Trailer
Plot summary
Jake Briggs and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds and childhood sweethearts. Before the wedding Jake asks his friend Davis McDonald whether he thinks Jake will be happy. After the wedding the couple heads for New Mexico, where Jake works toward a master's degree but leaves before finishing. They settle in Chicago, where Jake becomes an advertising copywriter and Kristy a research analyst, and they buy a house in the suburbs. Jake's parents, and Kristy's, want a grandchild, and Jake feels the pressure to grow up and have a child.
Cast
- Reba McKinneyas Grandmother
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about She's Having a Baby (1988)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Kevin Smith has cited She's Having a Baby as his favorite John Hughes film, and as the template for his own Jersey Girl, joking that both films were financially unsuccessful.
