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Labor Pains (2009)

Labor Pains poster
Directed by
Lara Shapiro
Genre
romantic comedy, comedy television program
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 450 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman who is an unreliable assistant at a publishing house fakes a pregnancy to keep her job. Her lie starts to take on a life of its own.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulupbeatsillyfeel-goodromanticcomedic

What happens

Labor Pains is a 2009 American romantic comedy film directed by Lara Shapiro, who also wrote it with Stacy Kramer. It stars Lindsay Lohan as an unreliable assistant at a publishing house who fakes a pregnancy to avoid being fired by her boss. Luke Kirby, Bridgit Mendler, Chris Parnell, Cheryl Hines, Kevin Covais, Aaron Yoo and Tracee Ellis Ross also star in supporting roles. The film was released theatrically in select international markets starting on June 19, 2009. In the United States, it premiered on ABC Family on July 19, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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