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Summary: true story
Review: I actually saw this film last year in Australia, and the reason for watching it was a radio interview I heard with the author, Ben Elton. He's a british Stand-Up comedian, a writer, an actor and producer. And he's FUNNY! The story of the film has many autobiographical elements, because Elton and his wife went through the pains of infertility, after discovering that the effort of using contraceptives for years and years was completely useless! Hugh Laurie and Joley Richardson play the couple in an extraordinarily funny way, the story is good and it's told good. I definitely liked the movie, and when it's shown in the US eventually, I will go and see it again.
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Summary: What a funny film
Review: I brought this video when it first came out in the shops in the UK (last year) and every time I see it I laugh.
The acting is so real, emotions streaming.
Well, all it is about really is a couple trying for a baby. They try to conceive but don't know why the wife (Lucy) is not pregnant.
Sam (husband) works for the BBC and is in desperate attempt to write a film to show his boss that he is an artist.
He gets the idea of writing a film on their problems trying to conceive. But this doesn't go down too well with Lucy.
But guess what?
He does it anyway.
This video is a brillint comedy and it is great for a laugh. Rated a Certificate 15 in UK.
Have fun watching.
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Summary: Maybe Baby Wraps You in Witty, Warm, Wonderful Blanket
Review: I love, loved, loved this movie. This movie is right up there with Bridget Jones' Diary, You've got Mail, and Four Weddings and a Funeral. The movie is based on Ben Elton's book, Inconceivable, which takes a witty look at Elton's real infertility experiences with his wife before the birth of their child. The movie handles the whole infertility problem in a witty yet touching way. Rowland Atkinson is a stitch as the gynecologist. Joely Richardson is radiant, as Lucy, and there is really warm chemistry with Hugh Laurie who is quite surprisingly a charming and handsome leading man. So nice to see Hugh Laurie in this role instead of his more usual broadly comedic roles. James Purefoy is DIVINE as the movie star client and Purefoy plays this role beautifully giving the role a credibility and humor which must have been difficult. When James Purefoy recites Sonnet XVIII, I certainly felt like the girls in the agent's office in the film-knock me over with a feather. What a handsome, charming, smoothie is James Purefoy. There were several really clever lines in the film. On hearing Carl Phipps recite the sonnet, his agent, played brilliantly by Joanna Lumley, says, "Why Mr. Phipps you are perilously close to turning me back into a heterosexual." Joely Richardson's character, Lucy, keeps a diary and in it she writes about her little crush on Carl Phipps. In the diary, Lucy writes, " I saw Carl Phipps today. He came into the office looking all brooding and byronic like the dispossessed lord of a bleak Moreland estate." Anyway, the whole film is a delight, and I enjoyed it on so many levels-the trying to have a baby issue, the marriage is not all moonlight and magnolias issue, the little crush on Carl Phipps issue, the odd colleagues at work stuff, etc. Go see the movie! The soundtrack was also great!
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Summary: Hysterically Funny
Review: I ordered this movie on Pay Per View cable tv. because of the fact that James Purefoy was in it...never expecting it to be so well done and...Funny! It was one of ny first experiences with British comedy and I was extremely pleased not only with Mr. Purefoy's performance but also the entire cast. if you are looking for an off the wall comedy..this is it!
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Summary: charming
Review: I stumbled onto this movie on a late night session of mindless channel surfing and was instantly drawn in. I loved the way Sam and Lucy's marriage is depicted in this film. There's something instantly endearing about these two, and you just want to follow along in their (at times hilarious, at times gut-wrenchingly-sad) attempts to conceive a child. This movie is written in a way that really allows you to become (perhaps reluctantly) emotionally invested in the two main characters (perfectly captured by Richardson and Laurie). I also found myself completely enamored by Hugh Laurie, not because I thought he blatantly good looking or something, but because I really felt for him as the devoted but imperfect husband. I later stumbled on to the fact that Laurie played the equally haughty and attractive Mr. Palmer in another one of my favorite films -- Sense and Sensibility. I suppose this review is just one glorified run on sentence, but don't let my stream of consciousness praise put you off -- this is a truly delightful movie.
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Summary: Too many people don't get this film
Review: My wife and I watched this film last night and were in tears a number of times, laughing the rest. The reason? This is the absolute best depiction of infertility we've ever seen on the screen or on television, and, seeing as we have the same problems, it struck a chord with us. The IMDB reviews on this film are horrid, as most people don't seem to understand that the infertility issue does to people exactly what this film depicts. I can't recommend this film highly enough, especially if you are having the same difficulties conceiving a child. You'll laugh at the bittersweet humor and cry at all the appropriate places, as you see yourselves on the screen.
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Summary: Barely funny at all
Review: Okay, I like British rom-coms as much as the next person, but this one was just tasteless and stupid. I like Joelly Richardson, but she was just annoying here. I like Hugh Laurie, but he couldn't save it. And if I ever walked into a clinic that contained such scary staff as Rowan Atkinson's gyneacologist or Dawn French's deranged nurse, I would walk right out again immediately.
We are not spared the tiniest detail of Hugh and Joelly's bid for a baby, and in some cases, a little information goes a long way. Besides, Joelly's character would make a horrible mother; she's so paranoid and possesive. Also, she constantly whines to her husband that he'd rather be having sex with Cameran Diaz, which is a stupid thing to say given that she has more than a passing resemblance to Diaz herself. The best thing about this lame and squirmy movie is the ever-watchable Tom Hollander, who hams it up nicely with a preposterous Scottish accent as Ewan Proclaimer, a hilarious director.
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Summary: Barely funny at all
Review: Okay, I like British rom-coms as much as the next person, but this one was just tasteless and stupid. I like Joelly Richardson, but she was just annoying here. I like Hugh Laurie, but he couldn't save it. And if I ever walked into a clinic that contained such scary staff as Rowan Atkinson's gyneacologist or Dawn French's deranged nurse, I would walk right out again immediately.
We are not spared the tiniest detail of Hugh and Joelly's bid for a baby, and in some cases, a little information goes a long way. Besides, Joelly's character would make a horrible mother; she's so paranoid and possesive. Also, she constantly whines to her husband that he'd rather be having sex with Cameran Diaz, which is a stupid thing to say given that she has more than a passing resemblance to Diaz herself. The best thing about this lame and squirmy movie is the ever-watchable Tom Hollander, who hams it up nicely with a preposterous Scottish accent as Ewan Proclaimer, a hilarious director.
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Summary: My [rear]... is an orange
Review: Oops! I got edited... I chose that subject heading because that was the title that the director guy in the book of this movie wanted to call the movie that the character in the book wrote the script for. Confused? Sorry, there's no need to be. Just watch the movie and read Ben Elton's 'Inconceivable' like I did and it will all make sense!! This movie displayed fantastic English humour as well as touching romance. Not to mention tackling the sensitive subject of Infertility. You find yourself laughing at the fact that Hugh Laurie's Sam has to shove a container of man juice up his bottom to keep it warm, yet at the same time, you feel sad because no matter what they put themselves through, Sam and Lucy just can't seem to get pregnant. And to make matters worse, ignorant old Sam isn't giving Lucy the attention she deserves!! Hugh Laurie was absolutely gorgeous and Joely Richardson was stunning. It was funny yet sad, and seemed to present both a bloke's and a woman's point of view in the most honest of ways. I felt all fuzzy and lovey towards my partner afterwards, and I think it would probably have that effect mainly on people who are in a long-term relationship. The one-liners are brilliant and there are cameos from a few great English actors that we all know and love. What can I say? I love it! I had a tear and a giggle.
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Summary: My [rear]... is an orange
Review: Oops! I got edited... I chose that subject heading because that was the title that the director guy in the book of this movie wanted to call the movie that the character in the book wrote the script for. Confused? Sorry, there's no need to be. Just watch the movie and read Ben Elton's 'Inconceivable' like I did and it will all make sense!! This movie displayed fantastic English humour as well as touching romance. Not to mention tackling the sensitive subject of Infertility. You find yourself laughing at the fact that Hugh Laurie's Sam has to shove a container of man juice up his bottom to keep it warm, yet at the same time, you feel sad because no matter what they put themselves through, Sam and Lucy just can't seem to get pregnant. And to make matters worse, ignorant old Sam isn't giving Lucy the attention she deserves!! Hugh Laurie was absolutely gorgeous and Joely Richardson was stunning. It was funny yet sad, and seemed to present both a bloke's and a woman's point of view in the most honest of ways. I felt all fuzzy and lovey towards my partner afterwards, and I think it would probably have that effect mainly on people who are in a long-term relationship. The one-liners are brilliant and there are cameos from a few great English actors that we all know and love. What can I say? I love it! I had a tear and a giggle.
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