rating:
(out of
4 stars)United States; 1994
Directed by Ivan Reitman; produced by Ivan Reitman; written by Kevin Wade, Chris Conrad
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Emma Thompson, Danny DeVito, Frank Langella, Pamela Reed, Aida Turturro
Below you will find a temporary review for this film. The real (better, more complete) review will be online very soon.
A comedy about a man who gets pregnant is not something you must take too
seriously. If you do not do that there is a very good chance you will like
'Junior' as much as I do. The pregnant man is Dr. Alex Hesse, played by
Arnold Schwarzenegger. He becomes pregnant to test a new drug he has
invented together with Dr. Larry Arbogast, played by Danny DeVito. They do
this without permission since their project was actually stopped by Noah
Banes (Frank Langella) and their laboratory was given to Dr. Diana Reddin,
played by Emma Thompson. Larry's ex-wife Angela (Pamela Reed) is also
pregnant, apparently from an Aerosmith-member, and she wants Larry to be her
doctor. The egg in Alex's his belly is from Diana's laboratory and was
called 'Junior'.
You understand that this material can not make a great movie, but it can
make a very funny one. Without asking to many questions you have enough
laughs here. Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito showed us before they are a
funny couple in 'Twins' and here they prove it again. They are not even the
best thing. That credit has to go to Emma Thompson as the clumsy Diana. She,
of course, is also the love interest and that part is played very funny.
Thompson will make you laugh the most. Again, if the only thing you want to
do with a comedy is laugh 'Junior' could be a very nice pick.