Junior
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.
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- Cast:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger , Danny DeVito , Emma Thompson , Frank Langella , Pamela Reed , James Eckhouse , Megan Cavanagh
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This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
Blistering performances.
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
For me this is one of those movies you will either love or hate, there is no in between. Having said that I loved it, but do not rate it up there with good movies, because even though I loved it, it is not really that good. I do think however that it is better than the current 4.4 rating.Arnie and Danny Devito are quite funny together, but some of Arnie's acting can be hit and miss. I am by the way a big fan of Arnies, just being honest.The casting is probably the best thing about Junior. It's hard to imagine any other macho actor of Arnies ilk pulling this off. As in Twins and Kindergarten Cop, Arnie plays against his macho image, getting both laughs and smiles by showing us his non macho side.Add Danny Devito and Emma Thompson, actors I hold in high regard and you have to at least give this a go.It gave me a few laughs and a smile, but I have no wish to watch it twice.
Carry means to continue or tote . Pregnant means the vague time before birth when womb buids a fetus, it is being developed. She is the hand, pottery wheel and clay. The agent.Narcissistic misogyny wants to reduce everything into something he can control ,he only one with power or ability.This lacks imagination , from a person who has to rearrange and make a mess when he has nothing new to contribute.
Junior(1994) Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Devito, Emma Thompson, Frank Langella, Pamela Reed, Aida Turturro, Megan Cavanagh, Welker White, Christopher Meloni, Misa Koprova, James Eckhouse, Mindy Seeger, Alexander Enberg, Mary Gordon Murray, Stefan Gierasch, Ryan Doss, Zachary Doss, Brianna McConnell, Brittany McConnell, Lawrence T. Wrentz, and Tom Dugan Directed By: Ivan Reitman Review NOTHING IS INCONCEIVABLE Hello Kiddies your pal the cupid critic here, you ever thought about what would happen if a guy was pregnant well imagine if that guy was Arnold Schwarzeneger pretty funny right? Wrong! As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body. Now let me explain to you how an Arnold Schwarzeneger movie is made, hey studio executive I have an idea for a movie. A movie or a poster, well a poster of course. I see Arnold Schwarzenager with a toy gun, baby, he's pregnant. Okay go on.He's got a huge belly and everything and he's like what? I'm pregnant.That doesn't happen. That is true that doesn't happen. And we can have that short guy from twins cause Arnold was in Twins, but it's not Twins. Of course not. And lets get a British female. The movie has one goal, be funny, which it is not and apparently this is a romance/drama film as to how I have no idea idea. But I honestly believe that its primary goal at the time was to be a cool poster. The story does sound interesting for a comedy but apparently their are moments were your suppose to take the situation seriously which baffles me, I mean come on its Arnold Schwarezneger with a baby I should be laughing my ass off. Can you guess what this movie is, boring. I mean its bad when I'm actually praying for it to be insensitive and insulting. Maybe we can get some humor across, I guess the actors are alright and Arnold doesn't come across as half bad in this but that's the problem, we want him to be bad in this. I'm giving Junior a half out of five.
As 'ridiculous' as the concept is, ignoring all the scientific inaccuracies, 'Junior' is a lot of fun. What would happen if men could carry babies in their 'womb'? Well you might want to try 'Junior'. Obviously the film wasn't meant to be taken seriously and that's how director Ivan Reitman treats this. Hats off to Schwarzenneger, who had established himself as the action hero, for taking up the challenge. He does a great job. His abilities in comedy have been underrated and 'Junior' just gave him that right kind of boost. And when you have people like Danny Devito, Emma Thompson and Pamela Reed then you can certainly expect to laugh. Thompson's comic flair also remains underrated and she is hilarious here without having to resort to the formulaic comedic tactics. In terms of writing, there are many funny dialogues that allow the scenes tickle. Even the more 'intense' sequences are loaded with funny dialogue (for example the sequence where Alex confronts Diana about Junior). 'Junior' is a movie that once can easily enjoy with the family. It was fun to revisit after years.