What to Expect When You're Expecting Page #4

Synopsis: Five couples' intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don't stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy's husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who's expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco's surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Kirk Jones
Production: Lionsgate Films
  12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
22%
PG-13
Year:
2012
110 min
$41,102,171
Website
1,221 Views


Well, we start filming in three weeks

and I'll be finished before I have to deliver.

So, basically, I am going to be

helping people get thin while I get fat.

What are you doing?

Yeah!

(GIGGLING)

(ALEX WHISTLING

AND PLAYING GUITAR)

- Sh*t! My tattoo!

- ALEX:
So what?

You're not gonna be the only mom out there

with that Spring Break dolphin. Trust me.

But those other moms

aren't getting judged like me.

Good call, Holly.

"I'll never get tired of a dolphin."

I'm not tired of it. I smile every time I see it.

Oh, God! Stop!

(DOORBELL BUZZES)

Let's do it.

- Let's see.

- Okay.

No, no, no!

What? No!

- Even our wedding photo?

- I'm not taking any chances.

Okay?

Be normal.

And you're planning on

bringing the baby home here?

- Yeah, we're...

- No.

No, this is just a rental.

We're buying a house, a really nice house.

A big yard, one story,

no pool or sharp edges of any kind.

Yeah, we're moving into a padded cell.

And why did you choose Ethiopia?

Um... Honestly, we would have been happy

adopting from anywhere.

We were on a waiting list for Guatemala,

but then they closed their adoptions.

So we started researching Ethiopia

and we just...

We just really fell in love with the culture.

Plus, all the white babies were taken.

You're a comedian?

- (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) No. He's not.

- No.

- He's not even funny. At all.

- Yeah.

What he does is, he actually picks songs

for commercials for an ad agency.

- Great health insurance.

- Yeah.

They're working on a big ad

for Delta Air Lines...

Well, we're bidding on it.

It's not a done deal yet.

And how's the photography business?

Well, I'm still waiting for the Guggenheim

to start collecting my work.

But until then, I'm shooting at

the Aquarium.

And, you know, it pays the bills.

"All the white babies were taken"?

What?

Cookie?

No, thank you.

So you think we're looking at a year?

Well, every case has its own timeline.

You just have to be patient.

But on average, yes, a year. Maybe more.

More?

I could work with that, right?

Yeah, that sounds good.

So does that mean you like us?

I don't see any red flags.

But you need to baby-proof

if you're going to stay here.

Yeah. Of course.

Oh, do you have a wedding photo?

The Ethiopian authorities really like to

see that in the packet.

- No.

- Yeah, we do.

- Of course we do. Yeah, we do.

- No, we don't. We lost it.

- Yeah. We do. Where is it?

- No! No! No!

Hmm. I think it's right here.

Vegas. It was a costume wedding.

I was Prince, Holly was a showgirl.

He loves Purple Rain.

You know what, why don't we just say

it got burned in a fire?

Good one.

- Here.

- Thank you.

Wendy, can I go

on my 15-minute Facebook break?

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Shauna Cross

Shauna Cross is an American screenwriter, novelist and former roller derby athlete. She skated for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls under the pseudonym "Maggie Mayhem", and subsequently wrote the 2007 novel Derby Girl, a fictionalized version of her experiences in the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls league. In 2009, she wrote a film adaption of the novel, Whip It, which was directed by Drew Barrymore and released in 2009. She was named one of Variety's 10 Screenwriters to Watch in 2008. more…

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