Gus

2013

1 hr. 27 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

23%

13 Reviews

Tomatometer

21%

100+ Ratings

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Lizzie's best friend, Andie, becomes pregnant and offers to give the baby to her. Lizzie's husband, Peter, reluctantly goes along with being the child's father, and Andie moves into the guest room for the remainder of the pregnancy.

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Junji Ito's G

Interesting topic but the dialogues are horrible.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/05/23

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troy k

It wasn't anything great, but these reviews are damning...and I kind of liked it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The first half of the movie is not something to die for (all day every typical problems we have). But at the end it moves you. Some of us don't want to see movies that reflect our lives, but to those who don't mind then its a good enough movie to watch.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Mitchell and Monaghan make this movie tolerable, but the story is unbelievable. Their quirky relationship is a bit of a mess, but it makes for an almost entertaining watch.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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This was a good movie, despite being low-budget, and no-name actors. Some VERY funny parts, and real-life situations.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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There's a reason that no one has heard about this little seen, little heard from independent film. While the trailer presents this as a strange dramedy about the intricacies of friendship and adoption, there's very little comedy involved. The characters in this film are all narcissistic a-holes, especially Andie (Monaghan). Andie says some horrible things to all characters involved, and then gives a haughty laugh like it's part of her quirky humor, rather than her being a terrible person. She's just mean-spirited and spiteful throughout, and the fact that the film tries to pass that off as comedy only makes it that much less funny. The other characters are no better. Lizzie (Mitchell) goes along with everything Andie says, and she doesn't exhibit any character development, and there's no insight into her relationship with her husband. By the end there's supposed to be some form of growth in their relationship, which wasn't evident throughout the rest of the film and comes off as shoehorned in. Casey (Weston) and Peter (Dore) are brothers, but they act like lifetime enemies, and there's no explanation for why they treat each other like this, except that Casey is an addict. Every action taken by every character comes off as wrong, every sentence sounds awkward, and every moment is agony to sit through.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Jessie McCormack

Director

Michelle Monaghan

Andie

Radha Mitchell

Lizzie

Jon Dore

Peter

Michael Weston

Casey

Mimi Kennedy

Dr. Grayson

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Joe Leydon

Variety

Hardly a bundle of joy.

Dec 9, 2013

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Kimber Myers

The Playlist

Give us farts, but please make them funny ones.

Rated: D

Dec 7, 2013

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Dan Callahan

RogerEbert.com

A fairly laidback movie that isn't serious and isn't funny and isn't much of anything.

Rated: 1.5/4

Dec 6, 2013

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Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

There's a lot to be said for such an effortlessly graceful pairing when so little is usually said about such strong female friendships on the big screen.

Dec 4, 2018

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

"Expecting" is not a bad movie; it's just not a very good one. The director's intentions are clear enough but the execution never reaches the expectation.

Sep 16, 2017

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Zach Hollwedel

Under the Radar

The weak characterization combined with tonal inconsistencies, by-the-numbers plot structure, and poor writing, create a film that fails to draw its audience in.

Rated: 3/10

Sep 7, 2014

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Synopsis

Lizzie's best friend, Andie, becomes pregnant and offers to give the baby to her. Lizzie's husband, Peter, reluctantly goes along with being the child's father, and Andie moves into the guest room for the remainder of the pregnancy.

Director: Jessie McCormack
Executive Producer: Richard N. Gladstein
Screenwriter: Jessie McCormack
Production Co: FilmColony, Unique New York Productions
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 29, 2014

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