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| Directed by | Tyler Spindel |
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| Story by | Julie Paiva |
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| Cinematography | Stuart Dryburgh |
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| Music by | Rupert Gregson-Williams |
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| Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Kinda Pregnant is a 2025 Americancomedy film directed byTyler Spindel, written by Julie Paiva andAmy Schumer, and starring Schumer alongsideJillian Bell,Brianne Howey, andWill Forte. It tells the story of 40-something school teacher Lainy who gets envious when her life-long best friend and colleague Kate and another co-worker are both pregnant leading her to steal a fake pregnancy belly to pretend to be pregnant.
The film was released on February 5, 2025 byNetflix, and received generally negative reviews from critics.
As a child, Lainy plays a mom giving birth, with her best friend Kate. After they grow up, both are teachers at the same school. Kate is married and becomes pregnant.
When Dave, Lainy's boyfriend of four years, invites her to dinner and asks her to participate in a threesome, she loses her cool as she was expecting a proposal. In her class the next day, she burns her students' books and sets off the fire alarm. Lainy learns about Kate's pregnancy when they meet up for lunch.
Next day at school, Lainy learns that another younger teacher Shirley is also pregnant. Lainy and Kate go to a maternity clothing store, where she puts on a fake pregnancy belly. She is happy with people on the street wishing her well and treating her with respect. She dons the fake belly and visits a Prenatal Yoga class called "Mamaste", where she befriends Megan, a pregnant woman.
Megan invites Lainy to her home for dinner, where she again meets her brother Josh (who she first met at a coffee shop) and husband Steve. Her belly accidentally catches fire and while patching it up, she talks to Megan for a while, who thanks Lainy for giving her strength, so Lainy continues faking her pregnancy.
Lainy's co-worker, Fallon, is aware of her faking her pregnancy and tells her to stop, but Lainy does not listen. At a children's store, Megan's son sees Lainy and Kate and observes the lack of baby belly. Steve and Megan are also there, but Lainy hides so they cannot see her.
Josh calls Lainy for a date on an ice skating rink and then on a City Cruises Yacht dinner and dance. They bump into Dave, her ex-boyfriend, who believes her when she says she got pregnant during a Thanksgiving Black Friday sale.
Megan visits Lainy at her school, inviting her to join her at a therapeutic class for pregnant women. Lainy grabs a helium balloon and puts it beneath her dress to make it appear as if she is pregnant. Fallon also shows up at the class, pretending to be pregnant.
When visiting Megan to babysit her son, Lainy kisses Josh and goes to the garage. Before they have sex, she covers Josh with an eye mask and keeps her shirt on to keep her fake pregnancy from being discovered. They have sex in the cowgirl position, during which the garage door opens by mistake. After Josh admits he feels he can really trust her and believes they could make it together with the baby, she then abruptly leaves, saying she cannot continue with him.
Lainy confides to Fallon about getting rid of her (non-existent) baby and is overheard by Shirley who tells Kate about it. Kate invites Lainy to her baby shower, where Megan, her husband and Josh arrive upon Shirley's invitation. Lainy places a roast chicken up her dress to keep up the fake pregnancy, but when confronted about it, drops the chicken and tells everyone she is not really pregnant, whereupon the upset Megan and Josh leave.
Kate and Megan both reconcile with Lainy. She finally tells Josh she loves him and her real name. Dave visits Lainy, who first lies to him saying he is going to be the father of triplets and then watches his relief when she removes her fake pregnant cushion.
Lainy goes back to teaching when one of her students tells her there is a Zamboni outside. They all go out to meet Josh, who confesses his love for her. They ride the Zamboni, causing a lot of accidental property damage on the way out of the school.
In November 2023, it was announced thatAmy Schumer was producing and starring inKinda Pregnant forNetflix. Also producing areAdam Sandler,Tim Herlihy, Judit Maull, Kevin Grady and Eli Thomas forHappy Madison Productions andMolly Sims for Something Happy Productions.[1] In February 2024,Jillian Bell,Will Forte,Damon Wayans Jr.,Brianne Howey, andChris Geere joined the cast.[2][3] The next month,Alex Moffat,Joel David Moore,Lizze Broadway,Urzila Carlson, andFrancis Benhamou had been added.[4]
In February and March 2024,principal photography took place inBrooklyn, New York.[5][6]
It was released byNetflix on February 5, 2025.[7]
On thereview aggregator websiteRotten Tomatoes, 29% of 42 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Fitfully amusing and earnest without ever finding a comedic groove,Kinda Pregnant's best efforts can't overcome the issue that its story is kinda icky."[8]Metacritic, which uses aweighted average, assigned the film a score of 38 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.[9]
The Hollywood Reporter's Lovia Gyarkye described the film as "kinda dull". In her view, the film struggles to balance humor with its desired emotional depth regarding views on pregnancy. She felt that the plot was shallow, predictable, and unengaging and that its weak comedy and uninspired execution failed to leave a lasting impression.[10] Similarly, Natalia Winkelman ofThe New York Times argued that the female characters' personal troubles detract from the movie's comedic moments and felt that their relationships were lackluster and underdeveloped.[11]
