Wolff rating: MOSTLY HARMLESS
Plot summary: Pleasant Englishman doesn't deal well with discovering his girlfriend is pregnant.
Biased, pithy comments: Extremely predictable. Man acts immaturely, realizes he's ready for responsibility, and then wins girl back. Although Grant is always likeable (except when he's in cars with prostitutes, but that's in real life, rather than the movies) and Arnold and Cuzack are interestingly batty, no one on screen seems to know why they are in this film. The manic comedy scenes are more annoying than funny (save the fistfight with the Barney imitiation, which didn't seem to be connected to the rest of the film), Moore's character seems just as selfish as her boyfriend, and overall I couldn't be bothered to care---grabbing for my heartstrings, they missed and just grazed my abdomen. Even Williams playing a Russian Dr. Malprop isn't funny, and he's off screen more than on. Watch ``The Snapper'' for a quality pregnancy movie.
Other Notes: This film was buoyed briefly on Grant's infamous arrest in real life after cheating on Elizabeth Hurley (why, no man can ever fathom).
How many times I have seen it: x1
Starring: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams.
Directed by: Chris Columbus