A Smile Like Yours (1997)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Keith Samples

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Meyer (written by) and
Keith Samples (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy about the inconceivable.

Plot:

Greg Kinnear plays a carriage-shy husband in a romantic comedy about a couple trying to conceive a child.

Plot Keywords:

Fertility Clinic | Female To Male Footsie Playing | Perfume | Infertility | Stern Nurse

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Greg Kinnear	...	Danny Robertson
Lauren Holly	...	Jennifer Robertson
Joan Cusack	...	Nancy Tellen
Jay Thomas	...	Steve Harris
Jill Hennessy	...	Lindsay Hamilton
Christopher McDonald	...	Richard Halstrom
Donald Moffat	...	Dr. Felber
France Nuyen	...	Dr. Chin
Marianne Muellerleile	...	Nurse Wheeler
Sheridan Samples	...	Holly
Barbara Larsen	...	Woman in Window / Woman on Plane
Tony Abou-Ganim	...	Welder
Nick Scoggin	...	Welder
Gene Nakashita	...	Karaoke Bar Owner
Lewis Brown	...	Karaoke Act 1

MPAA:

Rated R for some sex-related material.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 (including commercials) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alameda, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Jay Thomas: The only time I can count as a threesome is when I use two hands.

Movie Connections:

Features "I Love Lucy" (1951)

You Will Smile Only When You Turn Off This Rubbish........

This is meant to be a comedy but mainly bad taste, and nothing remotely causing a smile in the film. The movie is about a couple trying for a child, and those people in real life who are in that situation will wince at the depictions that are portrayed. For instance scenes at a fertility clinic are not in the least funny and are quite frankly embarrassing. The male lead who plays a construction worker and in his hard hat comes across as a poor excuse for a reject from Village People. The female lead is trying to look 20 years younger than she is. Both leads come across as unappealing,unattractive and completely unconvincing. There are various ridiculous and totally unassuming gratuitous scenes in the film, for example with a budget airline, which is devoid of any humor. The only reason I give this 3/10 instead of 1/10 is one mark for Shirley Maclaine, who is a a class above anything else in the pic, and one mark for some half decent(albeit old) music.