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Overview

User Rating:
5.3/10   2,978 votes
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Director:
Ben Elton
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Writer:
Ben Elton (written by)
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Release Date:
24 August 2001 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Jennifer Love Hewitt Eyes a Maybe Baby Future
 (From E! Online. 15 February 2009, 7:40 AM, PST)

Ben Elton Leaps To Defense Of Honest
 (From WENN. 5 June 2000)

User Comments:
Sweet little romantic movie. more (54 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joely Richardson ... Lucy Bell

Matthew Macfadyen ... Nigel

Hugh Laurie ... Sam Bell

Adrian Lester ... George
Yasmin Bannerman ... Melinda

Joanna Lumley ... Sheila

Rachael Stirling ... Joanna

Dave Thompson ... Dave the Comedian / Mrs. Furblob

Emma Thompson ... Druscilla
Stephen Simms ... Trevor
John Brenner ... Kit
Jaz Wilson ... Baby Cuthbert

James Purefoy ... Carl Phipps
Guy Barrett ... Nigel's Posse
Deila Bhujoo ... Nigel's Posse
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content and language.
Runtime:
104 min | Germany:96 min (TV version)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Company:
Pandora Cinema more

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Trivia:
Hugh Laurie directed some scenes when Ben Elton had to go to hospital for the birth of his children. Elton and his wife had been undergoing IVF treatment. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Position of the mike on Melinda's headset. more
Quotes:
Lucy Bell: I hope Dick and Debbie know what I'm going through for them.
Sam Bell: Well, you can tell them some day.
Lucy Bell: There's only a one in five chance.
Sam Bell: Lucy, any child of yours would be one in a million.
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Movie Connections:
References "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" (1993) more
Soundtrack:
She Does (12 more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Sweet little romantic movie., 25 July 2006
7/10
Author: Boba_Fett1138 from Groningen, The Netherlands

Most people seem to hate this movie as a comedy and see it as a bas satire on the world of television. The movie is however so much more. The main essence of the movie is on its romance and a sweet little romantic movie this is.

It's a well made movie, with realistic main characters in a realistic situation. Of course everything is done over-the-top, to still give the movie a light and fun overall feeling, rather than a heavy dramatic one, which it easily could had turned into. I like this approach and it worked out well for the film. It's fun but at the same time also serious at the right moments. It makes "Maybe Baby" a well balanced movie, that perhaps goes a bit too over-the-top at times, in terms of its credibility.

The strongest point of this movie are the two main characters. There are realistic and their relationship is portrayed in a sensible and good way. Those two character make and form this movie. It's a movie about real people with real problems. The are nicely portrayed by Joely Richardson and Hugh Laurie. But of course a lighthearted little movie as this also needs over-the-top comical characters. This one is portrayed by Tom Hollander. He for most part is the comic relief of the movie, as a movie director. Unfortunately the movie also thought it was necessary to give some famous British comedians a cameo in this movie. It's distracting and not always good for the credibility of the movie, though Rowan Atkinson's role is certainly an entertaining one.

The story is told nicely and has several story lines in it, which never distracts from each other. The entire movie is told with some subtle British humor which help to make this movie a light one to watch.

If you take the movie for what it is (a light romantic movie with humor in it), you'll certainly enjoy watching this little British movie.

7/10

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