Yep, This is a fairly pedestrian plod through not very well drawn characters that you don't end up caring about. Ben Elton is much funnier on paper (in book form this is INCONCEIVABLE) than he is directing his script which also suffers from the rather dreary Joely Richardson. She can't do comedy!!There's no real empathy from her and even the winning Hugh Laurie can't do much with what he's got. All the supporting characters are fill-ins and ultimately too one dimensional (Dawn French as a jolly Aussie nurse? Emma Thompson as mad hippie friend complete with bad hair and flowing robes?) A pity, as Ben Elton had the potential to explore something deeply moving and yet funny. Instead it's a film to do the ironing to.
Review of Maybe Baby
