A Smile Like Yours (1997)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Keith Samples

Writers (WGA):

Kevin Meyer (written by) and
Keith Samples (written by)

Release Date:

22 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A comedy about the inconceivable.

Plot:

Greg Kinnear plays a carriage-shy husband in a romantic comedy about a couple trying to conceive a child.

Plot Keywords:

Fertility Clinic | Female To Male Footsie Playing | Perfume | Infertility | Stern Nurse

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Greg Kinnear	...	Danny Robertson
Lauren Holly	...	Jennifer Robertson
Joan Cusack	...	Nancy Tellen
Jay Thomas	...	Steve Harris
Jill Hennessy	...	Lindsay Hamilton
Christopher McDonald	...	Richard Halstrom
Donald Moffat	...	Dr. Felber
France Nuyen	...	Dr. Chin
Marianne Muellerleile	...	Nurse Wheeler
Sheridan Samples	...	Holly
Barbara Larsen	...	Woman in Window / Woman on Plane
Tony Abou-Ganim	...	Welder
Nick Scoggin	...	Welder
Gene Nakashita	...	Karaoke Bar Owner
Lewis Brown	...	Karaoke Act 1

MPAA:

Rated R for some sex-related material.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 (including commercials) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) | UK:12 (video premiere) | USA:R | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Alameda, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Jay Thomas: The only time I can count as a threesome is when I use two hands.

Movie Connections:

Features "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Not great, but better than I expected

This film is about a young couple having difficulties to conceive a baby. She(Holly)constantly surprises her unsuspecting husband(Kinnear) on the most unusual places. And each time she uses a new, self-made aphrodisiac and they have sex. However, something seems to be wrong with the man's potency. They go on and try everything they can, including a clinic with some bizarre fertility instruments.

This is the premise for a romantic comedy about fertility, having a baby and the problems that can come out of this. It doesn't really work that well on a comic level. There are some modest chuckles in it, but not really funny-funny scenes. The actors however make this pretty enjoyable and carry the film along way. Given its length(98 min), you can't blame the film to be overlong either. The best moments come out of the conversations between some of the characters. Joan Cusack has some of the better scenes in the film and Shirley MacLaine has a ( very)small(too small?) part as Holly's mother.

The makers also decided to put in some sort of affair of Kinnear's character with a beautiful colleague-architect(Hennessy), but this doesn't add much to the story. All in all this is pretty watchable and amiable stuff. There are "romantic comedies" that are far worse than this one, given the pretty silly premise. So if it's on TV and you've got nothing else to do, you might consider watching it. On the other hand, there are films that are also much better than this one. Good films about (having) babies are however very hard to find. 6/10(it doesn't really deserve the BOMB-rating of Leonard Maltin)