Look Who's Talking Too

Look Who's Talking Too is a 1990 American romantic comedy film and a sequel to director Amy Heckerling's 1989 comedy Look Who's Talking. The film stars the original cast members John Travolta and Kirstie Alley as James and Mollie Ubriacco, the parents of Mikey (voiced by Bruce Willis), who is a toddler that is coping with the newest addition to the family, baby Julie (voiced by Roseanne Barr). In addition to this, he is having trouble using a potty, and the unorthodox advice he gets from his playmate, Eddie (voiced by Damon Wayans), doesn't make his problem any better.^[1]

Plot

The film picks up where the original left off, where Mikey is expecting a sister and being the big brother. James and Mollie Ubriacco, now happily married, are preoccupied by Mikey's fear of monsters. When they get him to settle down, they manage to have sex and conceive a second child; this time a girl. Mikey is excited at the prospect of being a big brother, but is also hampered by having to go through potty training. When Mollie goes into labor, baby Julie's umbilical cord puts the her in full distress. This leads the doctors to have to perform a C-Section in order to save the lives of both Mollie and Julie (who is born). Then, Julie is carried away and placed under observation in the nursery, whereas Mollie gets sewed up. Unfortunately, both Mikey and Jullie do not get along nicely as he imagined when they meet. As a result of this, Mikey instead becomes jealous of the attention that his sister is given by his parents.

James struggles now with a family of four on his wages made as a taxi driver, but Mollie's parents notice he is an experienced pilot and use their connections to get him a job as a corporate jet pilot, which pays more. However, unfortunately, this offers up several disrespecting customers that put him on edge. His frequent arguments with Mollie, who is still hormonal from her recent pregnancy are only compounded when her slacker brother, Stuart, drops in and asks to stay. But, surprisingly, he makes himself a nuisance from his inconsiderate and slobbish behavior. He is an out of work accountant who carries an unloaded gun. both Mikey and his best friend, Eddie (voice of Damon Wayans), find a crack pipe during a walk in the park, their parents sign them up for an indoor activity class called Jungle Gym where Mikey still struggles with issues in potty training when Eddie tells him about a "toilet monster" meant to eat their leavings. Stuart pulls a gun on James who comes home late one night, despite it not being loaded and it being New York, James demands that Mollie kick him out, but she tells him that he has nowhere else to go, and he leaves in anger. Meanwhile, Stuart begins to date Mollie's best friend, Rona.

Mikey notices the strain that his parents have while around each other. When James storms out, Mikey gets upset at Julie, blaming her for James leaving and tears up her toy bird (whom Julie names "Herbie") apart out of anger. Later on, James spends time with both Mikey and Julie, after scamming them into a movie and some ice cream afterwards. At the park, James tries to explain to Mikey and Julie what's going on between him and Mollie, but realizes they don't understand. Julie later rediscovers her torn bird and swears that she will learn how to walk to get out of the apartment, and later manages to walk across the room without support. Mollie witnesses this and is overjoyed until she realizes James isn't there to share the moment, and Mikey decides to turn over a new leaf and be nice to Julie from then on. Mollie decides she wants James back, and tries to dress up to impress him, but this goes unnoticed for the most part until Mikey manages to overcome his fear of the toilet monster and goes to the bathroom on his own, of which his parents are proud and excited. Unfortunately, their happiness runs short though, as James has to leave early for work.

A particularly bad storm outside gets Mollie worried, and she leaves Stuart in charge of the kids as she goes to the airport to get James. Stuart is alerted to a burglar in the house and chases him outside, leaving Mikey and Julie alone. A dish rag he was using at the stove catches fire and falls onto some dry newspaper, causing the fire to spread. At the airport, Mollie manages to convince James not to fly in the stormy weather and that the money isn't worth his life. They reconcile and make out on the cab ride home where they come across Stuart, who is still chasing the burglar and whom James helps apprehend before they realize that their apartment is on fire. Inside, Mikey pushes Julie out of the burning apartment and rides the elevator downstairs and outside, while James runs in and puts out the fire with a fire extinguisher. He and Mollie reunite with their children and Stuart proposes to Rona, who accepts.

At a barbecue the next day with their entire family, Mikey explains why he saved Julie from the fire and that they have to stick together because they're the "kids". Julie says it makes sense because all the grownups are crazy. As a result, Mikey and Julie reconcile and walk together in the backyard. After the post-credits, Julie falls down on her bottom, to which she says, "Oh, my tush hurts", while her brother, Mikey looks on.

Cast

• John Travolta as James Ubriacco/Voice of James' sperm cells (uncredited)
• Kirstie Alley as Mollie Ubriacco/Voice of Mollie's egg (uncredited)
• Lorne Sussman as Mikey Ubriacco
• Megan Milner as Julie Ubriacco (age 10 months-1 year)
  • Georgia Keithley as Julie Ubriacco (age 4-6 months)
  • Nikki Graham as Julie Ubriacco (fetus/newborn)
• Elias Koteas as Stuart
• Twink Caplan as Rona
• Olympia Dukakis as Rosie
• Lesley Ewen as Debbie
• Gilbert Gottfried as Joey, the baby gym instructor

Voices

• Bruce Willis as Mikey Ubriacco
• Roseanne Barr as Julie Ubriacco
• Damon Wayans as Eddie
• Mel Brooks as Mr. Toilet Man

Production

The famous TriStar Pictures theme music, composed by Dave Grusin, was played during the scene when Julie practices walking. A variation exists at the beginning of the logo when Bruce Willis (voice of Mikey) was doing a Mister Ed imitation.

Casting

The bum teaser at the end of the first film portrayed an uncredited Joan Rivers, providing the voice of Julie. Due to scheduling conflicts, she declined the role.

Also in the early trailer, Richard Pryor was originally going to be the voice of Eddie.

Both actors Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans will star together in The Last Boy Scout

Also appearing are Olympia Dukakis, Elias Koteas, and Gilbert Gottfried. Further vocal talents include Damon Wayans in a supporting role as the voice of Eddie. Mel Brooks makes a cameo appearance as the voice of Mr. Toilet Man. The film was followed by another sequel, Look Who's Talking Now, in 1993. Baby actors in it included Lorne Sussman and Megan Milner.

Alternative versions

On Fox Family, instead of James saying, "Don't make me look like an asshole," he said, "Don't make me look like a jackass."

When the film airs on ABC Family, many of its deleted scenes (such as Mollie threatening Mikey with a spanking if he takes Julie away again) are shown. One notable addition is a running gag where Mollie chats with her friends and folks and it ignites a daydream of James cheating on her. There is even one sequence where she imagines him as John Lennon and parodying his activism.

In one version. James and Stuart have a conversation after he arrives in the apartment.

Reception

Unlike its predecessor, it received mostly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a score of 17% based on reviews from 12 critics.^[2]

It grossed $47,789,074 at the box office,^[3] making it a moderate success at the box office.

It was also nominated for two Razzie Awards including Worst Supporting Actor for Gilbert Gottfried and Worst Supporting Actress for Roseanne Barr.

References

External links

• Look Who's Talking Too at the Internet Movie Database
• Look Who's Talking Too at AllMovie
• Look Who's Talking Too at Box Office Mojo
• Look Who's Talking Too at Rotten Tomatoes