Product Description

Sam and lucy bell are a married couple who seem to have it all. The only thing they lack and want most is a baby. Between busy careers and trying to conceive life becomes completely unpredictable. Sam and lucys love for each other will now truly be put to the test..With surprising results. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/24/2004 Starring: Hugh Laurie Emma Thompson Run time: 93 minutes Rating: R Director: Ben Elton

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13105 in DVD
• Brand: Universal
• Released on: 2002-11-05
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Amazon.com
Joely Richardson shines in Maybe Baby, about a thirtysomething British couple struggling to have a child. After dabbling in fertility rituals and having sex according to a rigorous ovulation schedule, Lucy (Richardson) and Sam (Hugh Laurie) find their relationship tested by temptation; Lucy starts to yearn for a hunky young actor that her talent agency is representing, and Sam starts writing a seriocomic screenplay about their infertility--which he doesn't tell Lucy about, because she's already forbidden him to write it. Everything is fine until Sam delves into her diary in order to get a better grip on a woman's consciousness and learns more than he bargained for. Maybe Baby is a sincere and lighthearted movie, sprinkled with comic turns from Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), and others. Laurie is solid, but it's Richardson's charm and intelligence that makes it work. --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

Lots of laughs and a few tears.
Okay, I'll admit it. I bought this movie mainly because it starred Hugh Laurie. I am a major Hugh Laurie fan which only happened after I discovered him in the TV series "House". Now I can't get enough of this trememdously talented and very sexy actor/comedian. I honestly wasn't even expecting much from this movie since I'd never heard of it, and I figured it was going to be a bomb that would, if nothing else, give me a couple of hours of seeing Hugh Laurie. I was more than pleasantly surprised. Not only did this movie keep me laughing throughout, but the entire cast is wonderful. Laurie gives an outstanding performance as the insecure script writer desperately trying to conceive a baby with his wife, played by Joely Richardson who also deserves much praise for her performance. Their relationship, though strained at times, is one of total love and devotion that is put to the test more than once by both partners. The clever and often hysterical banter between the two is laugh out loud funny. Rowan Atkinson, a/k/a Mr. Bean, plays Richardson's gynecologist with his usual quirky, off-the-wall style. The actor who plays the director of Laurie's movie about their baby-making experiences (which he is having made without his wife's knowledge) will have you rolling on the floor laughing. And, of course, there are a few tear-jerking moments here and there, but overall the movie is just plain funny. I'm glad I discovered Hugh Laurie or I may never have seen this wonderful movie. I highly recommend it, especially for anyone who just wants to see a fun movie or for any Hugh Laurie fan because you will see a lot of him and his piercing blue eyes in this film.

charming
I stumbled onto this movie on a late night session of mindless channel surfing and was instantly drawn in.

I loved the way Sam and Lucy's marriage is depicted in this film. There's something instantly endearing about these two, and you just want to follow along in their (at times hilarious, at times gut-wrenchingly-sad) attempts to conceive a child. This movie is written in a way that really allows you to become (perhaps reluctantly) emotionally invested in the two main characters (perfectly captured by Richardson and Laurie). I also found myself completely enamored by Hugh Laurie, not because I thought he blatantly good looking or something, but because I really felt for him as the devoted but imperfect husband. I later stumbled on to the fact that Laurie played the equally haughty and attractive Mr. Palmer in another one of my favorite films -- Sense and Sensibility.

I suppose this review is just one glorified run on sentence, but don't let my stream of consciousness praise put you off -- this is a truly delightful movie.

not finished
I found this movie very sweet and funny. Joely Richardson was adorable & I just adored Hugh Laurie. He looked REALLY good. I was disapointed because I found out that the American version kept out some parts that I think would have been important to the relationship between Sam & Lucy and also having read the book they were pretty funny. For me therefore it left me a bit lost at parts in the middle. but i do highly recommend it.