Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Friends with Kids 2011

Friends With Kids (2011)     Two best friends for years with no romantic interest in each other decide they would like to have a child.  They are friends with two couples with children.  They don't want a marriage with children if the kind of life their friends have becomes your life.  They think love, marriage and children doesn't work, all good qualities go out the door and the bad ones are highlighted.  Julie has a baby boy and Jason is the father, both devote themselves to splitting their time raising him until Julie meets Kurt and Jason meets Mary Jane. 
     The premise is good but this becomes so predictable and every scene seems the same, constant fighting among the married couples, some ease and bliss between the two singles.  Talented actors with not much to work with, just going through the motions.  I loathed some of the language, it is not needed.  3* (This movie is OK)

107 min, Comedy directed by Jennifer Westfeldt with Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Jennifer Westfeldt, John Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Chris O-Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns, Kelly Bishop.

Note:  Blockbuster 3*, imdb 6.2 out of 10, 68% critic 55% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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