Review of Three Men and a Baby

"Three men and a baby" is very much a product of its time. The power dressing,the "cool" wall painting in the boys' apartment,the outdated attitudes towards women,the presumption that men will have no idea of how to look after children - a proposition completely demolished within a few years with the growth of the Househusband and the fragmentation of family life in much of the Western world. And,frankly,if I never see another baby peeing I will still get through my life ok,thanks. We have three ridiculously attractive bachelors living what might have been called in more innocent days "the gay life". All this fun and games is brought to a standstill when the eponymous baby turns up on their doorstep. Of course they are all "Creatives" which makes it even more unlikely that they should have been left on the shelf - as it were - for so long. One of theses carefree chaps is the unknowing father of the baby,but being good types they all chip in when they can and actually begin to enjoy the experience. Bless! Every new baby cliché is dusted off and given new life. There is a sublimely unlikely twist when they become involved with a gang of drug dealers(very much a hazard of American life in the eighties,apparently) but otherwise the film rides smoothly on it's pre - ordained path. It's all so last century - and not in a good way. Tom Selleck has gone on to become a significant actor,his moustache unchanging through 30 years. If you want to catch up on his earlier career watch "High Road to China",far better than this in every respect.