Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.
Patently contrived to deliver the safer side of pregnancy-related humor over the course of five tidily intersecting plot lines.
– William Goss,
Film.com,
18 May 2012
rotten:
Director Kirk Jones and screenwriters Shauna Cross and Heather Hach consistently fall back on corny music and slow-motion to try to get laughs. Very little of this movie feels risky, or even frisky.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
18 May 2012
rotten:
Babies are cute and expectant parents often aren't. That kind of sums up What to Expect When You're Expecting.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 May 2012
rotten:
Bringing a child into the world is no laughing matter, and all involved seem to have done their level best to make things as mirthless as possible.
– Guy Lodge,
Time Out,
22 May 2012
rotten:
Technically the genre isn't beneath contempt. But this movie is.