#19 Three Men And A Baby/Little Lady

The pitch: "Come up with a trilogy capper to round Three Men And A Baby and Three Men And A Little Lady."

 

Three Men And A Baby / Little Lady  (1987 / 1990) 

Directed by: Leonard Nimoy (ST 3: The Search for Spock, ST 4: The Voyage Home, The Good Mother)  / 

Emile Ardolino (Dirty Dancing, Sister Act, Chances Are) 

Starring: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Sheila Hancock, Fiona Shaw 

Three confirmed bachelors have their worlds turned upside down and inside out when a baby is left on their doorstep. 

…Do they find what it means to be responsible? Sort of. 

…Do they discover there’s more to life than having fun?  In a manner of speaking. 

…Do they become better, richer people?   Not really, to be honest. 

None the less, this is a fun film, with likeable performances from the three leads, light direction from Nimoy, and lots of jokes about how baby poo is smelly. 

A silly but likeable sequel follows our heroes and their now five-year-old ‘daughter’, as they travel to England, insult the locals and one of them finds love. 

…Is the world crying out for a third part?   We’ll get back to you. 

“There's a quarter of a million dollars in heroin in the diaper pail and the new baby wipes are in the hall cabinet.” 

“Jack has a baby?” 

“I realise such a concept tends to negate our belief in a benevolent God, but yes.” 

“I’ll give you a thousand dollars if you do it.”