Movie Notes: Baby On Board
0 stars
Starring Heather Graham, Jerry O’Connell, John Corbett
Directed by Brian Herzlinger
Synopsis
Career woman Angela (Heather Graham) and husband Curtis (Jerry O’Connell) suddenly find themselves unexpectedly expecting. Best friends Danny (John Corbett), Sylvia (Katie Finneran), and demanding boss Mary (Lara Flynn Boyle) inavertandly threaten to tear the couple apart.
The Good
N/A.
The Bad
- You know you’re in for a bad time when the opening credits feature crappy CGI that could date from 1992 on an Amiga.
- Intent on testing the boundaries of gross-out comedy, mostly ends up merely gross. You get to see a man yanking off in his office, a flesh-light, many boners, water breaking, and some lame running joke about Korean massage parlors.
- Graham and O’Connell just look confused or unhappy to be there, Graham in particular defining that vapid “deer caught in the headlights” stare.
- Many jokes look pathetically added in later via closeups after the footage was shot, likely an attempt to salvage a bad movie but just making things worse.
- None of the characters behave with any awareness of being a human being; all are cartoony stereotypes on which to drape gross jokes.
Conclusion
Absolutely horrible. One of those films where you never once believe any of the characters are real, and your mind wanders toward pity for everyone involved, and wonderment at how such dreck gets green lit and foisted upon the public.
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