What to Expect When You're Expecting

[tak-wai]

OH wanted to see this, and luckily, managed to get a couple of tickets to the Odeon screening on Panton Street. Got to cinema about 25 mins to screening time (6:30pm) and there were throngs of people waiting outside - I'd guess there were 50 ahead of us. This is the first screening I've been to where people had to wait outside on the pavement. Good thing the weather was rather pleasant.

The cinema was rather small - one of the smaller screens I've been to. Wasn't unbearable, but definitely one of the least comfortable venue, I must admit.

To the show itself, we both found it rather entertaining. It's light-hearted and has a few funny scenes. A few moments of good acting as well, although I am not usually one to notice such subtle things as "acting" -

I wasn't sure about the movie after having a peek at the ratings on IMDB on Sunday night - a scarily low 4.6. Didn't really want to spend an hour and a half on a Monday evening watching trash. Knowing the OH wanted to watch it, I decided to give it a go. Must say I wasn't disappointed. Overall - I'd give it a good 7/10.

[gump9452]

Saw this at Greenwich tonight. The screen was still set up for the 3D Avengers so we were treated to the first few minutes in blurry vision.
Wish I could I say that I was thankful they sorted it out but I really didn't like this film.
I could have done with some gas and air myself to get through it!

[jojojoanne]

Saw this at Greenwich tonight. The screen was still set up for the 3D Avengers so we were treated to the first few minutes in blurry vision.

I must need glasses! I didn't notice it was blurry!!!

[FAITH2011UK]

Saw it last night at a packed out Southampton cinema. Out of the 6 of us in our group, only one enjoyed it. I thought the acting was pretty bad and the film in general dull. The trailer looked pretty funny so maybe I was expecting too much? Wouldn't recommend...3/10

[mlt burger]

Went to see this in Southampton, the cinema was 100% full; in fact a few late comers were turned away.

The film it’s self, well…. if you were expecting to see a good film, then you had best drop your expectations. Personally I found it 90% boring with 10% mild amusement, with emphasis on the mild.

The late comers who were turned away were the lucky ones.

[big_bad_wolf]

Saw this at a pack Bournmouth Odeon,mind you it was one of the small cinema rooms and very warm. As for the film neither fantastic or bad middle of the road,few funny bits but overall a bit disappointing.

[ladams888]

Saw this last night in Wandsworth. Cinema was packed. The film was an above average romcom - with several laugh-out-loud moments (in fact I laughed more at this that at the Dictator last week), but nothing spectacular. In my opinion Elizabeth Banks' comic timing and her sidekick Rebel Wilson made the film. Both are natural comediennes. Jennifer Lopez was sweet but Rodrigo Santoro playing her husband was a complete non-entity. The pseudo love story between Rosie and Marco was completely inconsequential and could have been left out altogether. Cheryl Cole had a cameo and although she only had about three lines, she was terrible. Stick with the auto-tune, Cheryl.

If you have nothing better to do, I would recommend the film if you want to pass a couple of hours - it's not quite what I would call a "feel-good movie" but nearly there. All in all, I would give the film 6/10

[5rannoch]

Saw this at Milton Keynes. Had to sit through a number of trailers before the film started but with sound only. It was eventually stopped and with a number of false starts, it began sometime after 7.00 pm. It was being shown in one of the bigger screens and was only about 1/3rd full. I should have taken all this as a warning.

I thought it was dire. As I came out, someone said that it was the worst film that he had ever seen and at that precise moment - I had to agree with him!!

It was like watching '16 and Pregnant' but with older women. At least with '16 and Pregnant' the people had stories that were worth listening to. There was nothing about this film that made me interested in the characters' stories and apart from one line (which I cannot remember), I did not find it funny either.

I came away thinking that with travel time, I had just wasted four hours of my life.

[bonnybon]

I watched this last night at Ilford Cineworld. Considering the dire reviews, I really didn't want to go but my sister and mother were desperate to see it for some reason. As it happens, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be mostly because there was good eye candy (Chace Crawford, Rodrigo Santoro) I can watch most dross as long as there's good looking guys in it so I just put my mind on low power and let the jokes fly over my head.

Good points: Rebel Wilson (I feel between this and Bridesmaids, she's slowly making a claim for her star vehicle), Anna Kendrick, who gave unexpected emotional depth to 1 note storyline and Elizabeth Banks who was the only pregnant lady I could bear in this movie.

Bad points: Cameron Diaz and Mr. Shue from Glee. Every time they were onscreen I wanted to shoot myself. Terrible, predictable storyline and far too much screen time in a movie with so many characters.

[andrewfarrell]

I might be in the minority but I quite enjoyed it. I wasn't expecting it to be the best film ever made, but it was certainly an enjoyable couple of hours. Easily better than the 5.2 rating on IMDB. 7/10.