Release Date: 08/05/2008
Label/Distributor: First Look
Rating: R (Restricted)
Retail Price: $24.98
Genre: Comedy Cast: Tom Ellis,Heather Graham,Mia Kirshner,Mark Mulholland,Nicholas LePrevost
Running Time: 94
DVD Video Options: AC-3,Color,Dolby,DVD-Video,NTSC,Subtitled,Widescreen
DVD Audio Options: English;Original Language
UPC Code: 687797124494
Georgina Scott (Heather Graham) is a broody 33 year-old who sends her boyfriend Zak (Tom Ellis) packing when it has become apparent that he doesn t share her desire for a bundle of joy. Zak sets off on a documentary shoot and hopes that she ll cool off in his absence. But Georgina discovers that early menopause runs in her family and heads for a specialist with her reluctant best friend Clem (Mia Kirshner The L Word) in tow. Learning that her baby-making days are numbered Georgina enlists Clem and their pal Justin (Orlando Seale) to make the most of it. A battle plan is drawn up but their escapades become increasingly frantic as Georgina explores internet sperm donors personal ads respondents night clubbers a love-struck co-worker and funeral-goers in her hilarious and desperate attempts to beat the biological clock.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:-áCOMEDY/BUDDY FILMS Rating:-áR UPC:-á687797124494 Manufacturer No:-áFLP-12449
Miss Conception
By Irv Slifkin -- Video Business, 6/23/2008
FIRST LOOKStreet: Aug. 6
Prebook: July 8
> DVD friendly stars add marketing hook to farce in the Baby Mama mold.
Roller Girl and Felicity Shagwell as a mother? What would Dirk Diggler and Austin Powers say? They'd probably remark that Heather Graham deserves kudos for stretching her kewpie doll persona for this Britain-based domestic comedy. Graham stars as Georgina, a woman who owns a construction company in England. When she hears her biological clock ticking, it's loud enough to dismiss her commitment-shy boyfriend, Zak (Tom Ellis). Things get worse when a fertility expert tells Georgina that she has only a few days to get pregnant, and the hunt is on for a proper partner. The premise is a solid one, and the approach is fluffy as opposed to provocative, which is more appealing to audiences looking for something light. Mia Kirshner (The L Word ) offers more cast oomph as Georgina's best friend.
Shelf Talk: Graham has a following on the home market and has been in several DVD premieres in recent years (Adrift in Manhattan , Broken ) that have done solid business. Though Miss Conception received sparse theatrical play (mostly in film festivals and a week-long run in Los Angeles), there are enough elements here to ensure solid business among couples and women—until the more well-known Baby Mama or Sex and the City hits the street.
Comedy, color, R (mature themes, language, sexual situations), 94 min., DVD $24.98Extras: none
Director: Eric Styles
First Run: L, June 2008, <$1 mil.
