She's Having a Baby (1988)

Director:

John Hughes

Writer:

John Hughes (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy about the labours of love

Plot:

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality...

Plot Keywords:

Mother In Law | Father In Law | Affection | Coming Of Age | Breech Birth

Cast

Kevin Bacon	...	Jefferson 'Jake' Edward Briggs
Elizabeth McGovern	...	Kristen 'Kristy' Briggs
Alec Baldwin	...	Davis McDonald
William Windom	...	Russ Bainbridge
Holland Taylor	...	Sarah Briggs
Cathryn Damon	...	Gayle Bainbridge
John Ashton	...	Ken
James Ray	...	Jim Briggs
Dennis Dugan	...	Bill
Larry Hankin	...	Hank
Nancy Lenehan	...	Cynthia
Isabel García Lorca	...	Fantasy Girl
Reba McKinney	...	Grandmother
Bill Erwin	...	Grandfather
Anthony Mockus Sr.	...	Minister

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:M (DVD rating) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

56 Salem Lane, Skokie, Illinois, USA

Company:

Hughes Entertainment

Trivia:

The company name of the Realtor on the sign of the home Jake and Kristi buy is Shermer. Shermer, Illinois was the town that The Breakfast Club (1985) was set in (another movie written and directed by John Hughes).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Jake kisses his wife goodbye, comes down the sidewalk, stumbles, and falls, a blue pad to protect his knees is clearly visible on the sidewalk.

Quotes:

[Jake's job interview]
Howard: How do you feel about slave wages?
Jefferson "Jake" Edward Briggs: Slave wages are okay.
Russ Bainbridge: How do you feel about alcoholics?
Jefferson "Jake" Edward Briggs: Um, I like alcoholics?

Movie Connections:

References "Ben Casey" (1961)

Soundtrack:

CHAIN GANG

Good movie but too short

Good movie, particularly if your just married or are planning to get married. It suffers from lack of character development however, typical of a lot of these writer-director made movies; not enough feedback in the writing process. It would have been a much better movie if it was a 1/2 hour longer. There are some inconsistencies, also. Jake is a writer and you would expect that a writer would be a deeper thinker than his character, Jake only comes to a reconciliation of himself after events happen to him, rather than before. The movie would have been much better if Kristies character had been more developed. Adding some scenes between her and a close girlfriend to develop her character better would be the way to do that. She comes across in the movie as somewhat of a bitch, since none of her motivations for doing anything are explained - what attracted her to Jake wasn't even explained in the movie, which is pretty strange considering they are newlyweds.