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      Paternity

      PG 1981 1 hr. 35 min. Comedy List
      Reviews 22% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Madison Square Garden's manager (Burt Reynolds) wants a baby but not a wife, so he hires a surrogate mother (Beverly D'Angelo). Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Nov 29 Buy Now

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      Shannon M One of the great, forgotten movies of the 80s! Charming, funny, and unique! I love the chemistry between Burt Reynolds and Beverly D'Angelo! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/20/17 Full Review Audience Member I have a seen a ton of Burt Reynolds movies but everyone I've seen he's always playing a tough guy or something similar so watching him in a romantic comedy was a shocker.Not a bad movie by the way but not really something I'd go out & buy or watch again Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Only mildly amusing, mostly it is very predictable and trite. Bland direction and there is not much enthusiasm from the cast, with the exception of Juanita Moore in a supporting role. The stars lack chemistry. It?s just silly. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member 45/100. Only mildly amusing, mostly it is very predictable and trite. Bland direction and there is not much enthusiasm from the cast, with the exception of Juanita Moore in a supporting role. The stars lack chemistry. It's just silly. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Although the movie was directed by David Steinberg, a comic actor with a good sense of timing, Paternity's timing is so slowpaced and stately that there are times when this doesn't feel like a comedy, it feels like a historical romance. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Bernard Drew Gannett News Service It's one of the worst movies [Reynolds has] ever made and, worse, he isn't even good in it. Oct 4, 2019 Full Review Chuck O'Leary FulvueDrive-in.com Burt is at his most appealing and self-deprecating playing a character much like himself at the time: A single, middle-age lothario longing to have a child. Charming and funny. Rated: 7/10 Feb 18, 2006 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jun 12, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Madison Square Garden's manager (Burt Reynolds) wants a baby but not a wife, so he hires a surrogate mother (Beverly D'Angelo).
      Director
      David Steinberg
      Executive Producer
      Jerry Tokofsky
      Screenwriter
      Charlie Peters
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 5, 2019
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