Plan B

I watched this movie after hearing Vernon Davis bring it up on Julian Edelman's podcast. I've always been a big Vernon Davis fan and thought it was really interesting to hear that he is an actor now. They didn't really give away much information on this movie or what Vernon's role was so I pretty much went in blind. He was honestly only in this movie for like 15 minutes but his part was probably the funniest of the whole movie. Seeing him teach a pregnancy class was so unexpected and I had the biggest smile on my face during that whole scene. I don't want to give too much away, but he has an interaction with someone in the class that is absolutely hysterical. I hope he does more movies like this. I can totally see him being an actor like John Cena or The Rock. Like I said, Vernon was just a supporting character but the rest of the movie was really solid. The storyline was really good and it had good laughs sprinkled throughout. Jon Heder was really funny too. I couldn't remember the last time I saw him in a movie so hopefully this marks a comeback for him.

I watch the majority of comedy movies that come out nowadays and I can honestly say this one of the better ones that I've seen over the last 4-5 years. In a world of remakes and reboots, this concept felt original enough to draw me in. I'll also say that it's not only laugh out loud funny but it has so much heart. My favorite comedies are the ones that make you laugh throughout and then tear up at the end. This did just that. I don't want to give any spoilers, but the payoff at the end is extremely rewarding and I couldn't help but have a huge smile on my face. I also loved the contrast between Jon Heder and Michael Lombardi. Two polar opposites yet both prove to be charming in their own way. My score for this is an A-.

I had never heard of this movie but watched it after it was highlighted in a movie review by Spoiler Alert. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and felt compelled to write a review since I didn't see much promotion for it. Overall, the story was well crafted and this had more laugh out loud moments than any other comedy movie I've seen in recent memory. I'm not typically a fan of romantic comedies and usually more of a sci-fi and horror fan so I'm not really the target audience for this so I think that people who like romcoms or comedies in general would rate this higher than I would. One of the main reasons that I watched this was because Jon Heder is the male lead. I grew up watching him in Benchwarmers, Blades of Glory, and of course Napoleon Dynamite. I hadn't seen him in anything for years but he was awesome in this. He wasn't the typically nerdy character he usually plays. Sure he's quirky in this, but his character really has some depth here and he shows range I didn't know he was capable of. Hopefully this leads to some more Jon Heder movies because he's one of those actors that I think everyone likes. 6/10 for me but if you like comedies or romcoms, definitely give this a watch.

Though this isn't really anything groundbreaking, it's better than the majority of the romantic comedy movies that have come out in the last few years. So many of the Netflix romcoms just aren't funny. I laughed out loud several times while watching this which doesn't happen most of the time. The writing was the best part of the movie. While the dialogue was very funny, the funniest moments of this film were created from the absurd situations that the characters got themselves into. Jon Heder was great every time he was on screen. The scenes with his mom and his cat, Cat Sajak, were my favorites. I wasn't familiar with Michael Lombardi before this movie but he was very handsome and charming.

I decided to watch this movie after seeing all of the funny people who are in it. Jon Heder from Napoleon Dynamite is the male lead. Then Shannon Elizabeth (Jay and Silent Bob, American Pie, Scary Movie) and Kate Flannery (Meredith from the Office) play supporting roles. I honestly wasn't familiar with the female lead, Jamie Lee but she was really funny and was a believable partner for Jon Heder. The NFL player Vernon Davis is in this too, though I honestly didn't connect the dots that it was him until I looked at the credits afterwards. I didn't know he was an actor now but he was really funny in this. This was really just such a fun pregnancy comedy movie. I'd put it up there with Baby Mama and Knocked Up. My only complaint was that Shannon Elizabeth wasn't in it as much as I thought she'd be. She's probably only in it for 10-15 minutes.