Junior

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Overview

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 carry the child ...
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Overview

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 carry the child himself. Predictably, much of the subsequent humor centers on the incongruous sight of the muscular Schwarzenegger undergoing the trials and tribulations of pregnancy, from morning sickness to labor pangs. Emma Thompson returns to her comic roots and provides romantic interest as an incorrigibly clumsy but intelligent scientist who catches on to Hess' deception. Reitman, Schwarzenegger, and DeVito had previously had a hit with Twins (1988), which revolved around a similarly ludicrous medical premise, but they failed to repeat that film's success here, as audiences largely ignoring the film and reviewers criticized the humor as disappointingly obvious. Bonus Materials on the DVD include a featurette, the original theatrical trailer, and a section of cast filmographies.
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Special Features

Production notes; Cast & filmmakers' bios; Film highlights; Theatrical trailer; Web links
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Editorial Reviews

All Movie Guide - Perry Seibert
High-concept films are defined by the ability to boil the plot down to a single sentence. Junior can be pitched in three words -- Arnold Schwarzeneggar pregnant. Once that set-up was agreed to, it is fairly obvious that very little work went into the actual script. Arnie's glowing with expectancy and the woefully underappreciated Pamela Reed as his pregnant friend bring forth the only real laughs in the film. The sequence of the two of them bingeing on junk food while trading stories is easily the best scene in the film. Emma Thompson tries her hardest, but she is undone by the glaring fact that she has been given no real character to play. Instead of mining the pregnancy angle for emotional truth as well as laughs, the film settles on a tired comedic thriller plot. Once the stunt casting wears off, it is apparent that Schwarzeneggar, DeVito, and director Ivan Reitman are on autopilot throughout Junior.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 12/15/1998
  • UPC: 025192033827
  • Original Release: 1994

    • Rating:

  • Source: Universal Studios
  • Region Code: 1
  • Aspect Ratio: Theatre Wide-Screen (1.85.1)
  • Presentation: Wide Screen
  • Sound: Dolby Digital Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Language: English, Français, Español
  • Time: 1:50:00
  • Format: DVD
  • Sales rank: 25,744

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
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
Megan Cavanaugh Willow
Kathleen Chalfant Casitas Madres Receptionist
Maggy Myers Davidson Campus Gal
Tom Dugan Lobster Man
Peter Elliott Reporter
Peter Elliott Reporter
Stefan Gierasch Edward Sawyer
Maggie Han Lab Assistant
Dee Hengstler Banquet Dancer
Dean Jacobson Turkel
Merle Kennedy Samantha
Charles McGowan Banquet Dancer
Ellen McLaughlin Chairwoman (FDA)
Christopher Meloni Mr Lanzarotta
Matt Mulhern Mover
Mary Gordon Murray Betty
Ira Newborn Lyndon Executive
Judy Ovitz Stewardess
Monika Schnarre Angelic Nurse
Mindy Seeger Alice
Kevin Sifuentes Banquet Valet
Lawrence Tierney Mover
Jerald Vincent Banquet Dancer
Kevin West Lyndon Executive
Welker White Jenny
Cassandra Wilson Singer
Holly Wortell Lobster Woman
Lawrence T. Wrentz Campus Security Guard
Technical Credits
Ivan Reitman Director, Producer
Adam Greenberg Cinematographer
Alan Berger Casting
David M. Blitstein Special Effects
Wendy Greene Bricmont Editor
Dr.Richard Buyalos Consultant/advisor
Beverly J. Camhe Executive Producer
Gene S. Cantamessa Sound/Sound Designer
Michael Chinich Casting
Chris Conrad Producer, Screenwriter
Daniel Goldberg Executive Producer
Clay Griffith Set Decoration/Design
James Newton Howard Score Composer
James Ingram Score Composer
Sheldon Kahn Associate Producer, Editor
Stephen Lineweaver Production Designer
Steve Maslow Sound/Sound Designer
Joe McKinney Makeup
Joe Medjuck Executive Producer
Matthew Mungle Makeup
Ve Neill Makeup
Neal Nordlinger Co-producer
Valli O'Reilly Makeup
Carole Bayer Sager Songwriter
Patty Smyth Songwriter
Kevin Wade Screenwriter
Gordon A. Webb Co-producer
Gary Wissner Art Director
Albert Wolsky Costumes/Costume Designer
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Scene Index

Chapter List
0. Chapter List
1. Main titles [4:47]
2. The FDA hearing [3:53]
3. Project halted [1:11]
4. The dairy section [2:58]
5. Radical ideas [3:17]
6. Stealing the egg [3:19]
7. The procedure [3:59]
8. I'm pregnant! [:29]
9. I'm not myself [6:02]
10. The dance [4:33]
11. Banes butts in [2:41]
12. In the restaurant [3:01]
13. The other mother [3:43]
14. Alexandra [7:02]
15. Diana arrives [7:07]
16. The ambush [4:08]
17. That's your baby [5:07]
18. One year later [4:29]
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Menu

Main
   Menu Group #1 with 19 chapter(s) covering 01:49:52
Bonus Materials
   Featurette
   Production notes
   Cast and filmmakers
      Arnold Schwarzenegger
      Danny De Vito
      Emma Thompson
      Frank Langella
      Pamela Reed
      Ivan Reitman
   Theatrical trailer
   Universal web link
Language Selection
   Spoken languages
   Captions and subtitles
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    junior review

    I love junior I love Arnold Schwartzeneggar as the pregnant man that he portrays he carried the role really well. I think that it was good that they did that so that way men could get an overall perspective coming from a man what pregnancy is like. They could learn a lot from it. And Arnold being a father in the present time it has taught him alot what his own wife went through. I think that this is definitely a very funny film for everybody to watch. I give it 10 stars.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    The Best Pregnacy Movie Ever Made

    It's not only,Funny as heck,but it's out of this World! One of my Favorite Movie about being pregnant :-)

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