Labor Pains (2009) on Netflix
Fired by her publisher boss over an accident with his dog, Thea Clayhill claims she is four months pregnant to keep her job. Her friend Lisa helps her keep the lie going.
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Plot summary
Thea Clayhill is the secretary to Jerry Steinwald, a cranky publisher, and she raises her younger sister Emma alone after their parents died in a car accident. When Jerry fires her following an accident with his dog, Thea cannot afford to lose the income. She claims she is four months pregnant, having seen on a television episode that firing a pregnant woman is discriminatory, and the claim saves her job. Her friend Lisa supplies a baby bump taken from a mannequin, and Thea keeps the pretense going while Jerry travels and his accountant brother Nick takes over at the office.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Labor Pains (2009)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- While making Labor Pains, only one insurance agency would take on Lindsay Lohan, because of her struggles with addiction and her probation status after two 2007 DUI arrests.
- Director Lara Shapiro and co-writer Stacy Kramer were both pregnant, about a month apart, while they wrote the screenplay for Labor Pains, a film about a faked pregnancy.
- Lara Shapiro wrote Labor Pains with Lindsay Lohan in mind, and Lohan ended up being the only actress Shapiro saw for the part.
