Maybe Baby
USA Films | Release Date: August 24, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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80
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
Maybe Baby is Elton's stab at romantic comedy, and it's a strong feature debut, spiffy, quick-witted and more than a little shocking in its unflinching acknowledgement of English people having sex. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
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. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyChuck Wilson
A film we hereby proclaim the finest fertility comedy ever made, in the faint hope that another will not be attempted. Read full review
60
SalonStephanie Zacharek
Sabotages itself by trying too hard. The worst of it is that Maybe Baby feels very much like an Englishman's attempt to make a Nora Ephron movie, all warm and squishy in a decidedly American way. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
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. Read full review
50
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
There are some light chuckles to be had, but considering its promising parentage, this is surprisingly soft stuff. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
This one's all labor pains, and, in the end, nothing gets delivered.
40
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
This new romantic comedy from the U.K. lands on an emotional gold mine only to spin it into synthetic straw. Read full review
30
VarietyDerek Elley
A wannabe romantic comedy with miscast leads and a script in desperate need of a good editor. Read full review
30
Village VoiceEd Park
Proves infertile in more ways than one. Read full review
12
New York PostLou Lumenick
This would be a stultifyingly incestuous affair even if all the jokes about fertilization weren't so tiresomely lame and predictable.
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