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Helen Hunt shows flair for melodramatic
April Epner is a nice Jewish schoolteacher having a terrible week. First, her chubby, whiny husband Ben (Matthew Broderick, who does chubby, whiny as an art form, although not one you’d want to perfect) announces that he wants to leave her…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Celebrating birth mothers
Until last week, I didn’t know there was such a thing as Birth Mother’s Day.
But when I heard that this Saturday, the day before Mother’s Day, there would be such a celebration, it struck me that the idea is an excellent one…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Babies Beget Bliss
Rebecca Tina Fey plays an excellent Tina Fey, but without Amy Poehler this movie would have fallen flat on its face. Weaver’s self-satisfied surrogate-mother-pimp got some of my biggest laughs. I agree with Alison about the end: Would it really be good news if you found out you were pregnant by a man you’d only dated for a month? Brittany I disagree with you about Fey…
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