‘Kinda Pregnant' Review: The Belly of the Beast
If the aftermath of the pandemic saw a number of horror movies about the miseries of maternity, another subgenre is making a comeback: the pregnancy comedy. Like 'Babes' before it, Tyler Spindel's 'Kinda Pregnant' (on Netflix) takes childbearing, rearing and regretting and spins them into a romp.
Starring a feral Amy Schumer, this clunker of a movie opens with a first act that appears filched from 'Legally Blonde': a marriage proposal that isn't. The romantic letdown — which finds our heroine, Lainy (Schumer), shrieking in Spanx in public — coincides with the pregnancy of her bestie, Kate (Jillian Bell). What's left for a gal to do other than don a silicone belly in envy?
The potential of this bizarre prenatal cosplay for blows — and burns, and a stab wound — to Lainy's fake stomach does not go overlooked, although the traditional cycle of the seasons seems to have been. Despite tracing Kate's gestation from autumn to spring, the movie's weather and attire are all over the place.
Most egregiously, the world of 'Kinda Pregnant' is filled with dopey men and despairing women whose torments, parental or otherwise, make for a land mine of comedy duds. Will Forte, playing a deus ex man-child, does manage to pull off a few funny lines and some real chemistry with Schumer. But this is a movie less interested in relationships than in the sundry items, from a balloon to a rotisserie chicken, that Lainy can stuff under her shirt to fake a baby bump.
Kinda PregnantRated R for foul language and rotisserie chicken gags. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. Watch on Netflix.
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