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3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

Comedy · 1987

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

Movie details

3 Men and a Baby

“They changed her diapers. She changed their lives.”

1987 Comedy 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Leonard Nimoy

Written by

Jim Cruickshank · James Orr

Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Peter Mitchell

Steve Guttenberg

Steve Guttenberg

Michael Kellam

Ted Danson

Ted Danson

Jack Holden

Margaret Colin

Margaret Colin

Rebecca

Celeste Holm

Celeste Holm

Jack's Mother

Nancy Travis

Nancy Travis

Sylvia Bennington

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Det. Sgt. Melkowitz

Court is in session

Put 3 Men and a Baby on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.