The collage of care, the baby problems, the baby jokes, crying, not accepting Holly’s food even though she was a chef, Messer and the popcorn, the changing of nappies, baths? Worry about Sophie’s hernia, going to the doctor? The variety of moods, Sophie and her beginning to walk, Holly hurrying from the bath to see it? Talking?ĩ. The news of the accident, the effect on each of them, going to the hospital, the audience’s mood with the deaths? The issue of care for Sophie, the phone calls, the visit of the lawyer, the information about the will, their reactions, puzzling about Peter and Alison’s intentions? The deal, the alternatives? Accepting, committing themselves to Sophie? The court sequence? The visits of Janine, the interrogations and their effect?Ĩ. Peter and Alison, friendship with Holly and Messer, the collage of their encounters, the speech and Messer kissing the woman, the wedding, the photographs, the pregnancy, the baby, the birthday? Setting up Holly and Messer as types?ħ. The introduction to Holly and Messer, the date, her dressing up, his being late, the bike, getting into her small car, the clash, getting out?Ħ. Atlanta, the city, Fraiche, the sports studios and arenas, doctors, the suburbs? The four seasons? The musical score, the songs, the lyrics?ĥ.
The popularity of romantic comedies, battle of the sexes, falling in love, babies and family?ģ. But, as you will guess, he does the right and gentlemanly thing and steps away as the odd guardian couple, change and fall in love.Īn easy-going, generally pleasant look at the importance of children and family and the possibilities for love and commitment.ġ. Josh Lucas is in the background as a sympathetic doctor whom Holly likes. There is a lot of familiar (but often enjoyable) jokes about crying, spitting – and a good example of nappy changing where nothing is actually seen but the comedy is entirely in the focusing on Holly and Messer. Can the hostile Holly and Messer really undertake bringing up baby, taking their responsibilities seriously? When Peter and Allison are killed in a car accident, they are named in the parents’ will as the guardians for Sophie. They do not get on well together – to say the least. Holly and Messer are the close friends of Peter and Allison who have a young child, Sophie. She, a control freak, who is a great cook with a popular and profitable bakery, he a television sports director who feels himself carefree and sees himself as a sex magnet (which he is). Life as they knew it for Holly (Heigl) and Messer (Josh Duhamel) was predictable. This reviewer saw the film with a paying audience, about twenty to thirty late teenage girls mostly and realised that they were really enjoying it, often laughing out loud at dialogue quips and the familiar jokes about babies and adult helplessness in looking after them.īabies is the key idea. It is easy to criticise this kind of popular genre, dismissing it as providing ‘chick flicks’, condemning it as trite or an indulgence in sentimentality. Katherine Heigl has appeared in quite a few of them in recent years, 27 Dresses, The Ugly Truth, Killers. Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas.Įvery year there are quite a few romantic comedies. Peter Malone's Film Reviews and Resources.
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