A Smile Like Yours (1997)

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

Director:

Keith Samples

Writers:

Kevin Meyer, Keith Samples

Stars:

Greg Kinnear, Lauren Holly, Joan Cusack

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

A childless couple attempting to conceive discover that his sperm are "lazy". Several trips to a fertility clinic prove fruitless. Also, the wife had surreptitiously quit taking the pill and provided her doctor with a sperm sample before the husband agreed to start trying to have a baby. The deception alienates the husband for a time. To compound things, a female architect has the hots for the husband and lures him out of town on business at exactly the wrong time.

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Plot Keywords:

fertility clinic | mortician | elevator | wanting a baby | trying to get pregnant | 

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Taglines:

The shortest distance between two people is a certain smile.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some sex-related material

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 August 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Una sonrisa como la tuya

Filming Locations:

Alameda, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,163,576, 24 August 1997, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$3,247,524, 21 September 1997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures,Rysher Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Greg Kinnear and Lauren Holly previously starred together in Sabrina (1995) a remake of the original film (1954) of the same name which starred Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart.

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Quotes

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

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Connections

Features I Love Lucy (1951)

User Reviews

Coulda shoulda woulda but didn't

This movie could have been so funny... really. It had a good premise, a couple trying to get pregnant, half of that couple is Greg Kinnear... how could it go wrong?? Well, for starters it was two hours long. The story-line was barely strong enough to sustain an hour and a half but no they had to torture us with an extra half hour most of which was owned by an endless musical montage right in the middle of the movie. Secondly, the casting. Greg Kinnear was strong and appealing despite the thin plot. Jay Mohr was alright as Jay Mohr goes. Joan Cusak was delightful, as she always is. Jill Hennessy was stunningly beautiful and just about the only actor to put any depth into her character at all. The glaring problem was Lauren Holly. She was just awful, and contrasted with the performance of Jill Hennessy, who, despite her shameless pursuit of a married man you actually begin to root for, Holly pales in comparison I found myself wondering why they hadn't cast Hennessy in Holly's role and vice versa. The movie would have been so much more easy to bear.