She's Having a Baby (1988)

IMDb plot summary: Young newlyweds find out just how unprepared they are for their future together.

Directed by John Hughes. Starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth McGovern, and Alec Baldwin.

She's Having a Baby is a John Hughes film starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern as a young married couple struggling to make their relationship work as life becomes overwhelming. While the title refers to a pregnancy, that really doesn't come into play until fairly far into the story -- it really is just a story of two very young, very naive adults trying to work through what they owe to each other and to themselves now that they're in a relationship. It is frustrating at times to watch these kids grow up together -- there's a part of me that just wants to shake them and say, "You're not ready for any of this," but I think the story does a good job of portraying their confusion in the adult world. There's surprisingly little resolution in this story, functioning more as a slice-of-life about the two of them, and while I would have liked a bit more structure, I grew to enjoy the characters I was watching. It's not Hughes' best work but I warmed to it, and it has a satisfying ending.

How it entered my Flickchart:

She's Having a Baby (1988)

beat Gothika (#1983 → #1982)

lost to Repo Man (held at #989)

beat A Night to Remember (#1485 → #1489)

lost to Draft Day (#1236 → #1231)

lost to Men in Black (#1361 → #1360)

lost to Possession (#1423 → #1422)

lost to The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (#1454 → #1455)

lost to Sweet Smell of Success (#1469 → #1466)

beat The Virtuous Sin (#1477 → #1482)

beat Bottle Rocket (#1473 → #1475)

lost to His Girl Friday (#1471 → #1472)

lost to Panic Room (#1472 → #1467)

Final spot: #1470 out of 3971, 63%.