Maybe Baby

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Maybe Baby
Image:Maybebaby.jpg
Directed by	Ben Elton
Produced by	Phil McIntyre
Written by	Ben Elton
Starring	Hugh Laurie Joely Richardson
Release date(s)	2 June 2000 (UK)
Running time	104 min.
Language	English
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For the 1958 hit single by Buddy Holly & the Crickets, see "Maybe Baby".

For the 1988 film released internationally as Maybe Baby, see For Keeps?.

Maybe Baby is a 2000 British film, written and directed by Ben Elton based upon his novel Inconceivable, starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. The film was a critical failure and did not do well at the box office, despite a cast including many of the best-known names in British comedy, and a soundtrack featuring Paul McCartney.

Tagline: It's a matter of life and sex.

1 Plot Summary
2 Cast
3 Soundtrack
4 External links

[edit] Plot Summary

Sam Bell (Laurie) and wife Lucy (Richardson) are a married couple struggling for a baby, having tried everything they can think of to improve their chances of conceiving. At the same time, Sam begins to find his job (as a commissioning editor of drama at the BBC) increasingly unfulfilling. While he resolves to write his own screenplay, he begins to suffer writer's block. The idea dawns upon him to write about his own predicament, something to which Lucy objects strongly. He uses her diary entries to help him achieve authenticity, and the film is a success. A shocked Lucy only finds out during shooting, and leaves Sam for heart-throb actor Carl Phipps, by whom she becomes pregnant. Having lost the baby, she forgives Sam and returns to him. At the end of the story, they are still trying for a baby.

This is the second time Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson have starred in a movie together. The first time was in 101 Dalmatians (Although they don't share lines)