Storyline
Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
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Cast
Anna Kendrick, Cameron Diaz, Thomas Lennon, Elizabeth Banks, Rob Huebel, Rodrigo Santoro, Dennis Quaid, Jesse Burch, Brooklyn Decker, Rhoda Griffis, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Chace Crawford, Sharon Conley, Catherine Dyer, Lisa M. Barfield, Scott Ledbetter, Tabatha Minchew, Matthew Lintz, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Jeff Chase, Rebel Wilson, J. Todd Smith, Bart Hansard, Chris Rock, Kate Kneeland, Andrew Laws, Amir Talai, Jennifer Lopez, Génesis Rodríguez, David Thwaites, Tyce Diorio, Matthew Morrison, Pam Smith, Joe Manganiello, Ben Falcone, Kim Fields, Megan Mullally, Mimi Gianopulos, Cheryl Cole, Taboo, Dwyane Wade, Whitney Port, Taylor Kowalski, Julie Ivey, Aerli Austen, Bree Dawn Shannon, Kelley Hinman, Jon Stafford, Elizabeth Becka, Brian Bascle, Eric Mendenhall, Maria Howell, Sharon Gee, Scott Poythress, Nico Ward, Cynthia Evans, Jimi Kocina, Jasmine Kaur, Valerie Payton, Richard Mitchell, Jessie Ward, Hannah Kasulka, Africa Miranda, Emily Chandler Westergreen, Veronica Yung, Steve Coulter, Adam Baaklini, Chelsea Cardwell, Catherine Barrow, Megan Hayes, Judi Blair, Jordan Blair Mangold Brown, Justin O. Cooper, Max DiNatale, Aimee Dunn, Cait Johnson, Polly Mitchell Giles, Courtney Pennington, Heather Schull, Yvette Tucker, Kathy Walton, Jacqueline Marie Zwick
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Reviews
75
As sociology, it's skin-deep, but if you're a parent or preparing to be one, you might see yourself in a few of these folks and have a good time doing so.
60
Variety
Helmer Kirk Jones does a solid job negotiating the material and managing the few tonal shifts when an occasional dark moment emerges.
60
Boxoffice Magazine
What to expect from What to Expect When You're Expecting: laughs, heart and a terrific ensemble of actors doing what they do best.
50
Amid the would-be and actual laughs, the screenplay tries to drum up drama, but every disagreement and tension is treated superficially and summarily resolved.
50
The only surprise is that Garry Marshall didn't direct this jumbled, star-studded kibitz and rename it "Mothers Day."
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