Labor Pains

Labor Pains

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Labor Pains

Aaron Yoo, Bill Hader, Bonnie Somerville, Cheryl Hines, Chris Parnell

A young woman to pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for ...( read more  read more... )nine months.

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  • September 15, 2009
    It's not throat slashingly bad, but it does miss an oportunity for good comedy. The scenario is there, the talent is there, but nothing is ever THAT funny. Amusing? Maybe, it wont wipe a smile off your face, but probably wont put one there either. Lohan is great, and it's a shame...( read more) her personal life has kept her away from big vehicles. The rest of the cast do there jobs, but it's all too predictable. Probably a good job that this didn't go to cinema's, as it's certainly of (at most) rental quality.
  • August 15, 2009
    Too cute to be offensive but too limp to be worth remembering, Labor Pains is one more than one occasion a bit demoralizing to watch. Not that the results come across as embarassing, but the project seems to be a source of disinterest for nearly all involved. Lara Shapiro's direc...( read more)ting is never less than competent, but it's also as devoid of imagination as can be. There is nothing remotely surprising about the screenplay's development, which keeps the humour at a pretty stupid level and loses considerable steam once the Big 'n Funny Secret comes to light. After that, it's just a matter of getting Guy + Girl together, and we all know how that ends, m'I right?

    And finally, for the Lindsay Lohan case... look, we're all aware that her career has taken serious blows over the last couple of years, especially after the flopping of the magically terrible I Know Who Killed Me. If anything, her headlining of Labor Pains isn't a misstep by any means, but that's not to say she brings her all to the role. Frankly, her performance is rather uninteresting and even artificial at times. It is still a bit of a pleasure to see the former teen queen onscreen again instead of on celebrity mugshots Hall of Fames, but I have seen her fare a lot better, especially in comedy. The supporting cast dillydallies between fairly good (Cheryl Hines) and fairly bad (Chris Parnell), but like their tabloid-friendly costar, there's nothing particularly notable about their work here.

    This isn't a film worth lamenting about, really. Labor Pains avoids bad taste or syrupy sentimentality, and it even has a couple of swell jokes, but down the line, it is unremarkable to the extreme. Even if it rightfully finds the idea of treating pregnant women like demigods ridiculously funny, it has nothing in stores for those that are looking for another riff on the far superior Junos or Knocked Ups of this world. Everyone's gotten their paychecks now, so let's just forget about this film, mmmkay...?
  • December 23, 2009
    I had no other movies to watch, so I watched this. I should've just sat and stared at a blank tv screen.
  • December 19, 2009
    like a car crash, predictable as hell,and annoying circumstances allround, romcomsreallyare getting worse
  • December 13, 2009
    Lindsay Lohan doesn;t have much success with movies post-Mean Girls but I would still like to watch this one
  • December 8, 2009
    It was actually a very sweet movie... I wish it were more moral but of course it's Lindsay Lohan... so what do you expect? It was enjoyable, humorous, and cute. I did end up liking the main character because I felt her pain but I just never really got attached to her love interest.
  • November 25, 2009
    didnt enjoy it much.
  • November 19, 2009
    This is the new Lindsay Lohan movie, and it went DTDVD. Surprisingly though, this was a sweet, cute, and enjoyable time. Not the best comedy ever, not even the best this summer, but fun and she does well. I will maintain that she always has an air of charm about her, even when sp...( read more)iralling out of control, but her, she's notches above Gerogia Rules and its ilk, and while the movie hits cliched and the ending is far too safe, there are moments that had me laughing a lot, and in a comedy, that's a good thing.
  • November 11, 2009
    An ok, hilarious movie. It's enjoyable :)
  • October 30, 2009
    I love Li-Lo films, but with Labor Pains, well it's easy to see why it went straight to video! It's watchable, but had me groaning in places and left me feeling unsatisfied. Saying that it had a couple of funny moments where I LOL-ed, but it didn't really make up for the rest of it.

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