What to Expect When You're Expecting

What to Expect When You're Expecting

It's too late to pull out now.

Directed by Kirk Jones

Produced by Lionsgate, Alcon Entertainment

2012110 min6.0 / 10

A warm, ensemble romantic comedy about the messy joys and challenges of impending parenthood across multiple couples navigating love, commitment, and family.

Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.

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  • Is What to Expect When You're Expecting one of a kind? No. Less singular than 99% of films.

  • Is What to Expect When You're Expecting violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Does What to Expect When You're Expecting end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 85% of films.

  • Is What to Expect When You're Expecting scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is What to Expect When You're Expecting easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Is What to Expect When You're Expecting sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

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18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity4

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise34

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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