Netflix Self-Torture Experiment Trilogy #69: Baby on Board

Ugh, why did I choose yet another romantic comedy to be the final movie of this year’s self-torture experiment?

Synopsis from Netflix: Power couple Angela (Heather Graham) and Curtis (Jerry O’Connell) have a seemingly flawless marriage, but a surprise pregnancy could end up turning their carefully ordered world upside down in this riotous rollercoaster of a romantic comedy. Between their know-it-all best friends (John Corbett and Katie Finneran) and Angela’s task-master boss (Lara Flynn Boyle), the perfect pair could end up imploding before the bundle of joy’s even born.

My thoughts: I know that I often point out the inherent sexism in the movies I review, and that it might get tiring to read or that I might just sound like a radical pro-feminist looking for sexism when it isn’t actually there. To point out that I am not the only one who feels this way, witness these member reviews of some other Netflix users that I don’t even know:

Normally I do not take the time to write reviews, but I HAD to respond to the dunce who labeled this a family movie. I turned this movie off due to its depiction of women: the hookers, the insecure wives, the power-hungry and vapid female executive; and the gold-digging young wife. I have no words for how awful this movie is.

Also…

Possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. Mean spirited, stupid, unbelievable, crass, sexist, and boring. REALLY, REALLY bad.

And finally…

This movie was just sick. I had to turn it off 10 minutes into it since it was so dirty. Do not be fooled, this is not a nice romantic comedy or a family movie…..very demeaning toward women as well. Hated it!

The only objection I would raise out of these three examples is that there’s no way this could be the worst movie ever seen by somebody. I mean, I’ve spent the last three Lents watching hundreds of bad movies and there are many films worse than this one. (I’ll write more about that tomorrow.) It was really, really bad, though. [One out of five stars.]

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