She's Having a Baby

My favorite John Huges movie. The only regret is that Hughes makes this movie look too much like a 1980s commercial. Too many sequences play out to 80s fantasy. I think this film was stylistically out of date within three years. Other than that the movie is the most heartwarming by Hughes. When I watched Apatow's Knocked Up, I was reminded of this a lot. Both are about young parenthood and the trials of dealing with responsibility and making the transition to a working parent. Knocked Up is really funny, but She's Having a Baby made me question parts of myself to see how I could fit into that world. Hughes does amazing editing work at the end to highlight the thoughts, pains and joys going through Bacon's head right before delivery. I liked Ferris Beuller, but not much else by Hughes. He graces this story with a pure talent in Bacon and not an amateur in Estevez or Judd. The right combinations make the movie work.