What To Expect When You’re Expecting, the movie, opens today! So says the poster at the end of my block…
…As well as the poster in the subway station, and the movie theater marquee in my neighborhood…
…And even the poster in the Workman lobby!
It’s based only loosely on the book (as in, it’s the movie inspired by the title) — hey, what were you expecting, a documentary? Although a Q&A-with-Heidi-Murkoff plot line might be more in keeping with the tone of the pages of “America’s Pregnancy Bible,” it wouldn’t take full advantage of the impressively assembled ensemble cast: Chris Rock, Anna Kendrick, Cameron Diaz, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Dennis Quaid, Jennifer Lopez….
And though the movie is a work of fiction (as opposed to the nonfiction book), some elements in the movie are startlingly accurate. See below, true story: The Park Slope Papa Brigade!
And that’s all for the premiere edition of Reel-Things-that-Happen-in-Real-Life.
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