Three Men and a Cradle
In one split second, their lives went from party to potty.
In one split second, their lives went from party to potty.
Comedy
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1985
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Three young men - Jacques, Pierre, and Michel - share an apartment in Paris, and have many girlfriends and parties. Once, during a party, a friend of Jacques' tells him he has a quite compromising package to deliver, and asks him if he can leave it discreetly at their place. Jacques agrees and, as he works as a steward, flies away for a one-month trip in Japan, telling Pierre and Michel about the package. Then, one of Jacques' former girlfriends drops a baby before their door, making Pierre and Michel believing it is the package they are waiting for. Their lives are then completely changed.
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Runtime:
106 min
Release date:
18 Sep 1985
Country:
FR
Languages:
French
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$2,052,466
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 5 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
A perfectly pleasant little piffle.
– Sheila Benson,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jul 2014
fresh:
A simple equation, perhaps, but when it comes to comedy, simpler is frequently funnier.
– Jay Boyar,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Jul 2014
fresh:
Serreau's direction is bright and confident, avoiding the saccharine pitfalls of the material.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
Noisy, and not short of unison waddling walks.
– Brian Case,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
Serreau is too self-consciously serious to embrace her stereotypes, thus to find new fun in them, and too academic to create characters that have comic lives of their own.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
28 May 2003