Rating: Summary: Male pregnancy has never been so funny! Review: TWINS director Ivan Reitman reunited Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger with him for this film. Before I saw this film,I assumed it would be a sequel to TWINS. The untypical male pregnancy is so hilarious that it will relentlessly tickle any viewer's funny bone! This film was probably inspired by the 1989 episode of NBC's The Cosby Show where Bill Cosby dreams that he and his male co-stars Malcolm Jamal Warner,Geoffrey Owens and Joseph C. Phillips are simultaneously pregnant. Supporting DeVito and Schwarzenegger are Emma Thompson. Great film!
Rating: Summary: When was he watching me? Review: What a hoot! Arnold really captures the art of BEING pregnant. As a mother and a grandmother I can honestly say, 'he nailed it'. Never before have I seen anybody portray pregnancy with such a laugh a minute humor. It's a movie to watch over and over again.
Rating: Summary: The RNC , Arnold, and Me Review: While watching Arnold give his excellent speech at the RNC (Republican National Convention) a couple of weeks ago, I started to think about what movies I had seen him in. I had only seen him in two, and both of them were mediocre, at best. But I was in an "Arnold frame of mind," so I went to the video store the very next day to take out an Arnold movie.
I couldn't decide between "Twins," and "Junior." I really only wanted one, because I know his movies usually aren't that great. But I just couldn't decide between them, so I rented both.
I watched "Junior" first. I was so pleasantly surprised - I really liked this. Not deserving of a full four stars; more like 3 and-a-half. I liked it so much I watched it twice, enjoying it even more the second time. Read Amazon's editorial review -- I agree with every single word written there.
Then I watcheed "Twins." This I didn't care for. Too much crime/action, not enough comedy, and a very weak script. It just did not live up to its very promising premise.
I think "Junior" is a great "date video." (Well, my gentleman friend liked it!)
Rating: Summary: Ivan Reitman's study of inversion Review: Without question, an under-rated, subversive, classic farce, and a study of total inversion. Examples of the latter include Arnold - the Last Action Hero becomes a sensitive "Mommy"? Danny DeVito - usually plays the heavy; now plays the major sympathetic role in the movie Emma Thompson - takes a break from the Shakespeare in favor of physical comedy As many other reviewers have stated, this movie is also a realistic and side-splitting look at pregnancy. The subversion is its underlying pro-life theme: "My body, my choice", inverted. This is so politically incorrect that I often wonder how Reitman got away with it. To the Aussies who reviewed this a while back: What the hell were you expecting? A Predator sequel, maybe? Yeah, I remember when I had my first beer.....
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