Shes Having a Baby

  • 1988


MOVIE IS amusing emotional enthusiastic curiously amazing
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33 %
40 % Rotten
$ 16 Million
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Positive Reviews 5
Negative reviews 12
Average Rating 2.1/5
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2.5
Shes Having a Baby begins with the simplest and most moving of stories and interrupts it with an amazing assortment of gimmicks. Rogerebert
1.5
In the lead role, Kevin Bacon is enthusiastic and believable, but even his energy cant carry what boils down to a fairly limp story. Variety
1.5
Taking his erstwhile teen lovers into young adulthood, marriage and parenthood, John Hughes fashions a curiously disaffected portrait of the artist as .. Time Out
1.5
But essentially hes an adman, not a filmmaker, and the dilemmas faced by the characters on screen have no greater urgency than those faced by the acto ..
3.0
By turns amusing and exasperating, it takes its time getting to the Life is what you make it point, but its sweet.
3.0
Deals with a husband who just doesnt want to grow up and face his responsibilities. Spirituality And Practice
1.5
McGovern manages to fare better with the cliches thrown at her than Bacon does; but neither has a prayer of scoring at a game whose rules and players .. Chicago Reader
2.5
That the majority of the movies jokes and gags fall completely flat certainly doesnt help matters.) Reel Film Reviews
2.0
Director John Hughes tries his best to give everything a sparky, pacey feel, but the end result is simply just not funny enough. Radio Times
2.5
SHES HAVING A BABY could have been a fascinating and funny look at the conflict between marriage and personal ambition had its writer director probed .. Movies Tv Guide
2.0
So very little works in Shes Having a Baby that its easiest just to grouse on how petty and little minded and pro conformity it is. Antagony & Ecstasy
0.5
Director Hughes effort to follow his teenagers into adulthood only results in cardboard cut outs. Film 4
1.5
But theres a nightmarish core the winsome veneer cant quite conceal: one mans anomie. La Times
1.3
Ellen Barkin stars in an overly ambitious film about a female Evel Knievel stuntwoman who hasnt gotten over a European lover. Articles Chicago Tribune
2.5
Shes Having a Baby wants to be everyones story, but its hollowness makes it no ones. Articles Chicago Tribune
1.5
Like the couple he chronicles, Hughes seems to be profiting from the maturation process. People
1.5
Its a measure of how little maneuvering room the movie leaves its performers that a lovely, sensitive actress like Elizabeth McGovern makes virtually .. Articles Orlando Sentinel
4.5
Hughes is simply doing what they tell you the first day of creative writing class: write about what you know. And hes doing it with both craft and a g .. Articles Philly
2.5
assumes that boys will be boys but that the mystical act of fatherhood will make a man of you. Trouble with Shes Having a Baby is, Hughes believes thi .. Articles Philly
1.5
As for Bacon and McGovern, its sad to see these usually energetic performers labor through a tired script, rarely getting a chance to deliver. Articles Sun Sentinel
3.8
Hughes has supplied some bright, even brilliant touches in dealing with the traditional cliches. Associated Press
4.0
But Rent a Cop barely packs five bucks worth of action, suspense and romance. Upi



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