Plot & Details
After years of struggling to conceive with her husband, Lizzie (Radha Mitchell, 'Olympus Has Fallen') has given up hope of having a baby on her own. But when her best friend Andie (Michelle Monaghan, 'Source Code') finds herself pregnant after a one-night stand, an unexpected solution arises: Andie offers to have the baby and give it to Lizzie. The couple agrees to the plan, on one condition: Andie must move in with them for the duration of the pregnancy. But can the women's friendship survive until birth?
STORY: 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' Character Posters Revealed
The least comic thread of the story involves Lopez’s freelance photographer and her supportive but not-quite-ready-for-fatherhood husband (Rodrigo Santoro) as they prepare for adoption. Like everything else here, it’s only partially realized.
Amid the would-be and actual laughs, the screenplay tries to drum up drama, but every disagreement and tension is treated superficially and summarily resolved. A golf-cart race that’s the climactic encounter for two characters sums up the level of narrative risk. And with each character serving chiefly as a facet of the Multifaceted Expectant Experience, no subplot warrants true involvement. One couple receives bad news in a scene that recalls a tender moment from Up, with none of the emotional impact.
The screenwriters weave in a few factoids from the source material about the side effects and complications of impending motherhood, and director Kirk Jones orchestrates a number of broad-stroke montages that take the couples from ultrasound through labor. Offering male-perspective commentary of sorts is a quartet of househusband dads, led by Chris Rock -- a geek chorus laden with the latest baby gear and fully embracing their married-guy envy of ultra-bachelor Davis (Joe Manganiello).
Jones (Waking Ned Devine, Everybody’s Fine) imparts no style or point of view to the hopscotching material. Karen Patch’s costumes lend some character-defining oomph to the production’s sitcom-smooth surface, while an unlikely Mark Mothersbaugh contributes an unobtrusive score.
The least comic thread of the story involves Lopez’s freelance photographer and her supportive but not-quite-ready-for-fatherhood husband (Rodrigo Santoro) as they prepare for adoption. Like everything else here, it’s only partially realized.
Amid the would-be and actual laughs, the screenplay tries to drum up drama, but every disagreement and tension is treated superficially and summarily resolved. A golf-cart race that’s the climactic encounter for two characters sums up the level of narrative risk. And with each character serving chiefly as a facet of the Multifaceted Expectant Experience, no subplot warrants true involvement. One couple receives bad news in a scene that recalls a tender moment from Up, with none of the emotional impact.
The screenwriters weave in a few factoids from the source material about the side effects and complications of impending motherhood, and director Kirk Jones orchestrates a number of broad-stroke montages that take the couples from ultrasound through labor. Offering male-perspective commentary of sorts is a quartet of househusband dads, led by Chris Rock -- a geek chorus laden with the latest baby gear and fully embracing their married-guy envy of ultra-bachelor Davis (Joe Manganiello).
Jones (Waking Ned Devine, Everybody’s Fine) imparts no style or point of view to the hopscotching material. Karen Patch’s costumes lend some character-defining oomph to the production’s sitcom-smooth surface, while an unlikely Mark Mothersbaugh contributes an unobtrusive score.
Directed By
Kirk Jones
Director
Cast
Cameron Diaz
Jules
Elizabeth Banks
Wendy
Jennifer Lopez
Holly
Brooklyn Decker
Skyler
Anna Kendrick
Rosie
Dennis Quaid
Ramsey
Matthew Morrison
Evan
Chris Rock
Vic
Rodrigo Santoro
Alex
Rob Huebel
Gabe
Thomas Lennon
Craig
Ben Falcone
Gary
Summary
Five couples experience and share the joy and pain of having children.
Company Info
Lionsgate Studio
Kirk Jones
Director
Cast
Cameron Diaz
Jules
Elizabeth Banks
Wendy
Jennifer Lopez
Holly
Brooklyn Decker
Skyler
Anna Kendrick
Rosie
Dennis Quaid
Ramsey
Matthew Morrison
Evan
Chris Rock
Vic
Rodrigo Santoro
Alex
Rob Huebel
Gabe
Thomas Lennon
Craig
Ben Falcone
Gary
Summary
Five couples experience and share the joy and pain of having children.
Company Info
Lionsgate Studio
MPAA Rating: Not Yet Rated
Genre(s): Comedy
Run Time: 87min.
Distributor(s): Tribeca Films
Starring: Michelle Monaghan , Radha Mitchell , Michael Weston , Mimi Kennedy
Genre(s): Comedy
Run Time: 87min.
Distributor(s): Tribeca Films
Starring: Michelle Monaghan , Radha Mitchell , Michael Weston , Mimi Kennedy
Release Date: 12/06/2013
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