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25 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA lot of actors can hold big machineguns and stand convincingly in front of special effects and explosions. Not many can stand in front of a camera and be nine months pregnant, and actually make us care.
- 63Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyA fleecy romantic caper with a dusting of feminism, the picture is basically a one-joke movie successfully nursed by director Ivan Reitman.
- 60NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenNeither hilarious nor horrible, Junior is the first would-be Arnold blockbuster that coasts on charm.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinProceeds efficiently but never quite lives up to its own potential as a sight gag.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenJunior is passable entertainment, but it could hardly be called fully developed.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanSchwarzenegger’s willingness to flirt with femininity, to become truly radiant, is the most engaging aspect of Junior. Unfortunately, the script doesn’t portray his transformation to starry-eyed pregnant bliss with much comic ingenuity.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAs a comedy, Junior has its share of laughs -- but no more than its share.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonLet’s just say that, for the right audience, Junior may deliver. But there’s a whole lot of pregnancy to go through first.
- 38ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThe new Ivan Reitman/Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy is a one-joke affair, and it takes surprisingly little time for the potential humor in the situation to wear thin.