Junior

United International Pictures (UIP) | Release Date: November 23, 1994

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59	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 25 Critic Reviews

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David Ansen

Neither hilarious nor horrible, Junior is the first would-be Arnold blockbuster that coasts on charm. Read full review

EmpireJeff Dawson

A daft movie, but one not without its moments of healthy radiance, spurred on by some bristling gags and a welcome comic return by Emma Thompson as a gauche fellow doctor caught in a romantic sub-plot. Read full review

Janet Maslin

Proceeds efficiently but never quite lives up to its own potential as a sight gag. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Effective, but despite the trio's fine efforts Junior can't get past lightly amusing, never manages to work up a sustained comic head of steam. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Junior is passable entertainment, but it could hardly be called fully developed. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Schwarzenegger’s willingness to flirt with femininity, to become truly radiant, is the most engaging aspect of Junior. Unfortunately, the script doesn’t portray his transformation to starry-eyed pregnant bliss with much comic ingenuity. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

As a comedy, Junior has its share of laughs -- but no more than its share. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Let’s just say that, for the right audience, Junior may deliver. But there’s a whole lot of pregnancy to go through first. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

Considering its queasy subject matter, Junior is surprisingly restrained, although it doesn't carry many laughs to full term. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

The movie never approaches the level of screwball fun its cast seems capable of. But the curiosity of seeing Arnie grunt and groan with labor pains is hard to resist. [23 Nov 1994, p.E2]

Steven Rea

As a commentary on gender roles, maternity, paternity and test-tube fertilization, Junior does manage to get in a few good yuks - but far fewer than you'd expect given the story's, um, fertile premise. [23 Nov 1994, p.E01]

Michael Wilmington

It's a shiny, glib, hollowly good-looking movie that always seems to be cooing at us-coldly. [23 Nov 1994, p.9C]

Harper Barnes

Fitfully, someone will say or do something very funny, but much of the time passes in a rather laborious way. This movie should have been a lot better than it is. [27 Nov 1994, p.9C]