What to Expect When You're Expecting

"It's too late to pull out now."

2012 1h 50m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 1,887

RomanceComedyDrama

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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.

“It's too late to pull out now.”

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Cast

Cameron Diaz
Jules
Jennifer Lopez
Holly
Elizabeth Banks
Wendy
Chace Crawford
Marco
Brooklyn Decker
Skyler
Ben Falcone
Gary
Anna Kendrick
Rosie
Matthew Morrison
Evan

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kirk Jones
Writers: Shauna Cross, Heather Hach
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Released 14 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kirk Jones, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Michael Berenbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez and Elizabeth Banks carry the top of the cast.

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Marketing tagline: "It's too late to pull out now.".

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IMDB entry: tt1586265 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Kirk Jones directs. Xavier Grobet behind the camera. Mark Mothersbaugh scores. Michael Berenbaum cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 14 years ago.
2Directed by Kirk Jones, shot by Xavier Grobet. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Mark Mothersbaugh. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Michael Berenbaum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez and Elizabeth Banks carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It's too late to pull out now.".
7IMDB entry: tt1586265 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 30 themes, including "based on novel or book", "married couple", "pregnancy", "adoption".

The technical file

Cinematography: Xavier Grobet
Original score: Mark Mothersbaugh
Editing: Michael Berenbaum
Production design: Andrew Laws
Costume design: Karen Patch
Makeup / hair: Camille Friend
Runtime: 110 min · 1h 50m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $79,700,000
Return: 199% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

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Kamurai2021-01-21
★ 4/10
Decent watch, probably won't watch again, and can't recommend unless you're pregnant (or part of a couple with pregnancy). It's one of those movies where it is 4-5 stories that barely (if at all) overlap, but have some thematic connection to one another. I honestly think it's a great way to use celebrities to comprehensively cover the contents of the book of the same name. This is (clearly) targeted at pregnant women and expecting parents, and I think it does a good job of that. I don't think it does as great a job creating a decent narrative for general audiences.

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