This is basically a continuation of what didn't happen on "Golden Girls" when plants thought you was pregnant and ended up learning that she had menopause. Her character, in the second of a trio of comedy TV movies, has just married Ted Shackelford, and upon returning from her honeymoon begins to have morning sickness symptoms. Her daughters, Kristy McNichol and Anne Bobby, are constantly around, and playboy son John Wesley Shipp must return home as does visiting other son Conor O'Farrell with his two daughters, creating a full house. Recast of a few of the major roles from the first movie, "Children of the Bride", are very perplexing, discovered through my research since I haven't seen the first movie or the 3rd.
Ms. Bobby's character is hideously obnoxious, given a ticket justifiably for breaking traffic laws, and giving the officer a ridiculously obnoxious hard time. I was ready to quit this movie at that moment especially when the officer begins to flirt with her, another truly eye-rolling moment. Bobby constantly braids her sister like a bug hanging around her ear, adding more disike to a horrible character. Then the scene switches to Rue's son John Wesley Shipp being fired after fooling around with his female boss in her office, complicated family matters all the more. Former prospective nun McNichol also discovers that she is with child, so the family has two pregnant women to gather around.
Outside of the Golden Girl Rue, there's really not much to like in this film and I found my finger on the fast-forward button more than several times. It's equally as bad as the "Empty Nest" episode of "Golden Girls". The fact that nobody tells Bobby ever to shut up is another perplexing issue, and I just sat with my mouth agape at how poorly written this was. There had been many ridiculously bad TV movie comedies over the years, as well as theatrically made comedies about obnoxious families, but I think this one has to be in the top 10. Poor Rue, as one of the executive producers, should have sat down and really read the script before giving it the green light.
Ms. Bobby's character is hideously obnoxious, given a ticket justifiably for breaking traffic laws, and giving the officer a ridiculously obnoxious hard time. I was ready to quit this movie at that moment especially when the officer begins to flirt with her, another truly eye-rolling moment. Bobby constantly braids her sister like a bug hanging around her ear, adding more disike to a horrible character. Then the scene switches to Rue's son John Wesley Shipp being fired after fooling around with his female boss in her office, complicated family matters all the more. Former prospective nun McNichol also discovers that she is with child, so the family has two pregnant women to gather around.
Outside of the Golden Girl Rue, there's really not much to like in this film and I found my finger on the fast-forward button more than several times. It's equally as bad as the "Empty Nest" episode of "Golden Girls". The fact that nobody tells Bobby ever to shut up is another perplexing issue, and I just sat with my mouth agape at how poorly written this was. There had been many ridiculously bad TV movie comedies over the years, as well as theatrically made comedies about obnoxious families, but I think this one has to be in the top 10. Poor Rue, as one of the executive producers, should have sat down and really read the script before giving it the green light.