Buddy Evans manages events at Madison Square Garden in New York City. He is a confirmed bachelor who lives with his housekeeper Celia. After coming into contact with several children, Buddy decides that he is ready to be a father. Buddy decides to hire a surrogate mother in the hope of having a son.
Acting
Burt Reynolds at peak mustache smarm
Costume
Sweaters that scream 1981
Writing
Dialogue that aged like milk in a hot car
Director
David Steinberg
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during America's first surrogacy legal battles, the film treats a complex bioethical issue as wacky bachelor fodder. The real Baby M case was still four years away.
Burt Reynolds allegedly took this role specifically to soften his image after violent action films—a choice he later called 'the softest thing I ever did, including my hair.'
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