Maternal Instincts (1996)

Director:

George Kaczender

Writers (WGA):

Lisa Friedman Bloch (written by) &
Kathy Kirtland Silverman (written by)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Her biological clock kept ticking. Then it exploded.

Plot:

A pregnant doctor's life is made hell by the deranged patient to whom she gave a hysterectomy, without the patient's consent.

Plot Keywords:

Hysterectomy | Cancer | Doctor | Pregnant | Pregnant Wife

Cast

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

Also Known As:

A Baby of Her Own (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violent content.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 | Iceland:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13

Company:

Perseverance Inc.

Quotes:

Intern #1: Two, possibly three fractured ribs, and she's pregnant!

I Do Hope This is A Spoof

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