Junior (1994)

Regisseur:

Ivan Reitman

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Kevin Wade (written by) and
Chris Conrad (written by)

Premierendatum:

23. November 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Fantasy | Romanze | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

Nothing is inconceivable

Plot:

As part of a fertility research project, a male scientist agrees to carry a pregnancy in his own body.

Plot Keywords:

Gender Disguise | Gynaecology | Sperm Donor | Doctor Patient Relationship | Role Reversal

Filmpreise:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Silly but fun

Besetzung

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Dr. Alex Hesse
Danny DeVito	...	Dr. Larry Arbogast
Emma Thompson	...	Dr. Diana Reddin
Frank Langella	...	Noah Banes
Pamela Reed	...	Angela
Aida Turturro	...	Louise
James Eckhouse	...	Ned Sneller
Megan Cavanagh	...	Willow
Welker White	...	Jenny
Kathleen Chalfant	...	Casitas Madres Receptionist
Merle Kennedy	...	Samantha
Judy Collins	...	Naomi
Mindy Seeger	...	Alice
Christopher Meloni	...	Mr. Lanzarotta
Antoinette Peragine	...	Mrs. Lanzarotta

Alternativ:

Junior (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

109 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS-Stereo | DTS

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Drehorte:

Berkeley, California, USA

Firma:

Northern Lights Entertainment

Dies und das:

The campus in the film is called "Leland University". The actual location was the University of California at Berkeley, whose sports rival is Stanford University, in Palo Alto, California, which was named after Leland Stanford.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: At different times both Alex and Diana pick up a vial containing an egg from a liquid nitrogen container with their bare hands. Such containers are always handled with heavy gloves and metal tongs, because the extreme cold (-346ºF) would freeze the skin off of bare fingers.

Dialogzitate:

Larry: You think you're the first clown whoever woke up and said "I'm bored, I think I'll have a kid!"

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

ARE YOU IN THE MOOD

Silly but fun

Arnold Schwarzenegger gets pregnant. That's about it. The premise is ridiculous, the twists and turns in the plot are mind-bogglingly stupid and every joke is predictable and hammered at you--but I still like this film! The script does have it's moments, but the performances really carry this one.

Arnie is suprisingly very funny when he becomes pregnant (when asks DeVito in all seriousness "Does my body disgust you?" I broke up); DeVito is just along for the ride but is good--he's the straight man to Arnie; Emma Thompson is just gorgeous, very funny and full of life as a clumsy scientist. Also Judy Collins (yes, the singer) pops up looking radiant as the head of a center for pregnant women. Everything looks wonderful and the film is slickly made to cater the the audience. I usually hate films like that, but this worked. The only bad part is Pamela Reed--she's a wonderful actress and comediene but she's shamefully underused--she doesn't get any good funny scenes till the end. Also, where else will you see Arnie in a dress?

It's a one joke film. Is it a good film? No. Do I like it? Very much. Call it a guilty favorite.

One complaint--at 2 hours it's too long. Couldn't it have been trimmed a little?