Life as We Know It (2010)
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Reviews Counted: 144
Fresh: 41 | Rotten: 103
Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel make a charming couple with plenty of chemistry, but that isn't enough to make up for Life as We Know It's formulaic plot and poorly written script.
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 24
Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel make a charming couple with plenty of chemistry, but that isn't enough to make up for Life as We Know It's formulaic plot and poorly written script.
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Two people who can't stand each other are forced to care for the same child in this domestic comedy drama starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel. Holly (Heigl) is a caterer whose career is just getting off the ground; Eric (Duhamel) directs sports for a major network. Their first date was a nightmare, and now they're about to become a family. When their goddaughter Sophie's parents both perish in a tragic accident, Holly and Eric are informed that they were singled out as Sophie's caretakers
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Cast
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Katherine Heigl
Holly Berenson -
Josh Duhamel
Eric Messer -
Josh Lucas
Sam -
Alexis Clagett
Sophie -
Brynn Clagett
Sophie -
Brooke Clagett
Sophie -
Hayes MacArthur
Peter Novak -
Christina Hendricks
Alison Novak -
Sarah Burns
Janine Groff -
Jessica St. Clair
Beth -
Brooke Liddell
Older Sophie -
Kiley Liddell
Older Sophie -
Britt Flatmo
Amy -
Rob Huebel
Ted -
Melissa McCarthy
Deedee -
DeRay Davis
Lonnie -
Kumail Nanjiani
Simon -
Andrew Daly
Scott -
Bill Brochtrup
Gary -
Will Sasso
Josh -
Majandra Delfino
Jenna -
Jason MacDonald
Cousin -
Tara Ochs
Cousin's Wife -
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Peter's Dad -
Melissa Ponzio
Victoria (Stripper Cous... -
Reggie Lee
Alan Burke -
Markus Flanagan
Chef Phillipe -
Brooke Josephson
Liz -
Chanta Rivers
CPS Worker -
Eric Phillips
Stoned Teenager -
Andy Buckley
George Dunn -
L. Warren Young
Officer Young -
Joanna Jowett
Jill -
Jody Thompson
Worker -
Horace Toney
Court Clerk -
Millie Fairchild
Older Woman -
Rob Nagle
Neighbor Dad -
Katie Kneeland
Female Patron -
Patricia French
Judge Gorling -
Ron Clinton Smith
Contractor -
Antwan Mills
Airport Security -
Steve Nash
Himself -
Shayne Kohout
Pregnant Woman With Dee... -
Danielle L. Grant
Ticket Counter Lady -
Eddie Frierson
Sports Announcer -
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All Critics (144) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (42) | Rotten (105) | DVD (10)
We keep seeing Heigl's potential as a fine comic actress and, the curse of optimism, continue to be disappointed when she betrays her best instincts.
Top CriticThe title becomes a depressingly self-fulfilling prophecy: This is movie life as we have all come to know it.
Watching Duhamel and Heigl discover the joys and pains of parenthood is cute as far as it goes, but their story can't progress too far until the kid is out of diapers.
It aims for comfort food, but ends up with leftovers.
Yes, there are some twists, a nice comedic turn or two, but the inevitable hook-up of dueling opposites is never anything but inevitable.
As disposable as one of those diapers.
Josh Duhamel props up Heigl and makes this wildly uneven comedy her best rom-com since "Knocked Up."
Sure, we know where the story is headed but a few funny scenes and the chemistry between the two leads make this a solid date movie.
while there is some chemistry between [the leads], it's wasted as the shambolic plot gives them nowhere to go.
Life As We Know It is Studio Filmmaking As We Fear It.
A half-decent, half-trite, mostly mediocre bowl of mushy strained baby food.
If you have a taste for poop and projectile-vomit jokes, you'll find some chuckles ... but don't go out of your way to hire a babysitter.
The core idea of the film is as off-putting as the way in which the premise is depicted.
Each plot development comes perfectly on cue, making it as predictable a romantic comedy as any you could imagine. (Blu-ray Combo Edition)
It does nothing new, offers nothing new, attempts nothing new, a formula picture from beginning to end.
Genuinely heartfelt and surprisingly effective in the departments of both laughs and tears, and represents an uptick in the notably declining career of star Katherine Heigl.
full review at Movies for the Masses
As cheerily banal and smilingly forgettable as its slice-of-life comic-strip title. Should really be called Bringing Up Baby in Bourgeois-Land. This isn't a realistic, romantic, or comic family anyone should give a baby-poop about.
The only reason I gave this two stars is because director Greg Berlanti has a knack for directing a bevy of babies.
The film should end a half-hour earlier than it does, but I guess we needed another film in which someone brings their disruptive kid to work or another scene where a desperate lover rushes through an airport.
In lieu of any real humour, we are subjected to a parade of tired spew-and-poo baby jokes and the age-old odd couple scenario, which Heigl and Duhamel admittedly handle nicely despite a flat script.
Every now and then a movie that promises to be an absolute car wreck, actually isn't.
Audience Reviews for Life as We Know It
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Super Reviewer
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- Holly Berenson: They love Sophie more than anything in the entire world, and out of everyone, Messer, they picked us.
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- Eric Messer: Having somebody help you doesn't mean that you failed.
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- Eric Messer: It's a Saturday night and I just wanna have some fun.
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- Janine Groff: Honey you got some shit on your face.
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- Holly Berenson: Ya she's sick,how you gonna fix it? With your magic penius?
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- Holly Berenson: Eat Now!
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