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Dead Baby Movies Aren't Nearly as Funny as Dead Baby Jokes (Note: Dead Baby Jokes Aren't Funny, Either)

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (25)

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I hate dead baby movies the way some people hate dead family pet movies. Why you gotta go there, huh? It basically eliminates 82 percent of all parents from your audience (the other 18 percent hate their children). Natalie Portman’s The Other Woman is a dead baby movie, adapted by Don Roos (The Opposite of Sex) from Ayelet Waldman’s novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits.

Natalie Portman stars here as “The Other Woman,” and because Don Roos directed, Lisa Kudrow is in it. She plays “The Woman.” Actually, the whole thing looks like Step-Mom, if you swapped the ex-wife with cancer for a dead infant. That’s not a trade I want to make.

The Other Woman arrives on Video on Demand in mid-January. Looks decent, if you like excruciating agony.









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Comments

Kudrow and Portman are decent selling points, but if the dead baby is just gonna lie there like a dead baby and not eat the live peoples then I gotta give this a rousing "meh."

Posted by: Rykker at December 28, 2010 9:53 AM

My favorite Dead Baby movie is Casper the Friendly Ghost.

Posted by: The Mutt at December 28, 2010 9:55 AM

Do not want!

Shit, I'm still haunted by the reanimated baby from Trainspotting that is also the inspiration for my refusal to teach my children how to crawl on the ceiling. That trick is daddy's alone.

Posted by: Kballs at December 28, 2010 9:59 AM

MAX MEDINA!?

I'm satisfied.

And hats off to Natalie Portman who has been making really smart role choices I think. Big fan of hers.

Also this Axe ad that keeps popping up when I scroll down is making me grumpy.

Posted by: grace b at December 28, 2010 10:43 AM

The punch line is:

You get a bassinet, some root beer and vanilla ice cream ...

Posted by: , at December 28, 2010 11:14 AM

no strings attached and your highness
smart choices

Posted by: greg at December 28, 2010 11:14 AM

This and others (NSA with Ashton Kutcher?!) only go to show that Natalie did not see "The Black Swan" coming. Gotta wonder if when it all shakes out if she'll be more badly perceived than Halle Berry who followed up Monster Ball with catwoman.

Posted by: SittingPat at December 28, 2010 11:56 AM

How do you fit 100 dead babies into the trunk of a car?

blender

How do you get them out again?

nachos

Posted by: superasente at December 28, 2010 12:15 PM

What's the difference between 100 dead babies and a Maserati?

I don't have a Maserati in my garage

Posted by: superasente at December 28, 2010 12:16 PM

How do you make a dead baby float?

two scoops of vanilla, one scoop dead baby

Posted by: superasente at December 28, 2010 12:18 PM

Portman looks as young as the kid

Posted by: caro at December 28, 2010 1:05 PM

I read the book. I didn't love it. Hard to tell if I'd like the movie. I'm guessing I'll probably skip it.

Posted by: tamatha at December 28, 2010 1:25 PM

HOW DO YOU ALL KNOW SO MANY DEAD BABY JOKES?!

Posted by: Marcela at December 28, 2010 1:50 PM

How many dead babies does it take to paint a house?

Depends on how hard you throw them

Posted by: ? at December 28, 2010 2:11 PM

How do you make a dead baby float?
Take your hand off its head.

Posted by: EmpressAgnes at December 28, 2010 3:50 PM

What's grosser than a pile of dead babies?

One live baby at the bottom trying to eat its way out.

Posted by: Meggrs at December 28, 2010 4:19 PM

I'll like one course of Marcela's comment with a side of "Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!"

Posted by: Four Eyes at December 28, 2010 9:59 PM

What's funnier than a dead baby nailed to a tree?

A dead baby in a clown suit nailed to a tree.

Posted by: duckandcover at December 29, 2010 12:10 AM

Oh God, here goes:

What's blue and in a bag?
A dead baby.

What's green and in a bag?
Same baby, two weeks later.

Sorry, sorry, but superasente started it (and I think he's kinda cool. Ah, guys, c'mon, I just wanna be cool, too).

Fuck, now I feel like an asshole. Dammit.

Posted by: kootenay girl at December 29, 2010 1:50 AM

Seriously after watching brilliant Rabbit Hole – the Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart movie about a deceased child – this one looks so PG and ridiculous. Do you really want to know how hard is it to survive the death of your child? Go and watch Rabbit Hole.

This movie looks like some silly Jennifer Aniston rom-com. Without the comedy stuff. But you can’t call this movie a drama.

And this actually why I think that Natalie Portmen doesn’t deserve Oscar and it should go to Annette Bening. We saw No strings Attached trailer, Your Highness and The Other Woman trailers and... Natalie Portman looks in all of them like... Natalie Portman. You can’t separate Natalie from her characters. She looks the same. Just like Jennifer Aniston always looks the same – Natalie looks the same in every her movie.

Posted by: Shy at December 29, 2010 3:54 AM

Shy, have you seen Black Swan yet? Yes, she still looks like Natalie but she sells the shit outta her role, it was a pretty terrific performance.

Posted by: Even Stevens at December 29, 2010 6:55 PM

Nothing says holiday time in the Beet house like a frothing glass of dead baby nog.

Posted by: beet salad at December 30, 2010 1:08 PM

When's the last time Portman's had so many movies coming out at once?

Not a huge fan of hers either, but I have to admit, she did a great job in Black Swan.

Posted by: kayla at December 30, 2010 4:35 PM

Best, best, best treatment of losing a child I ever saw was onstage: Next to Normal.

Posted by: samantha t at December 30, 2010 4:45 PM

@ Meggrs
aw, you stole my live baby joke...

Posted by: courtney at January 3, 2011 3:55 PM