Labor Pains

Objective Rating (How much merit I think it deserves):
4.5/10
Subjective Rating (How much I personally like it):
6/10

Year released: 2009
Runtime: 89 minutes
IMDB page: here

Okay, I confess: I watched this movie for Lindsay Logan. And the positive review. The two seemed to be an oxymoron, so I had to check it out. It did not disappoint. Hilarious at points, with a lot of cheeziness and a bit of cliche. Just relax and have a pretty fun time.

Plot: Thea is a poor girl taking care of her younger sister after their parents' death and working her butt off as a lowly assistant to one annoying, clueless know-it-all publisher. When he decides to fire her, she lies on the spot and says she's pregnant to keep the job. Funniness ensues as she struggles to keep up the pretense and realizes that things really work out for a pregnant woman who does not really have a baby growing inside her...

Cast: Lindsay Logan is back to her Freaky Friday / Mean Girls /girl-next-door kind of character, which is what she does best. Overly earnest or exasperated at times, she is nonetheless much more comfortable and realistic here. The rest of the cast is kind of just there, in a majorly supportive role.

Script: Majorly cheezy, a few laughs, a few improbable points that can be overlooked given that this is a Lindsay Logan comedy. There, I've mentioned her name 3 times already.

Production: .... It's a Lindsay Logan comedy. How deep do you have to look into it? There are no explosions, no artsy angle shots here, sorry.

Don't get me wrong, this is still a nice little piece of comedy. Nothing too rowdy, but not terrible. I just typically don't have that much to say about the genre.