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Synopsis: Burt Farlander and Verona De Tessant are a couple steeped in eccentricity and irregularity but are very much in love. So when they find out that Verona is pregnant they seem to be taking it in their stride. Verona is enjoying pregnancy, Burt is already practicing skill that he believes a good father should have, and they living in the same state as Burt's parents, Jerry and Gloria, so that their prospective daughter can have grandparents. However, things are shaken up when Burt and Verona go to dinner at Jerry and Gloria's house, as Burt's parents reveal a surprising piece of news. They have decided to move to Antwerp in Belguim a month before the baby is due, scuppering Burt and Verona's plans of having their children's grandparents around. Because Verona lost her parents when she was relatively young, she finds this news very hard to take, but the resilient couple quickly find a way to turn it in to a positive. It becomes obvious that this is what the pair needed, as they decide to e
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sam Mendes
Production: Focus Features
  3 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
68%
R
Year:
2009
98 min
$9,400,000
Website
1,209 Views


She's a beauty.

Wow. Spectacular.

Exquisite. I mean,

talk about perfection.

Verona, do you think

she's gonna look like you?

Well, I hope so.

I think I'm the mom.

I just want a little Verona.

After 2 boys, I want a little Verona

in a leotard. Can you do that for me?

I will definitely

work on it.

Okay, and just how black

do you think she'll be?

Mom...

Wow. I don't know.

Maybe we can leave her out in the sun

for a couple of days, expedite things?

Verona, are you on schedule?

Oh! Jerry!

You don't ask her that!

But I'll tell you what scares me,

it's that tilted uterus of yours.

Does it really?

Do you think that's gonna

make the delivery hell?

I don't know.

You know how I had this one?

Yes.

Yeah.

Thank you.

In the tub.

Yep.

I had to call the fire department,

it happened so fast.

The water broke,

I make the call.

burst in the bathroom.

You've got to picture me.

No, we don't.

I'm 23, gorgeous, alone, the skirt's hiked

up to the waist, the legs are apart,

I'm huffing and puffing, and bang!

I'm surrounded by the 3 men

in the uniforms.

It's August, so humid.

My blouse is soaked,

I'm engorged with milk...

Did they bring their hoses, Gloria?

They were all over me.

Very capable men, knew exactly

what they were doing.

Almighty food gatherer, father of

the earth, sky, water and ice

and food, we give you thanks.

Thank you.

So, we've been reading

a bunch of books,

trying to decide what kind of birthing

experience we want to have.

That's terrific.

And we think that we want to limit

the amount of people in the room,

or near the room.

Well, you don't have

to worry about that.

Right. No sweat.

And we decided that we don't want

any videotaping. Sorry, Jerry.

Right, I won't.

Fabulous.

But we really want

to share this with you.

Your presence is really,

really important to us.

Definitely.

Yeah, yeah.

You're so right.

We so are looking forward to it.

We will definitely be there.

The only reason we won't be there

is if we're living in Belgium.

Okay, we have news.

It's big.

What is it?

We're leaving in June.

We're finally doing it.

You're leaving in June?

The baby's due in July.

Right. To Antwerp.

City of light.

Well, that's not...

No, you're not.

Yeah, we are.

It's gonna be superb.

No. And don't

say that word.

We thought you'd

be proud of us.

We've been talking

about this for 15 years.

And now we can

finally do it.

You're leaving a month

before the baby's born?

You're moving 3,000 miles

away from your grandchild.

I think it's more than

I think so.

I can't believe this!

There are planes, Burt.

We've been planning this forever, folks.

You know that.

I didn't know that.

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Dave Eggers

Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is the husband of writer Vendela Vida with whom he has two children. He wrote the best-selling memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Eggers is also the founder of McSweeney's, a literary journal, a co-founder of the literacy project 826 Valencia and the human rights nonprofit Voice of Witness, and the founder of ScholarMatch, a program that matches donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in several magazines. more…

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