NINE MONTHS
A film review by Ron Creel
Copyright 1995 Ron Creel
Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore passed up CONGO to do NINE MONTHS, and that was a good move, because CONGO could have halted Grant's career and possibly destroyed Moore's. Instead they decided to do Chris (MRS. DOUBTFIRE) Columbus's mildly entertaining comedy about a husband who impregnates his girlfriend of five years and then decides he doesn't really want the baby--but she does. When he misses an ultrasound appointment, Moore decides to raise the baby herself, and moves in with friends of hers. Well, guess what, this is just when Hugh decides he wants the baby. She won't talk to him, but when he visits her in the hospital after a minor incident and explains his situation to her, she takes him back just like that, and they marry Then the birth occurs, and on a wild ride to the hospital, a bit of real life irony occurs, when a sleazy waitress Grant almost slept with but didn't has to ride with them to the hospital because she cut her hand. But Hugh couldn't resist that type of sleazy woman in real life! Despite some funny moments, especially the scenes with Robin Williams, who plays an immigrant doctor who's first delivery is Grant and Moore's (too bad no other character could be this humorous), this is just an average comedy. But some strong supporting performances will help this one out (Jeff Goldblum and Tom Arnold are delightful). This movie will be a mild box office success though, unless Hugh Grant's womanizing will halt it. Rating: C+
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