Maybe Baby (DVD)

As dooyoo is a family forum I'll refrain from naming the part of the giant chalk man's anatomy which appears in this movie, but given the subject of the movie, and the fact I won't name it, I'm guessing you got there already. Famous fertility rite apparently. So the formidable and witch-like Drusilla, played by Emma Thompson tells the keen-to-be-parents, Sam and Lucy Bell. Sam and Lucy Bell, played by Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson, are desperate to reproduce. Desperate enough to make sex the most important thing in either of their lives, desperate enough to try the wacky suggestions of the witchy Drusilla, even desperate enough to try all ...  Read the complete review

Maybe Baby is based on Ben Elton’s best selling novel Inconceivable, and having enjoyed the book immensely, I decided to make the DVD of this movie my first ever DVD purchase. The story revolves around Sam and Lucy Bell, a couple who have been trying to conceive a child without success for a few years, and their more and more desperate attempts to conceive. Lucy (Joely Richardson) works in a publicity agency that have just taken on the latest British heartthrob actor, Carl Phipps (Steven Gately look-alike James Purefoy). Not only does she have to put up with various pieces of metal being shoved up her more delicate parts in an attempt to find out ...  Read the complete review

This Ben Elton comedy stars Hugh Laurie and Jolie Richardson as a couple trying for a baby at all hours of the day and night without much success. The Martini ad comes to mind - any time any place anywhere. Sam (Laurie) decides to use their experience as base for his screenplay including his wife’s diary. He unfortunately forgets to tell her with devastating consequences. The Emma Thompson new age character is hilarious and although a little slow in some places it makes up for it in others. Maybe Baby is a very funny film which deals with a sad subject in a sympathetic way still showing some of the problems infertile customers go through without making you feel too ...  Read the complete review

If you ask me the shot of Joely Richardson lying on her side in the silk slip with her hair up and secretary style glasses is worth the entrance fee alone. My girlfriend though would point to the subtle humour and brilliant portrayal of what to anyone involved can only be extremely distressing. It is obvious that Elton draws on his own experiences of this situation and the irony of the scriptwriter in the film reflecting Elton should not go un-noticed. From the ovulation charts to the making love on the 'big white willy' the couple try everything within their power to conceive. With a cameo from Rowan Atkinson as the rather blase gynaecolagist to ...  Read the complete review

I hate Ben Elton. While the British film industry is starved of money, he manages to persuade the BBC to hurl millions at his directorial debut, a bland, horribly smug adaptation of his own narcisstic novel 'Inconceivable', and then ropes in all of his BBC comedy mates in an attempt to make it all sound so much better than it actually is. Hugh Laurie is Ben Elton, no sorry, Sam Bell, a charming witty BBC comedy writer who everyone loves and keeps reminding of how talented he is. But he and his gorgeous wife Lucy can't conceive and so they start to... I'm sorry, I can't go on, the plot just isn't worth it. What happens is ...  Read the complete review