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Junior (1994)

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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 31
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Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 4

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Movie Info

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, 1 hr. 50 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

Directed By: Ivan Reitman

In Theaters: Nov 23, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Dec 15, 1998

MCA Universal Home Video

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dr. Alexander Hesse
Danny DeVito
Dr. Larry Arbogast
Emma Thompson
Dr. Diana Reddin
Frank Langella
Noah Banes
Pamela Reed
Angela
Judy Collins
Naomi
James Eckhouse
Dr. Ned Sneller
Aida Turturro
Louise
Michele Abrams
Waiting Room Woman
Kathleen Chalfant
Casitas Madres Receptio...
Maggy Myers Davidson
Campus Gal
Stefan Gierasch
Edward Sawyer
Maggie Han
Lab Assistant
Dee Hengstler
Banquet Dancer
Dean Jacobson
Turkel
Charles McGowan
Banquet Dancer
Matt Mulhern
Mover
Mary Gordon Murray
Betty
Judy Ovitz
Stewardess
Monika Schnarre
Angelic Nurse
Mindy Seeger
Alice
Lawrence Tierney
Mover
Jerald Vincent
Banquet Dancer
Kevin West
Lyndon Executive
Welker White
Jenny
Cassandra Wilson
Singer
Lawrence T. Wrentz
Campus Security Guard
Ira Newborn
Lyndon Executive
Tom Dugan
Lobster Man
Kevin Sifuentes
Banquet Valet
Merle Kennedy
Samantha
Ellen McLaughlin
Chairwoman (FDA)
Christopher Meloni
Mr Lanzarotta
Holly Wortell
Lobster Woman
Megan Cavanaugh
Willow
Peter Anthony Elliott
Reporter
Antoinette Peragine
Megan Cavanagh

Critic Reviews for Junior

All Critics (35) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (22) | DVD (7)

A happy, healthy, bouncing baby of a movie.

April 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail

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Rick Groen

Globe and Mail

Top Critic

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 Comment

Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

Top Critic

For the right audience, Junior may deliver. But there's a whole lot of pregnancy to go through first.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

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

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

A fleecy romantic caper with a dusting of feminism, the picture is basically a one-joke movie successfully nursed by director Ivan Reitman.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Rita Kempley

Washington Post

Top Critic

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

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James Berardinelli

ReelViews

Top Critic

Arnold's Mr. Mom film lacks belly laughs.

October 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media

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Teresa Talerico

Common Sense Media

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

December 18, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

Not one of Schwarzenegger's best

May 7, 2004 Comment

Jon Niccum

Lawrence Journal-World

To quote Last Action Hero: "Big mistake!"

April 2, 2004 Comment

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

Cute, amusing, but never hilarious.

January 11, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

A hist�ria � absurda, mas esta � uma daquelas com�dias leves que servem como bom passatempo.

July 25, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Bizarrely amusing and quotable.

July 4, 2003 Comment

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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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

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

November 27, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

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