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Look Who's Talking (1989)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:19

Rotten:13

Average Rating:5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: An accountant becomes pregnant by her married boyfriend who then refuses to leave his wife and assume responsibility for the child. Left to her own devices, the expectant mother is befriended by... An accountant becomes pregnant by her married boyfriend who then refuses to leave his wife and assume responsibility for the child. Left to her own devices, the expectant mother is befriended by the warm-hearted cab driver who races her to the hospital during labor. He quickly falls in love with both her and her precocious infant who comments on the action (including his own birth) omnisciently in the wise-cracking voice of Bruce Willis. Still pining over her businessman ex-boyfriend, the accountant at first refuses the attentions of the cabbie, until, gradually, she begins to see him as more than just a babysitter. [More]

Starring: Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Olympia Dukakis

Starring: Kirstie Alley, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal, Abe Vigoda, Twink Caplan, Blu Mankuma

Director: Amy Heckerling

Director: Amy Heckerling

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With his sarcastic delivery, Willis has the ideal voice for the part. Alley and Travolta are affable enough, but the story itself is ordinary and merely passes time.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/18/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Hollywood movie-making at its most contrived and shallow.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
09/18/09
Channel 4 Film

Like a standup comic pouring 'flopsweat', this ill-conceived comedy about an infant whose thoughts are given voice by actor Bruce Willis palpitates with desperation.

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03/26/09
Variety Staff
Variety Staff
Variety
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Heckerling directs this dippy but delightful film with a light, zany touch and a reasonably low yuck-factor (dribbles notwithstanding).

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

No review available.

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09/16/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

No review available.

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07/12/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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06/01/05
Michael Szymanski
Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com

A stale idea that actually works, largely due to the capable cast

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole

surprisingly funny

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04/18/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Better than its sequels -- that's not saying much.

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02/03/05
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Grating but surprisingly popular

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10/19/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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06/16/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

No review available.

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01/18/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

It's a gimmick, but it works.

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12/27/03
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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10/19/03
Tim Robey
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph

No review available.

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05/24/03
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Cute is the operative word for the movie, which stars some good actors doing material that is not super.

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05/20/03
Vincent Canby
Vincent Canby
New York Times
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05/02/03
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Audrey Rock-Richardson
Tooele Transcript-Bulletin (Utah)

No review available.

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02/21/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

A cute movie that heralded the return of Travolta and unfortunately also spawned a franchise that would not die.

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10/21/02
Widgett Walls
Widgett Walls
Needcoffee.com
 
 
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