Maybe Baby

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  • Opened August 24, 2001 
  • 1 hr 44 min
  • R | sexual content and language
  • NOW PLAYING AT SELECTED THEATERS - Sam (Hugh Laurie) and Lucy (Joely Richardson) Bell are a married couple who seem to have it all: good looks, successful careers (as a BBC-TV commissioning editor and agent, respectively), matching motorbikes, and an enthusiastic love life. The only thing they lack is the one thing they want most - a baby. Sam and Lucy's love for each other, the most important thing they both have, will now truly be put to the test...with surprising results. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Dawn French, Tom Hollander, Hugh Laurie, Adrian Lester
  • Director: Ben Elton
  • Genres: Comedy, Romance

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New Times (L.A.)
| Gregory Weinkauf

Maybe Baby is Elton's stab at romantic comedy, and it's a strong feature debut, spiffy, quick-witted and more than a little shocking in its unflinching acknowledgement of English people having sex. Read full review

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L.A. Weekly
| Chuck Wilson

A film we hereby proclaim the finest fertility comedy ever made, in the faint hope that another will not be attempted. Read full review

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The New York Times
| Stephen Holden

A juggling act between high soap opera and low comedy, Maybe Baby manages to keep its pins in the air until very near the end. Read full review

60
TV Guide
| Maitland McDonagh

Atkinson's painfully unfunny turn as an insensitive gynecologist is eclipsed by Hollander's scathingly funny portrayal of belligerent auteur Proclaimer, whose wears his pretenses with such scabby aplomb that they achieve high style. Read full review

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