
Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Larry Arbogast (Danny DeVito) are working on a new drug which will reduce the chances of a woman's body rejecting her baby, and thus causing a miscarriage. When their research funding is withdrawn, and human experimentation is denied to them, they decide to test the drug by briefly impregnating Hesse. However, Hesse becomes attached to his unborn baby.... (Full plot summary below)
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Alex Hesse (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Larry Arbogast (Danny DeVito) are working on a new drug which will reduce the chances of a woman's body rejecting her baby, and thus causing a miscarriage. When their research funding is withdrawn, and human experimentation is denied to them, they decide to test the drug by briefly impregnating Hesse. However, Hesse becomes attached to his unborn baby.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA lot of actors can hold big machineguns and stand convincingly in front of special effects and explosions. Not many can stand in front of a camera and be nine months pregnant, and actually make us care. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrA one-joke movie, but at least it's a good joke. |
| Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallA fleecy romantic caper with a dusting of feminism, the picture is basically a one-joke movie successfully nursed by director Ivan Reitman. |
| Orlando SentinelJay BoyarWhat separates this straightforward chuckler from the pack is its shrewd reliance on character rather than plot, and that human dimension proves surprisingly poignant. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranEffective, but despite the trio's fine efforts Junior can't get past lightly amusing, never manages to work up a sustained comic head of steam. |
| EmpireJeff DawsonA daft movie, but one not without its moments of healthy radiance, spurred on by some bristling gags and a welcome comic return by Emma Thompson as a gauche fellow doctor caught in a romantic sub-plot. |
| NewsweekDavid AnsenNeither hilarious nor horrible, Junior is the first would-be Arnold blockbuster that coasts on charm. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversAh-nuld’s swollen belly is the joke — the only one — but director Ivan Reitman (Dave) takes it for a few deft spins. |
| The New York TimesJanet MaslinProceeds efficiently but never quite lives up to its own potential as a sight gag. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe new Ivan Reitman/Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy is a one-joke affair, and it takes surprisingly little time for the potential humor in the situation to wear thin. |