She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

Man. Woman. Life. Death. Infinity. Tuna casserole. One movie dares to tell it all.

Directed by John Hughes

Produced by Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment

1988106 min5.9 / 10

A warm, playful romantic comedy-drama about newlyweds navigating marriage, parental expectations, and the question of parenthood itself.

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

Questions people ask

  • Is She's Having a Baby one of a kind? No. Less singular than 95% of films.

  • Is She's Having a Baby violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is She's Having a Baby scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is She's Having a Baby easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does She's Having a Baby end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is She's Having a Baby sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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13/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise11

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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