Why it may be worth watching
- Junior combines Comedy and Science Fiction elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Emma Thompson.
- Viewers currently rate it 5.2/10 from 1,722 votes.
Movie
Junior
Nothing is inconceivable.
A research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.
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Cast
Arnold SchwarzeneggerDr. Alex Hesse
Danny DeVitoDr. Larry Arbogast
Emma ThompsonDr. Diana Reddin
Frank LangellaNoah Banes
Pamela ReedAngela
Aida TurturroLouise
James EckhouseNed Sneller
Megan CavanaghWillow
Welker WhiteJenny
Kathleen ChalfantCasitas Madres Receptionist
Merle KennedySamantha
Judy CollinsNaomi
Mindy SeegerAlice
Viewing guide
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Comedy, Science Fiction.
Content notes
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Themes and topics
babymediapregnancymedicinescientistburlesqueshockingmale pregnancy
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Reviews
KamuraiExternal review ·
Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
If for nothing else, then you should watch this because this is "the movie where the guy is pregnant", but I'm not sure we need a reboot: one is probably enough.
It helps that this is a good movie with a great cast. I felt bad they made Danny Devito run so much, but Arnold is great as a pregnant man, and sometimes a woman, and Emma Thompson does a wonderful absent-minded professor.
It's a unique premise, it's a good premise, and for a comedy without lasers, aliens, or explosions, there is a lot…
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Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.
If for nothing else, then you should watch this because this is "the movie where the guy is pregnant", but I'm not sure we need a reboot: one is probably enough.
It helps that this is a good movie with a great cast. I felt bad they made Danny Devito run so much, but Arnold is great as a pregnant man, and sometimes a woman, and Emma Thompson does a wonderful absent-minded professor.
It's a unique premise, it's a good premise, and for a comedy without lasers, aliens, or explosions, there is a lot of excitement.
Give it a watch, it's all about the execution that makes this one great.
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