Taglines: Love. Happiness. Kids. Pick two.
Six friends are enjoying life without responsibilities, until married couple Leslie and Alex fall pregnant. This is quickly followed by Ben and Missy’s pregnancy. Life changes, as it becomes harder for the friends to meet up. The remaining two friends, Jason and Julie, have been best friends for years and live in the same New York apartment building.
Following their friends route into parenting, they begin to question whether they too would like to have kids. They decide on a plan to have a baby together and carry-on with their platonic relationship. They share the childcare and they each begin a new relationship with other people. The plan appears to be going very well.
Life as parents becomes increasingly difficult for the once passionate Ben and Missy, as they have become distant and resentful of each other. An honest dinner conversation, between all the friends, on a ski trip brings everything to the surface. On returning home, they decide to separate.
Meanwhile, after some kind words from Jason about her at the dinner table, Julie comes to realize that she harbors feelings for Jason. She later admits these feelings to him during dinner in a restaurant. He rejects her, as he is in love with his current girlfriend and doesn’t see Julie in this way. She moves out of their apartment to Brooklyn and they continue to share custody of their child.
Later, his relationship ends because they have different views about children – she doesn’t want to have any. Jason then realizes that he has feelings for Julie. He goes to her Brooklyn apartment and and confesses his feelings. She is scepitcal at first but he manages to convince her.
Friends with Kids is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written, produced, and directed by Jennifer Westfeldt, who also stars in the film. Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Edward Burns, Megan Fox and Jon Hamm also star in the film.
The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2011. On September 21, 2011, Lionsgate announced that it had acquired the distribution rights to the film.
Friends with Kids (2012)
Directed by: Jennifer Westfeldt
Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Kristen Wiig, Jon Hamm, Loulou Sloss, Katie Foster, Robert Halpern, Daniel Halpern, Lee Bryant, Rekha Luther
Screenplay by: Jennifer Westfeldt
Production Design by: Ray Kluga
Cinematography by: William Rexer
Film Editing by: Tara Timpone
Costume Design by: Melissa Bruning
Set Decoration by: Nicole Duryea, Mila Khalevich
Art Direction by: Mailara Santana
Music by: The 88, Marcelo Zarvos
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: March 9, 2012
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