3 Men and a Baby
3 Men and a Baby
PG | 27 November 1987 (USA)
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Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

Reviews
Comwayon

A Disappointing Continuation

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Glimmerubro

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

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TaryBiggBall

It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.

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filippaberry84

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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ianlouisiana

"Three men and a baby" is very much a product of its time. The power dressing,the "cool" wall painting in the boys' apartment,the outdated attitudes towards women,the presumption that men will have no idea of how to look after children - a proposition completely demolished within a few years with the growth of the Househusband and the fragmentation of family life in much of the Western world. And,frankly,if I never see another baby peeing I will still get through my life ok,thanks. We have three ridiculously attractive bachelors living what might have been called in more innocent days "the gay life". All this fun and games is brought to a standstill when the eponymous baby turns up on their doorstep. Of course they are all "Creatives" which makes it even more unlikely that they should have been left on the shelf - as it were - for so long. One of theses carefree chaps is the unknowing father of the baby,but being good types they all chip in when they can and actually begin to enjoy the experience. Bless! Every new baby cliché is dusted off and given new life. There is a sublimely unlikely twist when they become involved with a gang of drug dealers(very much a hazard of American life in the eighties,apparently) but otherwise the film rides smoothly on it's pre - ordained path. It's all so last century - and not in a good way. Tom Selleck has gone on to become a significant actor,his moustache unchanging through 30 years. If you want to catch up on his earlier career watch "High Road to China",far better than this in every respect.

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Harriet Deltubbo

Fortunately the three bachelors are played by famous name stars in Tom Sellick (Peter, the architect), Steve Guttenberg (Michael, the artist) and Ted Danson (Jack, the actor). Their combined talents and charisma have a lot to do with this movie's success. This film was nearly perfect, but sadly still not made for everyone. It's an important film, as well as very entertaining. It is very light-hearted. It's fun to see the three guys in all the stereotypical circumstances of diapering and baby tending. I finished this film, thinking, "There are people out there suffering and I can do something to help them out!" Great performances help to enhance this story of friendship.

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Michael_Elliott

3 Men and a Baby (1987) *** (out of 4) Remake of a French movie about three bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) whose lives are turned upside down when one of their former lovers drops off a baby girl at their door. Soon the three men have to put their lives on hold while they try and figure out the way to take care of a baby. 3 MEN AND A BABY was one of the biggest hits of the decade and it's easy to see why because it just has crowd pleaser written all over it. That's certainly not to say that it's the perfect movie because there are way too many flaws for that but in the end there's no denying that there are plenty of laughs and all sorts of cuteness. I think the weakest part of the film is an entire subplot dealing with some heroin being dropped off at the boy's apartment and them unknowingly getting involved with a bunch of crooks. Revisiting the film after so many years had me rather shocked at how much time is actually spent on this and it simply should have been cut. I know this happened in the original movie but when you're dealing with laughs and charm some of this stuff just goes over-the-top and all the time spent on it just takes away from the men and the baby. The film is at its strongest when the screenplay just lets the men do their thing. Selleck, Guttenberg and Danson all have their own style of comedy and the film greatly benefits when they're allowed to just do their thing. Selleck is certainly the strongest of the group but he is the lead and given the majority of the strong stuff including a hilarious bit inside a store when he's trying to figure out what type of food to get the baby. Guttenberg is also extremely effective with the child and this gives the film a lot of its charm. Twin girls were used for the part of the baby and even though they didn't have to "act", the child is so cute and adorable you can't help but fall in love with her just as the three men are doing in the movie. Again, this film is far from flawless but at the same time it's hard to not get sucked into the story and bowled over with its charm.

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Aaron1375

Yes, if we are to believe this movie men who do not have a female present have absolutely no idea how to raise a baby are do anything. Not only is this child left in the care of one guy, but three all of which have no clue how to raise a baby and are completely lost, so all three roommates were only children are had no younger siblings to take care of. If this is the case then you can easily title this movie Three women and a baby as they would be just as lost in that scenario as a guy would be, but for some reason people think women just magically know what to do and men are idiots when it comes to children. The three idiots in question here are Tom Selleck and Ted Danson, known mainly for television work and Steve Guttenberg known mainly for being really lucky to have a Hollywood career. This film is also known for starring a cardboard cutout of a boy who was supposedly a ghost of some kid who blew his brains out by accident in the apartment where this film was shot even though all interior shots of the place were on a set. One has to wonder how much of this movie's success came from the story and how much came from idiots who wanted to see this movie cause they thought there was a ghost in it. In the end, this film is like a long list of crappy films that have babies and idiots raising them and for me it was not very good. I like Ted Danson, but he is basically doing his Sam Malone here, in fact in every movie he was in during this era he was usually in Sam Malone character. However, he is the best thing in the movie and has the funniest moments while Selleck and Guttenberg play lame clueless idiots.

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