Conception

Caught this terrific little movie at a film festival and wondered why can't Hollywood, with its huge budgets, manage to turn out something half this good.

Conception tackles a tricky subject with humor and warmth. In our baby obsessed culture, trying to conceive is on many people's minds. The script managed to find the humor in it and reveled in the small moments.

The cast was terrific. Great to see some television actors get to flex different muscles. The interactions felt genuine and real and touching. It's nice to watch a movie that manages to walk the line between comedy and being heartfelt without feeling overdone and treacly. Conception does this with style and grace.

I wonder why there aren't more smart, charming romantic comedies like Conception.

I saw Conception last spring at the Boston film festival. We picked it because the story seemed different, sweet and funny. I thought I would be able to relate even if I hadn't been down that road, and I was looking for a good laugh, with a little romance and hopefully something more than the average romantic comedy. We were familiar with and loved a lot of the cast members. I had seen them in different movies and shows and thought they would work really well together.

After watching I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed it... It was hilarious! The touching moments were authentic. And with each accurate, awkward and emotion filled scene you can picture the situation happening yourself or someone you know too well. I loved it and I couldn't stop laughing- it's definitely a must see!!

Conception (2011) is a comedy drama movie that was written and directed by Josh Stolberg with a great ensemble cast and it was pretty good.

Positives for Conception (2011): I like the idea behind this movie where you focus on these 7 different couples on their relationships in small sections. You have a great ensemble cast and they play their roles very well. The comedy and drama are balanced well enough. The movie moves at a great pace that keeps your attention from start to finish. And finally, the ending montage during the end credits is pretty funny.

Negatives for Conception (2011): Theree isn't enough time given with these couples for me to fully care about them. This movie needed 20 or 30 more minutes to spend time with these characters for me to care about them as people. And finally, this doesn't feel like a movie that Josh Stolberg would make, it could literally be made by anyone and you wouldn't know the difference.

Overall, Conception (2011) is a good comedy drama movie from a filmmaker doing something different which I can respect, but I won't be in the rush to rewatch it anytime soon.

This is a great date night movie to either inspire baby-making or discourage it, depending on your place in life ;)

It is really funny, the characters were all really human, and I could relate to the situations.

The film touches on all the ways in which babies are conceived, for better and for worse, but handles it all with levity and humor.

The performances are all excellent and it's directed and shot with a light touch.

Gregory Smith, one of my favorite young actors, is a adorable and very sexy.

This film should have had a theatrical release, but I was lucky enough to be able to see it on demand.

Cute, refreshing, and a little bit of raunch!

Saw this film with some friends at a film festival in Newport Beach, a few months ago. It was a pretty packed house and it was an adorable movie. The thing that stands out most is the chemistry between each of the couples, it was so real and believable - I loved that. That's always important to me as a viewer is if I can believe these two would be together? It was not exactly what I expected, as I was thinking it was going to be a bit of a raunchy film. It was adorable, genuine and very heart-felt. I will definitely be watching it again and cannot wait to check it out on DVD to catch some behind the scenes stuff. Luckily for me, I was able to check it out with the filmmakers and cast in attendance - which, for me, always makes the experience more enjoyable. In most cases, it doesn't necessarily mean you are going to enjoy the film more. For me, it did... I especially liked hearing how each of the "couples" scenes were shot in a day, on a tiny budget. It gives one hope that a budding filmmaker will be able to cast some big names in their tiny project... if the scripts right. And, luckily for this film, the script was right, I cannot stress how much I enjoyed it. Am I gushing? Whatever! Do yourself a favor and check it out, and make sure you check it out with a cuddle-buddy, as there will be some "ooh's and ahh's" within!