Three Men and a Baby (PG)
Coasts on the charisma of its three stars.
(Flash is loading. If this text does not disappear you need to install the latest flash version)
- Studio: Buena Vista Pictures
- Directed By: Leonard Nimoy
- Cast: Ted Danson, Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg
- Running Time: 102 minutes
- Release Date: 11/25/1987
- Video/DVD Release Date: 04/02/2002
- Genre: Comedy
- MPAA Rating: PG
- MPAA Explanation: parental guidance suggested.
Parents need to know
Families can talk about this movie's premise. Do you think it is correct -- men must learn to parent and women are born knowing how? Did you question that assumption while watching the film? How do such assumptions and premises affect viewers' perceptions? Do you think this filmmaker meant to influence how viewers see parenting? Or was it simply a convenient plot device? Is it okay to use stereotypes or false assumptions to drive a movie's comedic action?
Message
Social Behavior:
The entire premise of the movie rests on the assumption that women are somehow natural parents while men must learn. The bachelors sleep around; the baby (abandoned by its mother) was the product of one such fling.
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Subplot about heroin smuggling.
Violence
Some violence regarding a drug dealer is discussed but not seen, though it is implied that the heroes and baby are in danger.
Sex
The bachelors sleep around. The baby was the product of one such fling.
Language
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by M. Faust
Is it any good?
Parents will enjoy watching these three self-confident guys crumble when faced with the demands of childcare, and kids will laugh at their unsuccessful attempts to keep a clean diaper on baby Mary, but there are too few such moments spread out over the course of the film. Surprisingly, the sequel Three Men and a Little Lady is a bit better.
Other choices
|
Parents and kids say



