Copeland, Nicky Holland

Cinematography

Donald Peterman

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment

Genre

Comedy. Drama

Synopsis

Jack (Kevin Bacon) and Kristy (Elizabeth McGovern) are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

Critics' reviews

"It is some kind of tribute to the strength of the story, and the warmth of the performances by Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern, that the movie somehow manages almost to work, in spite of the adornments. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The movie has an odd, queasy edge to it. It's cute. But, sometimes, it gets cold cute, ghastly cute. The effect is mixed--like a Norman Rockwell cover redrawn in Gahan Wilson's style by a computer."

Michael Wilmington: Los Angeles Times
"The film's mood is simply too sour, despite the best efforts of a cast filled with appealing actors, a number of whom have had walk-ons in other Hughes efforts."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"An oddly uneven and quasi-serious look into the angst of the early years of a contemporary marriage that parallels TV's thirtysomething"

Variety Staff: Variety
"In general, if it weren't for the good will we feel toward the actors, the movie would be intolerably feeble. It's nearly intolerable as it is."

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"Hughes has packed the movie, the story of a young couple's marriage, with amusing sight gags and jokes. What he has failed to offer are palatable characters, original insights or smooth storytelling."

Hal Boedeker: Miami Herald
"This plodding drama may have its heart in the right place but (...) fails to stand out amongst the crowd."

William Thomas: Empire

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She's Having a Baby

1988

John Hughes

4.9

(888)