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Look Who's Talking
1989 96 min United States of America PG-13 12+
★6.2
Comedy, Romance
Director: Amy Heckerling
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Description
After a single, career-minded woman is left on her own to give birth to the child of a married man, she finds a new romantic chance in a cab driver. Meanwhile, the point-of-view of the newborn baby is narrated through voice-over.
Budget:
$7.5M
US Gross:
$140.09M
Worldwide:
$297M
Starring
John Travolta
Actor
Kirstie Alley
Actor
Olympia Dukakis
Actor
Awards
5 wins & 2 nominations total
Key opinion
Look Who's Talking is widely remembered as an iconic 80s comedy, celebrated for its novel premise of an infant providing sardonic voiceover narration. While some viewers find the romantic pairing of Kirstie Alley and John Travolta charming and memorable, others view the plot as formulaic or unengaging.
| Humor | Bruce Willis’s vocal performance as the infant narrator provides the film’s central source of humor and personality. | |
| Acting | John Travolta and Kirstie Alley demonstrate a strong, charismatic screen chemistry that anchors the romantic narrative. | |
| Originality | The premise of portraying a baby's internal thoughts offers a refreshing and clever departure from standard family comedy tropes. | |
| Emotion | The film's tone is viewed by some as heartwarming and sweet, while others find it overly sentimental or lacking in substance. | |
| Screenplay | Opinions on the narrative quality are split; proponents praise the realistic depiction of motherhood and family dynamics, whereas detractors find the plot boring and overly contrived. |