Skeet Ulrich plays a nobody on his way to Nevada who saves a baby from a burning car. The rest of the family unfortunately perishes before he can get to them. He decides to keep the baby, and much oddball and sometimes violent things follow this decision. He ends up with a group of folks, some of them prostitutes and one a mystical-type Native American straight out of Hollywood casting, and they become his family. He also has a buddy, played by an unrecognizable Gary Oldman, who comes to his rescue. Oldman is a hoot as a bottom-feeding con man. Ulrich isn't half-bad as this Johnny Depp-type NF who wants to call the baby his own. The occasional violence that occurs is jarring and dampens the otherwise feel-good mood of this quirky comedy. Plus the ending is pure fantasy, but what the hey. It's a semi-family film, so just enjoy. I think maybe the filmmakers watched RAISING ARIZONA once too often, as you will see when you watch NOBODY'S BABY.
Review of Nobody's Baby
