Arnold Schwarzenegger as a pregnant man? The Terminator with cramps and morning sickness? That was all the teasing audiences needed to flock to this 1994 farce, which reunited Arnold with his director and co-star from Twins, Ivan Reitman and Danny De Vito. Reitman had also directed the Austrian muscleman in Kindergarten Cop, and they brought the same breezy quality of those earlier films to this enjoyable fluff, in which Arnold plays a scientist who uses his own body to test a revolutionary new fertility drug. His colleague De Vito talks him into the experiment, which... succeeds beyond their wildest expectations when Arnold begins a full-term pregnancy. Emma Thompson offers a wealth of comedic support as the biologist who moves into Schwarzenegger's lab while he's coping with his "maternal" condition, and Pamela Reed (who was also in Kindergarten Cop) adds to the fun as De Vito's pregnant ex-wife. What's surprising about this mainstream hit is not that it makes the most of its absurd premise, but that it's also sweetly heart-warming in its treatment of role reversal and the joys and pains of pregnancy. It's a good-natured vehicle for a different side of Schwarzenegger's star appeal, and the fact that it works at all is a tribute to Reitman and his cleverly talented cast. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com [show more]
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Dr Alex Hesse's life changes when the Biotechnology Centre withdraws funding on his project to develop a super fertility drug for women. Refusing to give up, he implants himself with an egg and becomes pregnant.
Dr Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has perfected the technology to impregnate a man, and has a willing volunteer in line to test it - himself. Dr Arbogast (Danny DeVito), his assistant, strives to keep the project under wraps as his mentor begins to 'show', whilst the unwitting 'father' of the child (Emma Thompson) struggles to assert her parenting rights. This gene-manipulating comedy reunited the 'Twins' pairing of DeVito and Schwarzenegger, as well as director Ivan Reitman.
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