Okay, it's not the best rom-com ever, but it's different. They all have something distinctive even if they fit a formula. And who wants realism? We're here to get away from reality.
What is it people have against J-Lo? So she is beautiful. That doesn't mean she can't act. I thought she was good in "Gigli"! I found her appealing enough, and I don't just mean good-looking. She looks like she is having a good time, when she is. Though it must be stated she has a beautiful face and an amazing body, which she is willing to show off as much as possible. One scene shows her from the back wearing as little as TV will allow, and maybe there is more I didn't see because of editing, such as another scene where she is facing the camera. Even when she is supposed to be pregnant, her legs still look great, and she is amazingly limber in the doctor's office before the procedure that makes her pregnant. Not sure why she covers her legs at the gym. And even with less makeup, she still has a beautiful face. There is one scene where she is showing photos to her boyfriend, and it's not really like acting. There's just something genuine about her in that scene.
Enough about J-Lo. I'm not familiar with Alex O'Loughlin but he is also quite appealing. Part of that is that he looks like Michael Rosenbaum, the most likable villain I can ever recall other than J. R. Ewing. But it's not him. And Stan is a good guy.
Linda Lavin is wonderful as Nana. It's good to see her playing a positive character once again, because she has played a lot of nasty old women in recent years. Also, Nana doesn't seem old. Her friends are still quite active. Others have some trouble getting around but that's fine.
That's more than we can say about Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham and Father Dowling to me), but he is likable even if he is obviously old. I sure would like to have seen more of him in other productions, even at that age and not in the best of health.
Robert Klein is so good as the doctor. I really liked him.
Anthony Anderson has a couple of good scenes as a frustrated father who isn't really warning Stan to get out while he can, because occasionally there are good times. The censor did get to the s-word (I think) but it's hard to tell. What father says that, multiple times, in front of his young son who has ... picked it up from the sandbox? But if you can accept such a disgusting joke, somehow the word needs to be there. Multiple times. The kid is good too.
Michaela Watkins makes a good best friend. She has one standout scene but it's the first one, where she seems to hate her kids. Other than that, she's just there. Those kids never appear again. Maybe one. I don't remember.
Melissa McCarthy is a quirky support group leader. One of these overly positive types. I'm not sure whether to use the word hippie.
And about that group. I'm not crazy about some of its members. There are the stereotype lesbians, though I don't think they speak. I shouldn't mention the outtakes yet, but I have to because there's one unpleasant scene that was apparently left out of the movie. And yet according to some imdb user reviews, that scene was in the movie, so maybe it didn't make it to TV. Just as well. If you're lucky, you won't see the woman giving birth in the water except with the credits.
There is a cute and helpful baby store employee who has a couple of good scenes.
Now let me say you have to stay for the outtakes at the end. They are funny. I don't like dogs and particularly not this one, but they have to try over and over to get the dog to walk up a ramp into ... well, I don't know what to call it. A fancy doghouse, maybe? It has a bed and looks like where a dog would go when indoors.
Some music I liked and some I didn't. I don't like J-Lo as a singer or others performing in the same style. Or the type music I believe her fans like. Some wedding music was familiar but performed in a different style then the best-known recording. No, it's not who you think getting married.
Should kids watch this? No! There is almost nothing, not even the scene with the kid at the playground, that kids should see.
If you can't find a great rom-com, this can be your back-up plan.
What is it people have against J-Lo? So she is beautiful. That doesn't mean she can't act. I thought she was good in "Gigli"! I found her appealing enough, and I don't just mean good-looking. She looks like she is having a good time, when she is. Though it must be stated she has a beautiful face and an amazing body, which she is willing to show off as much as possible. One scene shows her from the back wearing as little as TV will allow, and maybe there is more I didn't see because of editing, such as another scene where she is facing the camera. Even when she is supposed to be pregnant, her legs still look great, and she is amazingly limber in the doctor's office before the procedure that makes her pregnant. Not sure why she covers her legs at the gym. And even with less makeup, she still has a beautiful face. There is one scene where she is showing photos to her boyfriend, and it's not really like acting. There's just something genuine about her in that scene.
Enough about J-Lo. I'm not familiar with Alex O'Loughlin but he is also quite appealing. Part of that is that he looks like Michael Rosenbaum, the most likable villain I can ever recall other than J. R. Ewing. But it's not him. And Stan is a good guy.
Linda Lavin is wonderful as Nana. It's good to see her playing a positive character once again, because she has played a lot of nasty old women in recent years. Also, Nana doesn't seem old. Her friends are still quite active. Others have some trouble getting around but that's fine.
That's more than we can say about Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham and Father Dowling to me), but he is likable even if he is obviously old. I sure would like to have seen more of him in other productions, even at that age and not in the best of health.
Robert Klein is so good as the doctor. I really liked him.
Anthony Anderson has a couple of good scenes as a frustrated father who isn't really warning Stan to get out while he can, because occasionally there are good times. The censor did get to the s-word (I think) but it's hard to tell. What father says that, multiple times, in front of his young son who has ... picked it up from the sandbox? But if you can accept such a disgusting joke, somehow the word needs to be there. Multiple times. The kid is good too.
Michaela Watkins makes a good best friend. She has one standout scene but it's the first one, where she seems to hate her kids. Other than that, she's just there. Those kids never appear again. Maybe one. I don't remember.
Melissa McCarthy is a quirky support group leader. One of these overly positive types. I'm not sure whether to use the word hippie.
And about that group. I'm not crazy about some of its members. There are the stereotype lesbians, though I don't think they speak. I shouldn't mention the outtakes yet, but I have to because there's one unpleasant scene that was apparently left out of the movie. And yet according to some imdb user reviews, that scene was in the movie, so maybe it didn't make it to TV. Just as well. If you're lucky, you won't see the woman giving birth in the water except with the credits.
There is a cute and helpful baby store employee who has a couple of good scenes.
Now let me say you have to stay for the outtakes at the end. They are funny. I don't like dogs and particularly not this one, but they have to try over and over to get the dog to walk up a ramp into ... well, I don't know what to call it. A fancy doghouse, maybe? It has a bed and looks like where a dog would go when indoors.
Some music I liked and some I didn't. I don't like J-Lo as a singer or others performing in the same style. Or the type music I believe her fans like. Some wedding music was familiar but performed in a different style then the best-known recording. No, it's not who you think getting married.
Should kids watch this? No! There is almost nothing, not even the scene with the kid at the playground, that kids should see.
If you can't find a great rom-com, this can be your back-up plan.