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Maternal Instincts (1996)
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Her biological clock kept ticking. Then it exploded.
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A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent. full summary | add synopsis
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I Do Hope This is A Spoof
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Delta Burke | ... | Tracy Horton | |
| Beth Broderick | ... | Dr. Eva Warden | |
| Garwin Sanford | ... | Gary Warden | |
| Sandra Nelson | ... | Sabrina | |
| Gillian Barber | ... | Julie Taft | |
| Kevin McNulty | ... | Dr. Joe Reilly | |
| Tom Butler | ... | Dr. Milton Shaw | |
| Tom Mason | ... | Stan Patterson | |
| Malcolm Stewart | ... | Sidney Gordon | |
| Maria Herrera | ... | Martha | |
| Suzy Joachim | ... | Linda Collings | |
| Chilton Crane | ... | Sue the Nurse | |
| Lorena Gale | ... | Anita | |
| Jerry Wasserman | ... | Detective Jack Kramer | |
| Tasha Simms | ... | Real Estate Agent |
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A Baby of Her Own (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for some violent content.
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Some people can't get enough of these " stalker from hell " type movies right ? We've had SINGLE WHITE FEMALE , UNLAWFUL ENTRY etc and there was nowhere for the genre left to go . Enter MATERNAL INSTINCTS which spoofs this type of thriller
Tracy Horton wants a baby . She goes into hospital and it's found she's suffering from cancer of the womb so she is given an emergency hysterectomy which means she cant have children . This sets up the story for some comedy touches . At least I think they were comedy touches , well of course they're comedy touches I mean no one can take take the dialogue seriously can they . I mean what sort of idiot would write a line where a character wakes up in hospital and says :
" You mean I can't have children ? Why didn't you just kill me ? "
Does anyone need me to point out that Doctors aren't allowed to kill their patients on purpose ? If you want to get killed on purpose move to London and attract the attention of the police . Tracy doesn't seem to know this so it's left to other people to point out simple truths to her like :
" If you bought a lottery ticket yesterday you could have been a millionaire today "
Obviously Tracy is very frustrated about not knowing this because it seems to turn her into a sociopath , I mean she can't have children and she never buys a lottery ticket so who wouldn't be frustrated in her position so she takes her anger out on Dr Eva Warden , the woman who was responsible for saving her life . I won't spoil what happens but look out for the climax which rips off the original TERMINATOR movie .
Very sophisticated spoof that knowingly winks to a critical audience who always ask awkward questions like " Why didn't Tracy have children long before this " Probably because they cast someone who looks like a cross between Roseanne Barr and Elvira . Would you want to give her a baby ? Would you even be capable of getting aroused ? Very sophisticated spoof . I do hope it's a spoof