Product Details

• Actors: Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum
• Directors: Chris Columbus
• Writers: Chris Columbus, Patrick Braoudé
• Producers: Chris Columbus, Anne François, Christopher Lambert, Joan Bradshaw, Mark Radcliffe
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: February 4, 1997
• Run Time: 103 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303890458
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,824 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This film represents Hugh Grant's first big bid at Hollywood stardom, on the heels of the success of Four Weddings and a Funeral. But he stumbled twice: first with this mundane comedy, then by being arrested after soliciting a prostitute near downtown Hollywood, the week before the film opened. Directed by Chris Columbus (Mrs. Doubtfire), Nine Months was a weak reworking of a French film about an aging bachelor (Grant) who can't decide whether to commit to the woman he loves (Julianne Moore). When she becomes pregnant, he still can't make up his mind and winds up blowing hot and cold on the subject of fatherhood, which causes tension in the relationship. There's a lot of low comedy involving Grant's best friend; Tom Arnold plays this ultra-married and child-ridden suburbanite, who makes fatherhood look like a living hell. Robin Williams has a funny cameo as a foreign doctor, but in the end, the sentiment is ladled on and Grant doesn't have nearly enough funny material to work with. --Marshall Fine

From The New Yorker

Samuel (Hugh Grant), a child psychotherapist who, quite understandably, doesn't like children, is aghast when he discovers that his girlfriend (Julianne Moore) is pregnant; they have just enough time to argue, split up, and bond again before the baby is born. Given that the movie was directed by Chris Columbus ("Home Alone," "Mrs. Doubtfire"), it ought to be unwatchable. But it's not that bad. Grant performs a California variation on his stuttering-fluster shtick, inflated into caricature by insistent closeups. The film's energy, such as it is, arises from his patter with other men (an aggressive Tom Arnold, a lazily horny Jeff Goldblum). The women-Moore and Joan Cusack-are little more than magnets for male anxiety. They have the babies, the movie tells us with its sunny, reactionary guile; what more do they want? -Anthony Lane
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest movies of all time!!, July 15, 1999

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This review is from: Nine Months [VHS] (VHS Tape)

NINE MONTHS is one of the most hilarious movies that I have ever seen!!! This movie made me laugh and cry until my stomach hurt and I recommend it to anyone looking for an excellent romantic comedy. Hugh Grant, Tom Arnold and Robin Williams are all likable, sweet and extremely funny in this film. Julianne Moore and Joan Cusack are beautiful and poignant in this film. NINE MONTHS makes you feel warm and bubbly inside. I love it!!!

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh Baby!!, August 11, 2003

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L. Shirley "Laurie's Boomer Views" (Huntington Beach,CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Months (DVD)

This review refers to the DVD edition(20th Cent Fox) of "Nine Months"......

Looking for a goodtime but don't want to leave your couch. Here's the answer for you.."Nine Months". Directed by Chris Columbus(Harry Potter/Home Alone) starring Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore,Robin Williams, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusak and Jeff Goldblum. These are names that really know how to entertain and will have you laughing out loud the entire length of the film."Nine Months" is a hysterical look at the fears, joys and anticipation of becoming a parent and the waiting period that goes along with it.

Samuel and Rebecca have a relationship to be envied. Samuel is a successful child psychiatrist, the beautiful Rebecca is a graceful dance instructor,they have a cool apartment and car and five years of UNwedded bliss...don't fix it if it ain't broken...right? Well they are in for a big change in their lives. When Rebecca utters those wonderful words..."Samuel...I'm pregnant", the very cool and level headed Samuel practically kills them when he runs the car off the road. And so the fun begins. He discovers he has some growing up to do and it's easier said then done.

Included in the fun are their new "friends", Marty and Gail Dwyer a very pushy but well meaning couple played by Tom Arnold and Joan Cusak. They are old pros at the pregnancy game, as they are working on their fourth. Arnold's one liners are non stop and delivered with his usual brand of boisterious humor, and you never knew how funny delivering a baby could be until you have seen Cusak's brillantly comical turn in the labor room. Jeff Goldblum, is Samuel's single friend, his link to his youth,and turns in a great performance.Then, of course there's the obstetrician. Who else can make having a baby such a riotious romp other than Robin Williams. He's just absolutely zany as the Russian Dr. Kosevitch, about to atttempt his first delivery, human delivery that is!

So prepare to laugh out loud as Samuel and Marty go fist to cuffs with "Arnie the Dinosaur",Dr. Kosevich butchers the English language, it's Murphy's Law on the way to the hospital, and Rebecca and Gail make impending motherhood a delight for all.

You can't go wrong with the film or with the DVD. It's a beautiful picture in anamorphic widescreen(Aspect Ratio 2.35:1), and the audio in Dolby Dig 5.1(or Surround) is outstanding. The soundtrack including "The Time of Your Life"(Steve Van Zandt) and scoring by Hans Zimmer is perfect for this film. There are subtitles in English and Spanish and may be viewed in French. There are trailers but no other special features included. It's a quality transfer with at an exceptionally good price.

It's it's a great ride, and one you will want to go on again...have fun...Laurie

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Maxie

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL!, February 14, 2005

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L Gontzes (Athens, Greece) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Months [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An outstanding romantic comedy, Nine Months, brings to the screen exactly what the title implies: the story of a pregnancy with all the ups and downs that it entails!
It is a film about human relations, hope and second chances, but most importantly about trust, love, and inner strength.
Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Robin Williams, Tom Arnold and the rest of the cast, have outdone themselves with their performances, which are exceptional to say the least. All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows (the chemistry is AMAZING)! Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few laughs, not to mention a few tears. The film is simple enough, but does a great job of describing people's every day lives and the problems they face. It just goes to show that simplicity is often far better than complexity, when trying to present issues of a human nature.
In short, Nine Months is a movie definitely worth watching!