Aly227
Joined Jan 2009
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I usually like Rosie Perez, and I have kids, so the premise of the movie sounded interesting. But it isn't. A producer for a highly annoying show called "24 Hour Woman" finds out she's pregnant and she and her husband Eddie, a co-host for the show, make the show all about her pregnancy.
*Yawn* The show is like a bad flashback of Regis & Kathie Lee and smacks of a Saturday Night Live script. The movie is barely better. It's not that the acting is bad - it's nothing special - but the script is really dull. The only interesting aspect are the glimpses of the worries Grace has: gaining too much weight, dealing with in-laws and pushy moms, babies who cry all of the time, and not being able to be devoted to work and devoted to baby. Eddie is barely involved except when he comes up with brilliant ideas like wake the baby during the day. Like that ever works.
The side story of the stay-at-home dad whose wife becomes Grace's assistant is more interesting than the main plot. The relationships between spouses is just sad - and frustrating. Unrealistic, annoying, hyper. Do yourself a favor and watch Baby Boom which at least handles motherhood in a charming and funny manner.
*Yawn* The show is like a bad flashback of Regis & Kathie Lee and smacks of a Saturday Night Live script. The movie is barely better. It's not that the acting is bad - it's nothing special - but the script is really dull. The only interesting aspect are the glimpses of the worries Grace has: gaining too much weight, dealing with in-laws and pushy moms, babies who cry all of the time, and not being able to be devoted to work and devoted to baby. Eddie is barely involved except when he comes up with brilliant ideas like wake the baby during the day. Like that ever works.
The side story of the stay-at-home dad whose wife becomes Grace's assistant is more interesting than the main plot. The relationships between spouses is just sad - and frustrating. Unrealistic, annoying, hyper. Do yourself a favor and watch Baby Boom which at least handles motherhood in a charming and funny manner.
I had heard good things about the movie, but hadn't gotten around to seeing it. It seemed a little cheesy to me, though I am Christian. Watching it, sometimes the dialog did seem a bit wooden, and the acting a little overdone. But about halfway through, I realized I didn't really notice that it wasn't a top-talent movie. The two main characters became a bit more sympathetic, and I saw where the movie was going.
It's not going to win an Oscar, nor should it. But it's a good movie, with a great message - that to really love another person, you have to open your heart to God. And that to survive in a marriage, it takes work, sacrifice, and reaching beyond yourself. I thought Kirk Cameron was quite good except in the first few scenes which seemed overacted. The character of his wife was too simplistic. A marriage doesn't fall apart because of one person. The movie would have been stronger if it had laid some of the issues at her feet. Some of the side characters were played poorly - the wife's girlfriends, the cheesy doctor at the hospital, the showboat at the fire station. But overall, it was a good movie and worth watching.
It's not going to win an Oscar, nor should it. But it's a good movie, with a great message - that to really love another person, you have to open your heart to God. And that to survive in a marriage, it takes work, sacrifice, and reaching beyond yourself. I thought Kirk Cameron was quite good except in the first few scenes which seemed overacted. The character of his wife was too simplistic. A marriage doesn't fall apart because of one person. The movie would have been stronger if it had laid some of the issues at her feet. Some of the side characters were played poorly - the wife's girlfriends, the cheesy doctor at the hospital, the showboat at the fire station. But overall, it was a good movie and worth watching.