Mollie is a single working mother who's out to find the perfect father for her child. Her baby, Mikey, prefers James, a cab driver turned babysitter who has what it takes to make them both happy. But Mollie won't even consider James. It's going to take all the tricks a baby can think of to bring them together before it's too late.
This is a great idea for a sketch, not a feature, and if Heckerling had resisted padding it out, it might have made a brilliant short. A comedy can ride only so far on high concept. It has to deliver the jokes, and this one doesn't.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
This flabby comedy ... deserves only one thing: to fall on its fat one.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Cute is the operative word for the movie, which stars some good actors doing material that is not super.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Heckerling directs this dippy but delightful film with a light, zany touch and a reasonably low yuck-factor (dribbles notwithstanding).
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Like a standup comic pouring 'flopsweat', this ill-conceived comedy about an infant whose thoughts are given voice by actor Bruce Willis palpitates with desperation.