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A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.A comedy about a couple (Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson) who are trying to conceive a child.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Directors
- Ben Elton
- Hugh Laurie(some scenes) (uncredited)
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaHugh Laurie directed some scenes when Ben Elton had to go to hospital for the birth of his children. Elton and his wife had been undergoing IVF treatment.
- GoofsAbout 34 minutes into the film, there is a scene in a restaurant. In one shot, there is a waitress at the table, and another one setting down plates at a table in the background. The camera cuts away for less than two seconds upon th arrival of a character, then cuts back, but with both waitress prematurely gone.
- ConnectionsReferences The Addams Family (1964)
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A long sitcom but still gently funny and sweet
BBC producer and scriptwriter Sam is married to Lucy and are trying for a child. As they try all sorts of methods to improve their chances, Sam's work begins to suffer until it is suggested that he write about something close to his own life. He begins to develop a script based on his and Lucy's attempts to get pregnant without her knowledge. However prying into he diary for more info he gets more than he bargained for.
A BBC film this features so many stars of BBC TV comedy that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a sitcom with high production values. In fact much of the plot and the laughs come very much from the sitcom school of writing, albeit of a slightly higher quality. There are quite a few very funny bits, plenty of saucy moments and jokes and some very soapy, sweet bits. It does feel like a sitcom with high ideas although it still manages to be gently entertaining, if never exactly brilliant in any sense.
Laurie is good without showing the wit that made him famous, while Richardson is very good back in a British film. The rest of the cast is made up of big stars like Lumley, French etc in all sorts of role and then a host of faces where you'll be struggling to remember where you saw them I got at least two Eastenders actors in very small roles.
Overall if you like UK sitcoms then this'll be right up your street (and a little bit better than what you're used to), if you don't then this is very slight but it still might win you over.
A BBC film this features so many stars of BBC TV comedy that you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a sitcom with high production values. In fact much of the plot and the laughs come very much from the sitcom school of writing, albeit of a slightly higher quality. There are quite a few very funny bits, plenty of saucy moments and jokes and some very soapy, sweet bits. It does feel like a sitcom with high ideas although it still manages to be gently entertaining, if never exactly brilliant in any sense.
Laurie is good without showing the wit that made him famous, while Richardson is very good back in a British film. The rest of the cast is made up of big stars like Lumley, French etc in all sorts of role and then a host of faces where you'll be struggling to remember where you saw them I got at least two Eastenders actors in very small roles.
Overall if you like UK sitcoms then this'll be right up your street (and a little bit better than what you're used to), if you don't then this is very slight but it still might win you over.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,501
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,351
- Aug 26, 2001
- Gross worldwide
- $173,763
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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