What to Expect When You're Expecting Page #7

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
1,289 Views


I'm just trying to do the right thing here.

- I didn't mean to...

- Then don't ask the wrong questions.

- Just forget that I said anything.

- No.

Just forget it 'cause I'll figure it out.

Whatever it is, it's not your problem.

- Rosie!

- It's fine.

I have to get back to the truck anyway.

HOLLY:
There he is!

Perfect. Okay, guys, look right here.

Big smile.

Aristotle! Good smile!

Okay, beautiful. You can pick up your prints

at the kiosk at the front.

KARA:
All right, everyone.

Aristotle needs his down time.

Okay, can we all wave bye-bye?

ALL:
Bye!

Thank you, nice friend.

So, how's Alex? Is he excited?

Yeah! Yeah! He's...

No. Actually, he's... I don't know.

I don't know. Maybe he's just not ready.

- They're never ready.

- Yeah.

Dude's group.

- What?

- Dude's group.

It's like Fight Club,

only there's no fighting,

everybody has babies,

they don't talk about what they do there.

I don't know what they do there

and I don't need to know.

All I know is that Craig started going

when I was pregnant with Henri

- and he's losing his sh*t.

- Yeah.

Now, he loves being a dad

and he never misses a Saturday.

You want Alex ready?

Send him to the dudes.

Your blood pressure is low

and you are in good health.

- And Dad's gonna keep you that way, right?

- Right.

- Look at these pamphlets.

- Thank you.

That's all we need to know.

Let's not go crazy with the research.

I love research. It soothes me.

Well then, you'll love the wall.

I'll see you both in a month.

Wow!

- Look at the wall!

- No, no, no, no.

I don't want to know about

everything that can go wrong.

Oh, my God! Look at this.

Okay, there's breast-feeding,

we have to know about this.

Cord-blood-banking,

this is very important these days.

You need to learn the Bradley Method.

And... What? Oh...

"Circumcision:
Yes or No?"

Of course. How is that even a question?

Actually, a lot of couples are choosing

not to circumcise these days.

- NURSE:
Interesting.

- Who said that?

The expert, honey.

So clearly, there's a question.

- That's why it says "Yes or No?"

- My answer is "Yes." Yes! Yes!

- My answer is, "I need to read about it."

- No more...

See you tomorrow, okay?

I'm not gonna forget it.

- Can I get a "I can do it"? You can do it!

- (GIRLS LAUGHING)

- I can do it!

- Who are you doing it for?

Oh, my God.

Damn, this show gives me the munchies.

JULES:
This is the beginning

of the rest of your life!

COURTNEY:
I so wanna do that slide-y thing.

MOLLY:
I feel so bad, but it's hilarious.

- COURTNEY:
No, no, this is just so funny.

- I hope they're having fun.

- Hi.

- Hi.

ROSIE:
Marco, this is Courtney and Molly.

- Hey. Nice to meet you.

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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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