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Technically the genre isn't beneath contempt. But this movie is.

-J. R. JonesFull Review

Babies are cute and expectant parents often aren't. That kind of sums up What to Expect When You're Expecting.

-Peter RainerFull Review

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 WhittyFull Review

Patently contrived to deliver the safer side of pregnancy-related humor over the course of five tidily intersecting plot lines.

-William GossFull Review

Remember when advice books stayed on the shelves where they belonged?

-Connie OgleFull Review

It's a sitcom-y ensemble film (complete with product placement) that feels like you're flipping around the TV dial.

-Jennie PunterFull Review

"What to Expect" rolls out this shocking revelation: Having kids is a messy and complicated process.

-Tom LongFull Review

The film is dully shot and so predictably plotted, you could tick off the items like you're packing a bag for the delivery room.

-Farran Smith NehmeFull Review

The movie turns out to be a little of everything yet succeeds only occasionally at anything.

-Stephanie MerryFull Review

"What to Expect" isn't an inspired movie, but a manufactured one, but one with some laughs and some moments.

-Mick LaSalleFull Review

What audiences should expect is a tone-deaf, superficial, charmless ensemble rom-com, focused on five attractive, but uninteresting, couples.

-Claudia PuigFull Review

Cute couple Kendrick and Crawford are completely lost at sea. But the guys in the Dudes Group have the worst of it - they are a whiny, unappealing bunch through and through.

-Betsy SharkeyFull Review

The writing is sharp and the performances bright, and if you've been through the forced gestational march known as pregnancy, there are knowing laughs to be had.

-Ty BurrFull Review

The still-born What To Expect... is an all-star dud that could be easily confused with Valentine's Day and New Year's Eve, except for the absence of Ashton Kutcher.

-Peter TraversFull Review

An amiable but disjointed movie with too many stories and not enough storytelling.

-Colin CovertFull Review

It makes one long for the comparative complexity and subtlety of Valentine's Day.

-Carrie RickeyFull Review

What you don't expect is how bad almost all of it is.

-Joe NeumaierFull Review

Exactly what you'd expect. And that's not a good thing.

-Richard RoeperFull Review

With 10 main characters and nearly as many smaller players, "What to Expect" attempts to cover every possible type of motherhood in America and very nearly succeeds.

-Rafer GuzmanFull Review

The overall mood is of warm reassurance, and some of it is even pretty funny.

-A.O. ScottFull Review

Don't expect much.

-Moira MacDonaldFull Review

What to Expect When You're Expecting is pretty much what you'd expect. It plays to its target audience with a vengeance, and that audience would be people expecting kids or who can remember their own pre-parenthood jitters.

-Peter HowellFull Review

The plot nearly stalls with gridlock. It's clever but the stories are thin soup.

-Roger EbertFull Review

Everything that happens in the multiple story lines is entirely predictable; the only question is when.

-Glenn KennyFull Review

As sociology, it's skin-deep, but if you're a parent or preparing to be one, you might see yourself in a few of these folks and have a good time doing so.

-Owen GleibermanFull Review

Some of the pregnancies are played for laughs, others are depicted more melodramatically. It's a mishmash of mediocrity.

-Bill GoodykoontzFull Review

For all the fear, loathing, and overthinking that Murkoff's bedside text engenders, its journey ends with the hopeful beginning of a new life, whereas the movie leaves you hoping for a swift end to your own.

-Eric HynesFull Review

A good-looking cast of popular actors can only do so much with material that's superficial and sitcommy.

-Christy LemireFull Review

Superficial and frothy...choppy and episodic, and funny - especially when Chris Rock, a veteran dad in real life - is holding court.

-Roger MooreFull Review

Helmer Kirk Jones does a solid job negotiating the material and managing the few tonal shifts when an occasional dark moment emerges.

-Lael LoewensteinFull Review


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