What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)

I love this film, don't get what all the bad reviews are about or even the average ones. Loads of funny moments, but also some emotional ones. Similar to lots of my other favourite romantic comedies, Love Actually, Knocked Up and Marley & Me spring to mind. This film has a lot of heart, it's exactly my sort of movie, so maybe that's why I like it so much. It had an affect on me, maybe because I'm a soppy, emotional woman! It made me laugh out loud at times & made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up at others. It has a stellar cast and many great and funny moments from all the top billed cast. I wanted to give this film the credit it deserves amongst all the bad reviews.

I was going to finish watching it, but I just cannot deal with Jennifer Lopez and her horrible acting... I'm sorry, I just cannot. I wanted to see the movie because I read the book quite some time ago myself (No, I am not an expecting mother, nor was I then, and I do not plan on going through such life altering developments...just yet : ]. I simply have an interest in the miracle that is child birth, and I like to remain educated on the topic), and I absolutely loved it! And so when I saw they were making a film around the novel, I was interested, as you can imagine. All to be disappointed upon finding out that they would cast such an...odd assortment of characters for a film like this, starting with their choice to include such a talentless person like Jennifer. Now, don't get me wrong, she had her time in the 90's and early 2000's, when art was at it's most raw form, but she's older now and should be moving on to other things, and many do agree with me. She's not a great singer, in my opinion, and I love all kinds of music. Her acting is a bit stiff to me, and when she tries to branch out you can see the strain. And that's what I get from this film. Strain. *sigh* Well, better luck next time, Kirk. I'm sure you'll learn your lesson. A pretty face is not always best choice.

There's a scene at the beginning of What to Expect When You're Expecting of a woman sitting on the sofa watching a (I assume fictional) reality TV programme 'Celebrity Dance Off' (or something - it's basically like America's Strictly Come Dancing). Her husband sits down next to her and asks her what she's watching. When she tells him, he just gets up and walks off.That scene is a good metaphor for the rest of the film.I read someone else's (probably a man) appraisal of it and he said that it was 'The Chickiest Chick-flick that ever flicked.' I would have to agree.I'm afraid to say that this review is based only on the first 32 minutes as that was all I could stand. I initially only watched it because Cameron Diaz was in it and she's normally good in comedies (even rom-coms). However, the film is actually about five different couples, all experiencing pregnancy from different angles. Cameron Diaz is her usual kooky self, but she's not in it enough to make it worth my while.Basically, this film is for women only (please don't hit me). It just wasn't for me.Guys, seriously, put something with Jason Statham on instead. This film may put you off having children for the rest of your life.

Another one of those ensemble movies where everyone is rich, knows someone rich, owns their own food van, fall in love, fall out, have some life changing epiphany during the film and all live happily ever after.That's the film, and it gets spoon fed to you every minute that you tolerate it.From the d-list celeb cameo at the beginning, to the bit where one of the mothers becomes slightly ill for 10 seconds, there is nothing new, exciting, and most importantly, funny about this film.All the stories treat parenthood like its a child's daubing. From the loss of a child, Kendricks character leaves the hospital in just little of over three hours and dumps her boyfriend on the street. Right.Lopez is struggling to have children, so she does a Madonna.........And the film constantly reminds you that reality TV stars and hosts are human too.The only saving grace in this is Quaid, who hasn't got any problems as he's a retired racer who is brimming with cash.I cannot think of any demographic that this film is trying to reach out to, its trying to reach out to everybody ala Richard Curtis, but fails on every level.