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Maybe Baby is a 2000 British film, written and directed by Ben Elton based upon his novel Inconceivable, starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson. Sam Bell (Laurie) and wife Lucy (Richardson) are a married couple struggling for a baby, having tried everything they can think of to improve their chances of conceiving. At the same time, Sam begins to find his job (as a commissioning editor of drama at the BBC) increasingly unfulfilling. While he resolves to write his own screenplay, he begins to suffer writer's block. The idea dawns upon him to write about his own predicament, something to which Lucy objects strongly. He uses her diary entries to help him achieve authenticity, and the film is a success. A shocked Lucy only finds out during shooting, and leaves Sam for heart-throb actor Carl Phipps, by whom she becomes pregnant. Having lost the baby, she forgives Sam and returns to him. At the end of the story, they are still trying for a baby. This is the second time Hugh Laurie and... full article at wikipedia
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  • Jun 2, 2000
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  • 104.0min
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