Three Men and a Baby Director: Leonard Nimoy Cast: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis
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- DVD Release Date: 04/02/2002
- Original Release: 1987
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 6,692
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- Common Sense Rates this for Ages: More
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Features
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; Widescreen (1.85:1); French and Spanish subtitles
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. Opening Titles/Peter's Birthday Party [13:43]
2. A Delicate Package [9:05]
3. Baby Doodle [8:39]
4. It's a Baby! [7:35]
5. The Wrong Package [16:00]
6. Jack's Turn [3:56]
7. "We'll Do It Our Way" [9:05]
8. Daddy's Little Girl [9:21]
9. Sylvia Returns [5:18]
10. Four Is Better Than Three/End Credits [6:18]
Editorial Reviews
Three Men and a Baby is an Americanized remake of the 1985 French comedy hit Three Men and a Cradle. Tom Selleck, Ted Danson and Steve Guttenberg play three upwardly mobile New York bachelors who share an apartment. Their even-keel lifestyle is thrown out of whack when a young woman leaves a baby on their doorstep, suspecting that film director Danson is the father. The balance of the film is devoted to milking as much humor as possible out of the situation of three urbane young men trying to play nursemaid with nary a clue of what they're doing (at one point, a desperate Selleck offers Guttenberg a thousand dollars if Guttenberg will change a diaper). A subplot involving drug dealers is thrown in to sustain audience interest after our trio of heroes become accustomed to a baby around the apartment. "Urban legend" aficionados please note: That cardboard cutout of Ted Danson briefly glimpsed in one scene of Three Men and a Baby is not the ghost of a little boy who died in the bachelors' apartment before filming started. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Why We Rated This Appropriate for Ages 12 and UP
What to watch out for
- Drugs:
Subplot about heroin smuggling.
- Messages
- Sex:
The bachelors sleep around. The baby was the product of one such fling.
- Violence:
Some violence regarding a drug dealer is discussed but not seen, though it is implied that the heroes and baby are in danger.
- Language:
Not an issue.
- Consumerism:
Not an issue.
What Parents Need to Know
About Three Men and a Baby
Parents need to know that, despite its light premise, this film is rife with adult material and themes. The movie opens with a montage of women arriving at and leaving the bachelor pad shared by the three main characters, with the clear implication that they're not there to deliver cookies. The bachelors sleep around. The baby (abandoned by its mother) was the product of one such fling. In relation to a heroin smuggling subplot, some violence regarding a drug dealer is discussed but not seen. It is implied that the heroes and baby are in danger. The entire premise of the movie rests on the assumption that women are somehow natural parents while men must learn.
Families Can Talk About
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?
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