Synopsis
Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
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Cast
- Kirstie AlleyMollie Jensen
- John TravoltaJames Ubriacco
- Bruce WillisMikey (voice)
- Olympia DukakisRosie
- George SegalAlbert
- Abe VigodaGrandpa
- Jacob HainesMikey (age 1)
- Jaryd WaterhouseMikey (newborn)
- Joy BoushelMelissa
- Douglas TuckCab Stealer
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
Look Who's Talking is full of good feeling, and director Amy Heckerling finds a light touch for her lightweight material. - 70
Washington Post
Heckerling's central hokum is definitely silly, based on the notion that Mikey (and all babies, in fact) has somewhat adult, slightly cynical thoughts on everything that goes on around him, from conception to end credits -- and that these thoughts and embryonic wisecracks and creative interpretations are heard only by the audience via the aptly cast voice of overgrown kid Willis. - 70
Los Angeles Times
The movie but, rather surprisingly, given the gimmicky premise, it's not gag-me-with-a-pacifier cute nearly as often as it is genuinely charming. [13 Oct 1989, p.12] - 63
San Francisco Chronicle
Look Who's Talking plays baby-picture cute almost beyond the limits of the tolerable, but it has enough spark and intelligence to be a very likable, occasionally riotous romantic comedy. [13 Oct 1989, p.E1] - 50
Washington Post
A lot of this stuff is irresistible. In the early going especially, the movie's infantilism is snappy and surprising. But this is a great idea for a sketch, not a feature, and if Heckerling had resisted padding it out, it might have made a brilliant short. A comedy can ride only so far on high concept. It has to deliver the jokes, and this one doesn't. - 50
Boston Globe
Before long, it runs out of steam, playing like the pilot for a TV sitcom called "Baby Knows Best." [13 Oct 1989, p.37] - 50
Chicago Tribune
Though the film has a plot a simpleton could follow, its hallmark is confusion. Its sense of time and place and its point of view are muddled. [13 Oct 1989, p.L] - 40
The New York Times
Cute is the operative word for the movie, which stars some good actors doing material that is not super.
