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The movie is a mix of an unexpected turnout for a set of inexperienced couples who are trying to envisage what it means to be a parent even before they get pregnant.
2 September 1970, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA
29 June 1971, New York, USA
17 January 1968, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
4 June 1969, Columbia, South Carolina, USA
20 January 1967, Woking, Surrey, England, UK
1960
9 August 1985, Portland, Maine, USA
10 February 1974, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
18 July 1985, Lubbock, Texas, USA
2 March 1980, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
30 June 1983, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, UK
March 14, 2013
Diaz's plotline seems to revolve solely around an argument with Morrison over the merits of circumcision. She's pro-cut. He's fanatically anti-cut. Clearly, as is the film's editor.
May 18, 2012
Babies are cute and expectant parents often aren't. That kind of sums up What to Expect When You're Expecting.
May 18, 2012
Director Kirk Jones and screenwriters Shauna Cross and Heather Hach consistently fall back on corny music and slow-motion to try to get laughs. Very little of this movie feels risky, or even frisky.
May 24, 2012
Technically the genre isn't beneath contempt. But this movie is.
May 18, 2012
Patently contrived to deliver the safer side of pregnancy-related humor over the course of five tidily intersecting plot lines.
September 27, 2012
Provides good chuckles and heartfelt drama - paired with an equal amount of familiar gags and flat story ideas.
September 15, 2012
What To Expect When You're Expecting delivers a stale plot, mostly underwritten characters and almost no joy. Expect little and you may not be entirely disappointed.
October 24, 2012
The charismatic cast (particularly Banks and Lopez) manage to find the humanity in their clichéd roles but they can't transcend all the surface-level schmaltz on display here.
February 04, 2013
What to Expect When You're Expecting provides a snapshot of contemporary anxieties about imminent parenthood, but it may be more worthwhile as a document for future pop culture scholars to use to understand what was trendy in 2012.
June 26, 2012
The highs, lows, unexpected joys and totally expected pains of pregnancy get a comprehensive going over in this consistently funny, warm-hearted ensemble comedy.
May 22, 2012
Bringing a child into the world is no laughing matter, and all involved seem to have done their level best to make things as mirthless as possible.
May 18, 2012
Remember when advice books stayed on the shelves where they belonged?
