''Baby Done'' is a 2020

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comedy film directed by Curtis Vowell, and executive produced by

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, written by Sophie Henderson, and starring Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis.

Plot

Zoe is a young woman who discovers she's pregnant. But, acting in denial, she tries to live a wild single life before the baby arrives. Her boyfriend, Tim, has the opposite reaction to the baby news and goes into nesting mode.

Cast

* Rose Matafeo as Zoe * Matthew Lewis as Tim *Nic Sampson as Brian *

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as Molly * Alice Snedden as Antenatal teacher * Guy Montgomery as Treemasters Official

Production

Married couple Henderson and Vowell made the semi-autobiographical film out of their own fear of growing old and settling down.

Release

The film premiered in Australia and New Zealand on 22 October 2020. It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 22 January 2021.

Reception

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'' praised "Matafeo’s wonderful, compulsively affable performance is core to the film’s irresistible good naturedness: its spirit, pluck, bounce." On

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "A lightly humorous look at impending parenthood, ''Baby Done'' finds laughs -- and moments of genuine honesty -- in a life-altering event."

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9894660 2020 films 2020s New Zealand films 2020 comedy films 2020s pregnancy films New Zealand comedy films New Zealand pregnancy films 2020s English-language films