And when I say he is a discount Danny DeVito, you will know exactly what I am talking about when you see him show up in Big Baby. There is another actor whose performance you will recognize, while perhaps not knowing his name, Ken Davitian. Andrew Lawrence, who plays the big baby of the title, has kind of a Brendan Fraser thing going on, but it's not enough to overcome the deficiencies in the script and movie direction. I checked, and the other actors had plenty of TV and movie credits, but in movies or TV shows that I have never seen. Even though she's the top-listed star, she only has about 3 minutes of screen time. First time I've seen her on-screen since an episode of Scrubs, and she doesn't have much more than a cameo role here.
Out of all the actors in this, the only one I recognized was Maureen McCormick, who played Marcia on the Brady Bunch. I think the reason it wasn't rated is because they either couldn't, or wouldn't pony up the $2500 to get it rated. For them, there is really no difference in quality between The Wizard of Oz and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, but adults notice the difference right away.
To be fair, kids have the ability to like just about anything, so they may think this movie is fine. This is quite obviously a film that the entire family can safely watch, provided your family likes movies that aren't particularly good. Usually, the only reason this happens is that a movie that's expected to get an X rating is simply not submitted because an X rating generally means death at the box office. Right up front, one thing that really stands out when you first look at the IMDb page for Big Baby is that it hasn't been rated by the MPAA.
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