¨I just wanted the glow. The one that
they promise you on the cover of those magazines. Well, I'm calling it -
pregnancy sucks. Making a human being is really hard.¨
What we can really expect from this movie is
pretty much the same thing we got from Valentine`s Day and New Year`s Eve: A
lot of celebrities but no real characters. It is the exact same issue I had
with the other films, except this is perhaps even worse with everything fitting
perfectly together at the end. This is a chick flick and perhaps many will
disagree with me for saying this but What to Expect When You`re Expecting is
one of the worst movies of the year. The film is based on a very successful series
of pregnancy guides written by Heidi Murkoff, which I haven`t read but am pretty
sure has to be much better than the screenplay that Shauna Cross (Whip It) and
Heather Hach (Freaky Friday) came up with. I can`t imagine the book being like this
because it`s really incoherent and unauthentic. There is no honesty whatsoever
in the film and it felt sugarcoated with all the celebrities. Director Kirk
Jones (Nanny McPhee and Everybody`s Fine) fails miserably in trying to portray
a believable film. He follows the exact same clichés and formulas we see in
almost every other chick flick. There is no originality whatsoever to this tale
and by the end of the year even the people who enjoyed will have forgotten all
about it. The film is all about pretty faces, unfunny dialogues, and
relationships that aren't given enough screen time to develop. That is why I
found it difficult to find believable chemistry between any of the five couples
that the film was about. This film was a total waste of time and I can´t find
anything positive to say about it. It makes Valentine`s Day and New Year`s Eve
look like Oscar worthy contenders.
The story deals with five different couples
which in some minor way interact or overlap with each other. First off we have
celebrity fitness expert Jules (Cameron Diaz) who has fallen for her dance
partner Evan (Matthew Morrison) in the Celebrity Dance Reality Show she`s
participating on. Then there`s photographer Holly (Jennifer Lopez) and her
hubby Alex (Rodrigo Santoro) who can`t have children and have decided to adopt.
Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) is a baby-crazy writer who thinks she knows everything
about motherhood but has had trouble trying to get pregnant along with her
husband Gary (Ben Falcone). Gary`s father, Ramsey (Dennis Quaid), a former
Nascar racer has remarried the beautiful and young Skyler (Brooklyn Decker).
When Wendy and Gary discover that they were finally able to get pregnant they
go to tell the news to Ramsey and Skyler who also surprise them with the news
that they too are expecting. By this time Jules and Evan have already found out
that they too are expecting a child, and Jules is trying to work around her
busy TV schedule. If this seems a lot to take in, wait there is still more:
Rosie (Anna Kendrick) shares a romantic night with a former High School
classmate, Marco (Chace Crawford) and ends up pregnant as well. This is where
the drama unfolds as we have each couple dealing with pregnancy in different
ways. Alex who doesn’t feel prepared to be a father is sent by Holly to meet
with a dad`s support group organized by Vic (Chris Rock). The support group is
supposed to be the funniest thing about the film, but in my opinion none of the
jokes worked really well.
There is not much more I can add about this
movie, there was so much going on that it was hard to find any chemistry
between any of these couples. They all played one dimensional and stereotypical
characters. I don’t think I can say I had a favorite performance here because
it all felt bland and fake. The ending is horrible, but I guess most couples
were satisfied with this date movie. It has no other value to it, only
enjoyable for a couple`s date night or a girls night out.
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