Junior (1994)
5/10
Just when you thought it was safe to head into the delivery room
6 June 2009
You know, I can imagine Reitman looking at Twins, and thinking: "Hey, that worked out pretty well... the two of them are good together... I'll try that again". So he did. Only this time, while Danny is sleazy as ever(don't get me wrong, I've liked him in several roles, but it is kinda his shtick), and Arnie is, well, that physique doesn't just get put away for a movie or two, obviously, they're both playing competent doctors, and that's not where the high requirements for suspension of disbelief end with this thing(frankly, it's barely where they begin). Minimal effort is made to address the immediately obvious issues that there are with the concept of this, so it ends up being little else than a two-hour "pregnant woman behaviour" joke, mostly with Schwarzenegger acting that out, which is automatically hilarious, you know, because... he's a man! Get it? Don't worry about it. Oh, and there is "humor" from Thompson being clumsy, and occasionally frazzled, because she's a female nerd. Isn't it funny how, in Hollywood, all geeks of the fairer sex are either perfectly beautiful, or, you know, "television ugly", meaning, basically a pretty girl, just with unflattering clothes, glasses and/or bad hair? It's not a poorly done flick. It's shot, edited and scored just fine. Pacing is reasonable. The plot develops nicely, though it is entirely predictable. The romance and the attempts at getting emotional responses from the audience are largely unconvincing. I recommend this to those who wish to watch all the work of one or more of the people who made this. 5/10
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