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5.6/10
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A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Directors
- Ben Elton
- Hugh Laurie(some scenes) (uncredited)
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaHugh Laurie directed some scenes when Ben Elton had to go to hospital for the birth of his children. Elton and his wife had been undergoing IVF treatment.
- GoofsAbout 34 minutes into the film, there is a scene in a restaurant. In one shot, there is a waitress at the table, and another one setting down plates at a table in the background. The camera cuts away for less than two seconds upon th arrival of a character, then cuts back, but with both waitress prematurely gone.
- ConnectionsReferences The Addams Family (1964)
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Hmmm.......
This romantic comedy lost its way a bit leaving it only partly romantic and I'm afraid not always very funny. There are a few shots at Auntie (the BBC for our overseas readers) and several very good lines though some may be very familiar to those who have seen writer Ben Elton's stand up show or his BBC series.
A full cast of 80s alternative comedians makes their appearance, Emma Thompson almost looking identical to her mother in 'Saving Grace' in her mad hippie cameo and Dawn French affecting a bizarre Aussie accent as a nurse.
Hugh Laurie does well as always in his role as a sort of alternative 90s Cary Grant and James Purefoy will get most people's juices running (cf. the line by Joanna Lumley's character quoted in an earlier comment) but all in all this just wasn't funny enough, I don't know why, perhaps there were just too many targets.
Only 6/10 from me I'm afraid.
A full cast of 80s alternative comedians makes their appearance, Emma Thompson almost looking identical to her mother in 'Saving Grace' in her mad hippie cameo and Dawn French affecting a bizarre Aussie accent as a nurse.
Hugh Laurie does well as always in his role as a sort of alternative 90s Cary Grant and James Purefoy will get most people's juices running (cf. the line by Joanna Lumley's character quoted in an earlier comment) but all in all this just wasn't funny enough, I don't know why, perhaps there were just too many targets.
Only 6/10 from me I'm afraid.
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- Jun 4, 2000
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,501
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,351
- Aug 26, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $173,763
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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