Summary
A young woman pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 43GoodWatch 23
Letterboxd · 13 K ratings2.5/5
IMDb4.9
Audience score31%
Box office
19%of its budget back
- Budget
- $10 M
- Worldwide
- $2 M
Worldwide it made back $2 M of the $10 M it cost.
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most comedies, −11 min on the typical 100
typical 10089Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 12 countries, rent or buy in 23 more
+2Released
2009
June 19, 2009
17 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Yes: it's rated PG-13 in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightParty VibeIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids.
and 32 more42 people
- Lindsay LohanThea Dixon
- Luke KirbyNick Steinwald
- Chris ParnellJerry Steinwald
- Aaron YooMiles
- Bridgit MendlerEmma
- Tracee Ellis RossKristin
- Kevin CovaisGreg
- Bonnie SomervilleSuzie Cavandish
Cheryl HinesLisa DePardo
Creed BrattonAbbott
Janeane GarofaloClaire
Keiko AgenaPregnant Bookstore Woman
Jack AxelrodO'Keefe
Alexandra BarretoPretty Woman
Jenni BlongPregnant Soccer Mom #1
Shirly BrenerBrittney
Christa CampbellBrooke
Maree CheathamAnn
Pat Crawford BrownAunt Betty
Darcy DeMossRedhead
D. C. DouglasVista Producer
Pete GardnerTerry Bournachie
Willie GarsonCarl
Michelle GilletteWoman in Crowd
Directing · 2
- Lara Shapiro Director, Writer
- Bruce Resnik Script Supervisor
Writing · 1
- Stacey Kramer Writer
Production · 20
- Boaz Davidson Executive Producer
- Danny Dimbort Executive Producer
- Joe Gatta Executive Producer
- Trevor Short Executive Producer
- Galt Niederhoffer Executive Producer
- Warren T. Goz Executive Producer
Camera · 3
- Dan Stoloff Director of Photography
- Jim Sheldon Still Photographer
- David Moir Still Photographer
Editing · 2
- Anne McCabe Editor
- Andrew Buckland Assistant Editor
Sound · 10
- Andrew Hollander Original Music Composer
- Rusty Dunn Sound Effects Editor, Sound Designer
- Lewis Goldstein Sound Re-Recording Mixer, Supervising Sound Editor
- Cate Montana Supervising ADR Editor, Dialogue Editor
- Jason Gaya ADR Mixer
- Shaun Brennan Foley Artist
Art · 2
- Daniel Bradford Production Design
- Brian Kasch Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 9
- Roemehl Hawkins Costume Design
- RaMona Fleetwood Additional Hairstylist
- Tricia Sawyer Makeup Artist
- Vicente Parada Set Costumer
- Brooke Bell Makeup Department Head
- Annie Hill Costume Supervisor
Other crew · 3
- Keith Campbell Stunt Coordinator
- Stacey Carino Stunt Double
- Rudy Perez Special Effects Coordinator
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