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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The Associated PressBob ThomasThe Associated PressBob ThomasThe gorgeous Elizabeth McGovern makes up for the sketchiness with rare depth of feeling.
- 60EmpireWilliam ThomasEmpireWilliam ThomasIn another variation on a theme, this plodding drama may have its heart in the right place but, along side a gaggle of angst-ridden Hughes dramas of the period, fails to stand out amongst the crowd.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertShe’s Having a Baby begins with the simplest and most moving of stories and interrupts it with an amazing assortment of gimmicks. It is some kind of tribute to the strength of the story, and the warmth of the performances by Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern, that the movie somehow manages almost to work, in spite of the adornments.
- 50The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinAiming at a target as easy as suburban sterility, She's Having a Baby might be expected to hit its mark every now and then. But the film's mood is simply too sour, despite the best efforts of a cast filled with appealing actors, a number of whom have had walk-ons in other Hughes efforts.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonThe movie has an odd, queasy edge to it. It's cute. But, sometimes, it gets cold cute, ghastly cute. The effect is mixed--like a Norman Rockwell cover redrawn in Gahan Wilson's style by a computer.
- 40Washington PostHal HinsonWashington PostHal HinsonIn general, if it weren't for the good will we feel toward the actors, the movie would be intolerably feeble. It's nearly intolerable as it is. The only other plus is Stewart Copeland's jaunty, percussive score. It's this sort of thing that's giving maternity a bad name.
- 40TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineShe's Having a Baby could have been a fascinating and funny look at the conflict between marriage and personal ambition had its writer-director probed more deeply into the subject. Hughes instead falls back on the easy jokes, hip music, and superficial character studies that have obscured the basic viability of all his work.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumEven though Kristy is seen mainly through the uncomprehending eyes of Jake, McGovern manages to fare better with the cliches thrown at her than Bacon does; but neither has a prayer of scoring at a game whose rules and players might have been dreamed up by a computer. Even the cutesy minor gag of putting the title's initials on the hero's license plate has something grimly nonhuman about it.