Synopsis
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
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Cast
- Jennifer LopezHolly
- Chace CrawfordMarco
- Anna KendrickRosie Brennan
- Cameron DiazJules Baxter
- Elizabeth BanksWendy Cooper
- Brooklyn DeckerSkyler Cooper
- Matthew MorrisonEvan Webber
- Rodrigo SantoroAlex
- Ben FalconeGary Cooper
- Dennis QuaidRamsey Cooper
Recommendations
- 75
Entertainment Weekly
As sociology, it's skin-deep, but if you're a parent or preparing to be one, you might see yourself in a few of these folks and have a good time doing so. - 60
Variety
Helmer Kirk Jones does a solid job negotiating the material and managing the few tonal shifts when an occasional dark moment emerges. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
What to expect from What to Expect When You're Expecting: laughs, heart and a terrific ensemble of actors doing what they do best. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Amid the would-be and actual laughs, the screenplay tries to drum up drama, but every disagreement and tension is treated superficially and summarily resolved. - 50
Tampa Bay Times
The only surprise is that Garry Marshall didn't direct this jumbled, star-studded kibitz and rename it "Mothers Day." - 50
Austin Chronicle
Hopelessly old-fashioned then, but not the aggressively bad picture you might have anticipated. - 40
Time Out
If What to Expect represents the best tearjerking laugh-machine that Hollywood can birth, it's probably time to get those story ideas implanted in vitro. - 40
Arizona Republic
The worst thing about What to Expect When You're Expecting, director Kirk Jones' fictionalized film version, is how fake it is, how cartoonish the experiences.
