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Maybe Baby, 2000

Starring: Hugh Laurie, Joely Richardson

Directed by: Ben Elton

Written by: Ben Elton

Language: English

Country: UK

Runtime: 104 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:5.4

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The mood of Maybe Baby is humorous, clever, and witty. The plot centers around falling in love, couples relations, and love and romance. It is a comedy and romance movie. Stylistically, Maybe Baby is talky. In approach, it is realistic. It happens in the 1990s. Maybe Baby is based on a book. It is especially suggested for a girls' night and a date night.

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Novelist-playwright-comedian-screenwriter-television writer Ben Elton (THE YOUNG ONES, BLACKADDER) tries his busy hand at directing with MAYBE BABY, a short, sweet romantic comedy about a couple very much in love but having difficulty conceiving a child. Hugh Laurie (Sam) and Joely Richardson (Lucy) are perfect as the struggling couple. Sam works for the BBC, where his new young boss shoves mottoes and buzzwords down his employees' throats. (One of the best is "Stay on message.") Sam and Lucy try anything and everything to conceive, reading books, following quack advice, using special massage oils, and seeing doctor after doctor to determine what the problem is. An aspiring writer, Sam has been looking for just the right story. When he suggests to Lucy (who keeps track of all of her thoughts and emotions in her diary) that he write about their struggles trying to have a baby, Lucy is furious that he would even consider making light of their personal relationship. But when he goes ahead and does it anyway--without her knowledge--their love is tested in more ways than one. Elton's witty debut film also features small parts played by such British stars as Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Dawn French, and Joanna Lumley.

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Language:	English
Country:	UK
Release date:	February 2000
Runtime:	104 min

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Hugh Laurie

as Sam Bell

Joely Richardson

as Lucy Bell

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TV Guide

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. Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

The New York Times

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. Full Review

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by: Stephen Holden

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