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Amazingly predictable dreck

posted 14 years ago by sonofpigmeat
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Am I the only one who found this movie tired and predictable? The characters were wooden and basically caricatures (Fey couldn't have been more the 'professional woman', Poehler and Sheppard were joke versions of white trash, etc.)

Did Poehler and Fey becoming friends through this whole thing surprise anyone? If it did, you should be embarassed. Same with whenever something unpleasent happened during the pregnancy. Of course it was a scam (that's what whate trash people do, or so this movie would have you believe), but it didn't matter in the end because Poehler ends up pregnant anyway. Babies not Fey's? That's ok, she's pregnant too! Everybody happy! Nothing bad ever happens in Hollywood!

I knew everything unpleasent that would have left someone unhappy in this movie would be resolved because in these types of movies, everyone ends happy. Did anyone have any doubt that Fey would hookup with Kinnear as soon as he showed up on screen? Or Poehler would 'grow-up' because of Fey and Fey would loosen up a bit. Or Kinnear would come back to Fey after hearing about the surrogate? So tired.

And the easy jokes, ahhhhh, the easy jokes. Ripping on vegans, flakey bosses and birthing coaches with lisps. All done before, all done better than this. Relying on easy jokes becasue the movie's storyline has no laughs is not comedy: it's cheap.

The sad part is, I love the cast. Poehler is a fav, Fey, Sheppard and Tierney always hit their marks and Weaver, and on and on. All wasted on an hour and a half of slop.

So my question is; how the hell does a piece of trash movie like this get a 6.1 rating? How did it get a 30 million dollar budget? Movies like this are prime examples of what is wrong with the film industry. Huge wastes of money and talent on a script that should have been instantly rejected.

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[–] rizdek 13 years ago

For me, predictable isn't necessarily a bad thing. It felt comfortable and the ending cheered me up. What's wrong with a movie where everyone ends up happy. It probably gets a 6.1 because some folks voted higher and some folks voted lower and the average was 6.1. What do you think?

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[–] SmokeyTheGreat 10 years ago

If one is having a spat with another, a pregnant person specifically, you can make amends by having their water break right in front of you forcing you to give them a ride to the hospital where you'll eventually bond.

Same thing happened in the Sex and the City movie. What also happened in that movie was one character for pregnant when before it was deemed almost impossible, just like Fey's character.

[–] wylierichardson-966-922691 9 years ago

Are you saying you would have liked it more if Tina and Amy had nothing but animosity towards each other? That makes little sense to me.

Some of the humor actually worked, I thought. For example, the Steve Martin character is a kind of satire of the 'new age' businessman. There is also a parody of the gooey 'falling in love' movie scene, complete with romantic song playing on the soundtrack, in the scene where Amy agrees to carry Tina's surrogate baby.

[–] beatrice1983 9 years ago

I completely agree. It was a horrible movie. I didn't laugh once. Not once. I chuckled maybe twice, because Dax Shepard is a naturally funny guy, but the movie overall was just boring.

I rated it 2/10.
1 point for Dax and 1 point because I like Maura Tierney.

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[–] coldnaps 9 years ago

Right there with you, beatrice. Some mildly amusing parts, but overall a pretty weak film. Why it was such a hit is beyond me.