IMDb plot summary: Jack Holden and his friends, Peter and Michael, spend most of their time having flings with several women in their apartment. Their life changes when a mysterious baby appears at their doorstep.
Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson.
Three Men and a Baby is exactly what the title promises: three bachelor roommates, played by Tom Selleck, Steve Gutenberg, and Ted Danson, find a baby left on their doorstep from one of their short love affairs, and they have to figure out what to do about that. There's also a subplot involving a mistaken drug delivery. This is generally a charming but deeply forgettable little comedy. Extremely watchable. A lot of this comes down to very relatable performances from our three leads, who absolutely could ham it up to the level of a cartoon villain, but they all just seem like regular self-absorbed career guys, which makes their fumbling both more realistic and more sympathetic. The slow development of compassion for the helpless baby thrust in their lives plays out in a plausible way, so it's easy to believe the emotional arcs. The pacing of the story is a little strange toward the end -- what was set up as the primary subplot is suddenly resolved with a half hour left to go, and the final scene creates a brand new obstacle that is then wrapped up much more neatly than makes sense, structurally -- but that's a minor gripe. None of this breaks new ground or does anything *exciting* with its material, but it does it all quite well, and that made for a satisfying watch, even if I don't need to rewatch it any time soon.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Three Men and a Baby > For Pete's Sake
Three Men and a Baby < The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Three Men and a Baby < Stargate
Three Men and a Baby > Footlight Parade
Three Men and a Baby < Suddenly, Last Summer
Three Men and a Baby < Clueless
Three Men and a Baby > The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Three Men and a Baby > Green Room
Three Men and a Baby < Rachel, Rachel
Three Men and a Baby < Lo
Three Men and a Baby > Dark Shadows
Three Men and a Baby < Strictly Ballroom
Final spot: #1696 out of 3992, or 58%.
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