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What to Expect When You're Expecting

2012

Kirk Jones

Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Elizabeth Banks ...

4.5

6,929

Romance. Comedy Based on the #1 bestselling pregnancy book of the same name by Heidi Murkoff and Sharon Mazel. A look at love through the eyes of five interconnected couples experiencing the thrills and surprises of having a baby, and ultimately coming to understand the universal truth that no matter what you plan for, life doesn't always deliver what's expected. This five couples find their intertwined lives turned upside down by impending parenthood. ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"'What To Expect...' is an all-star dud that could be easily confused with 'Valentine's Day' and 'New Year's Eve', except for the absence of Ashton Kutcher (...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"What audiences should expect is a tone-deaf, superficial, charmless ensemble rom-com, focused on five attractive, but uninteresting, couples (...) Rating: ★ (out of five)"	NEG
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"'What to Expect' isn't an inspired movie, but a manufactured one, but one with some laughs and some moments"	NEU
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"The writing is sharp and the performances bright, and if you've been through the forced gestational march known as pregnancy, there are knowing laughs to be had (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"'What to Expect' is a cheerful comedy with just enough dark moments to create the illusion it's really about something (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	POS

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