If it had stopped wasting time on slapstick moments like some weird hybrid of Love, Actually and Bridesmaids-with-bellies, it might actually have painted a vivid and perceptive portrait of parenthood.

| Jan 13, 2021

Admitting that pregnancy blows sometimes is de rigeur these days and nothing to freak out about. There's nothing to see here, people. Come to think of it, "nothing to see here" could work as an alternate tagline to this movie, too.

| Jan 13, 2021

The few moments of cuteness and heart can't make up for the rest of the parts that just plain suck.

| Original Score: 2.0/4.0 | Sep 27, 2020

You'll undoubtedly enjoy Jones' What to Expect When You're Expecting far more if you accept it for what it is -- a popcorn movie: warm, fluffy and immediately forgettable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2019

Although it's meant to be a comedy, did I laugh? I might never have stopped but for one small thing, which I feel obliged to mention: I never started. I sat there stony-faced like a stone, with a face.

| Sep 1, 2018

Diaz's plotline seems to revolve solely around an argument with Morrison over the merits of circumcision. She's pro-cut. He's fanatically anti-cut. Clearly, as is the film's editor.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 14, 2013

What to Expect When You're Expecting provides a snapshot of contemporary anxieties about imminent parenthood, but it may be more worthwhile as a document for future pop culture scholars to use to understand what was trendy in 2012.

| Original Score: D | Feb 4, 2013

The charismatic cast (particularly Banks and Lopez) manage to find the humanity in their clichd roles but they can't transcend all the surface-level schmaltz on display here.

| Oct 24, 2012

Provides good chuckles and heartfelt drama - paired with an equal amount of familiar gags and flat story ideas.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 27, 2012

What To Expect When You're Expecting delivers a stale plot, mostly underwritten characters and almost no joy. Expect little and you may not be entirely disappointed.

| Original Score: 4.5/10 | Sep 15, 2012

The highs, lows, unexpected joys and totally expected pains of pregnancy get a comprehensive going over in this consistently funny, warm-hearted ensemble comedy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 26, 2012

Too bad you can't watch What to Expect When You're Expecting the way most people read the best-selling self-help book: by skipping the unnecessary bits and diving into the important stuff.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 14, 2012

A dirty diaper bag of sex jokes, sentimental mush, cartoonish claptrap and weary parent-to-be cliches.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2012

Those who don't have children would find it rather agonising, while those who do might not wish to pay a babysitter for the pleasure of seeing a film about nappies and epidurals.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 8, 2012

I wasn't expecting how warmly I'd feel towards the characters by the end of the movie - and I certainly wasn't expecting to tear up a little bit during one of the couple's denouements. How in hell did that happen?

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 4, 2012

Appears at first to be a superficial appetizer with little on its mind beyond clich and predictable formula...but some genuine tenderness surfaces..and Banks is terrific.

| Original Score: B | Jun 3, 2012

These women have nothing that interesting to offer and their husbands are just as dull.

| Original Score: C+ | Jun 3, 2012

Like childbirth, (it's) very messy and painful at times. But like raising children, there will be a few tears and a few laughs and somehow you'll get through it.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 31, 2012

The young Hollywood executives of today were weaned on television's last golden era - the heady days of 'Friends' and 'Ally McBeal' and 'Seinfeld' - and the films now being greenlit seem to come with a mandate for a small-screen mindset and aesthetic.

| May 31, 2012

Messy? Complicated? Nah. Turns out all you should expect when you're expecting is to live in the midst of a nine-month sitcom.

| May 29, 2012