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Junior (1994)

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56

Average Rating: 5.7/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4

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28

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Average Rating: 2.4/5
User Ratings: 183,232

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Ultimate manly man Arnold Schwarzenegger learns what it's like to be an expectant mother in director Ivan Reitman's high-concept comedy. Schwarzenegger plays Dr. Hess, a medical researcher working on a revolutionary drug to help mothers carry endangered infants to term. When government regulations prevent Dr. Hess from testing the drug through normal channels, his partner Dr. Arbogast (Danny DeVito) develops an unorthodox solution: they will steal a female egg and implant it in Hess, who will

PG-13,

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Dec 15, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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Critic Reviews for Junior

All Critics (35) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (22) | DVD (7)

A happy, healthy, bouncing baby of a movie.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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The plot is a more fertile ground for comedy than the 'sperm milkshake' that made Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito brothers in Reitman's Twins.

May 12, 2001
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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It's goofy and ridiculous and preposterous, and yet it makes you feel good, and there is something oddly heartwarming about the sight of this macho guy melting with feelings of protectiveness and maternal concern.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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As a comedy, Junior has its share of laughs -- but no more than its share.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Junior demands more range from its leading man than he's capable of giving. The predictable result is a big-budget mess more likely to elicit groans than laughter.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: ReelViews
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Arnold's Mr. Mom film lacks belly laughs.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Teresa Talerico
Common Sense Media

This comedy is to this year's holiday season what Mrs. Doubtfire was to last year's, a mildly funny but utterly conventional and obvious farce.

December 18, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Not one of Schwarzenegger's best

May 7, 2004
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

To quote Last Action Hero: "Big mistake!"

April 2, 2004
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Cute, amusing, but never hilarious.

January 11, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

A história é absurda, mas esta é uma daquelas comédias leves que servem como bom passatempo.

July 25, 2003
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Bizarrely amusing and quotable.

July 4, 2003
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

A pregnant Schwarznegger? Whose brainchild was this? A repugnantly lame and unfunny comedy.

March 19, 2003 | Comment (1)
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Junior

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okay we get it, schwarzenegger is big and devito is small. please stop! it's jumped the shark! this film again is just some funny lines here or there from arnold only because it's arnold. scripts bad and i put this under a bad carrer move for devito.
February 10, 2012
Joshua Wilburn
Joshua Wilburn

Super Reviewer

Junior is a poorly constructed comedy that should never have been made. The idea behind the film was pretty original, but director Ivan Reitman doesn't know how to properly direct, and make this film watchable. This had the potential of being a witty, original comedy, and though it's original, Junior is a poorly constructed film with an awful script. The film might have had a good premise, but overall it fails to entertain. This one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's worst films and I think that the film might have worked if he wasn't on board. I mean Schwarzenegger is an action star, not a comedy star. Junior is a poor attempt at a comedy, and though the idea might have been interesting, the end result is a film that is dreadful and not worth watching. Ivan Reitman has made one of his worst films with this film, and it could have been much better than this. The film suffers from an awful script, and though it's amusing at time, overall Junior fails to be a memorable comedy and really doesn't cut it. Maybe the film would have worked if the script had been revised a few times. Unfortunately the film is awful, and the plot is poor and the cast though trying their best to make the film entertaining, simply are wasted and just don't deliver anything good on-screen. This might have been a good comedy, but instead it ends up being an awful, forgettable comedy that is definitely not worth your time.
November 27, 2011
TheDudeLebowski65
Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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Junior Quotes

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    1. Dr. Alexander Hesse: I want my baby!
    – Submitted by Wesley W (28 days ago)
    1. Dr. Alexander Hesse: Mama!
    – Submitted by Alan Torres Dwyer B (2 months ago)
    1. Dr. Alexander Hesse: My body. *My* choice!
    – Submitted by Rocky F (14 months ago)

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