Paternity

1981

Comedy / Romance

13
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 25% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 25% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.0/10 10 1141 1.1K

Plot summary

Buddy Evans (Burt Reynolds) manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming into contact with several children, Buddy decides that he is ready to be a father. Buddy decides to hire a surrogate mother in the hope of having a son.


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Burt Reynolds as Buddy Evans
Carol Locatell as Ms. Werner
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1 hr 33 min
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English 2.0
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1 hr 33 min
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us  pt  es  
23.976 fps
1 hr 33 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by moonspinner55 2 / 10

Burt Reynolds on the wane...

Bachelor Burt Reynolds, feeling the childless pangs of loneliness, 'hires' perky, bubbly Beverly D'Angelo to have his baby--but will she win him over into matrimony? Tepid, safe, sitcom-like fluff with the star phoning in his appearance. Comedian David Steinberg directs as if he's submitting the film for possible placement on a network schedule. Reynolds, cozy at this point with his box-office clout, felt no need to stretch his acting muscles and quickly began churning out easy comedies that required nothing more from him than a lift of his eyebrow and a quizzical crack in his voice. D'Angelo walks off with the picture, what there is of it to take. * from ****

Reviewed by raz1035 6 / 10

Predictable Hollywood Shmaltz

The bright spots in this movie are Elizabeth Ashley and New York City itself. They both photograph great. Burt is very natural and it is always good to see old pros like Juanita Moore & Norman Fell do their thing. Unfortunately Burt and Beverly have absolutely no chemistry what so ever. Beverly delivers her lines like she is reading them for the first time. Can't say anything about Lauren Huttin who I usually like because I missed the first 20 minutes and thats obviously when she was in it. That about sums up this typical 80's over produced movie. Burt plays a New York city bachelor who wants a kid but not a wife. Beverly plays the lucky gal who will have his baby for cash without any emotional strings attached. Do they fall in love? What do you think?

Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 7 / 10

Burt's roguish charms

Buddy Evans (Burt Reynolds) is the most eligible bachelor in New York managing Madison Square Garden. He's 44 and something is missing from his life. With his friends Larry (Norman Fell) and Kurt (Paul Dooley)'s advise, he decides to find a surrogate mother with whom to have a son. The search runs into various roadblocks including a misunderstanding with interior designer Jenny (Lauren Hutton). Maggie (Beverly D'Angelo) is a waitress at his diner hangout who gets accepted to study music in Paris. While chasing after Jenny, Buddy gets into a cab with Maggie. Buddy loses Jenny but Maggie needs the money and accepts the unusual proposal.

Burt Reynolds uses all of his roguish charms to make this one work. There are warning signs that my young mind probably didn't understand while watching this back in the day. Watching it today, Burt hanging out with a bunch of kids is awkward at best. Since it's Burt, it's still pretty funny. The most memorable sequence is chasing Lauren Hutton. It's so memorable that I conflated her character with Maggie. This has some awkward fun while able to maintaining a light-hearted feel.

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