# Kinda Pregnant
**Kinda Pregnant** is a 2025 American romantic comedy film directed by Tyler Spindel and released on Netflix on February 5, 2025. Written by [Amy Schumer](https://www.edgepedia.org/amy-schumer) and Julie Paiva, it stars Schumer as Lainy, a Brooklyn teacher who, jealous of her best friend's pregnancy, begins wearing a fake baby bump and accidentally meets the man of her dreams.[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos) • [2](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/jillian-bell-will-forte-damon-wayans-jr-and-brianne-howey-join-netflix)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | Netflix, February 5, 2025[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos) |
| Director / writers | Tyler Spindel, director of *The Out-Laws* (2023); screenplay by Amy Schumer and Julie Paiva, with a story by Paiva[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos) • [3](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressrepublican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/cf/9cfc2c7c-ddad-11ef-8ba0-5ff321575552/67992f7e9457a.pdf.pdf) |
| Production | Happy Madison Productions and Saks Picture Company; distributed by Netflix[4](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant) |
| Lead cast | Amy Schumer, Jillian Bell, Brianne Howey, Will Forte, Damon Wayans Jr., Lizze Broadway, Urzila Carlson, Alex Moffat[5](https://www.netflix.com/title/81416715?fromWatch=true&source=imdb) |
| Rating / runtime | R for sexual content, language throughout, and drug use; 97 minutes[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553) |
| Reception | Metacritic metascore 38 from 16 reviews; Rotten Tomatoes 27% Tomatometer from 44 reviews, 25% audience score[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253036/criticreviews/) • [4](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant) |
| Viewership | Peak week of 25.1 million views (February 3 to 9, 2025); 21 days in the Netflix Top 10[8](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/title/kinda-pregnant/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and cast
Lainy Newton (Amy Schumer) is a high school teacher in Brooklyn who has always wanted a family. At a dinner where she is certain her longtime boyfriend Dave ([Damon Wayans Jr.](https://www.edgepedia.org/damon-wayans-jr)) is about to propose, he instead asks her to join a threesome, and the relationship collapses. When her married best friend Kate ([Jillian Bell](https://www.edgepedia.org/jillian-bell)) announces she is pregnant, Lainy's jealousy surfaces; a maternity-store clerk's mistaken kindness, offering her a burrito and a foot rub, then inspires her to put on a fake belly and pretend to be expecting.[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553) • [9](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/kinda-pregnant)
The lie compounds. Lainy attends a prenatal yoga class, where she befriends an expectant mother, Megan ([Brianne Howey](https://www.edgepedia.org/brianne-howey)), and starts dating Megan's brother Josh ([Will Forte](https://www.edgepedia.org/will-forte)), who drives a Zamboni in [Central Park](https://www.edgepedia.org/central-park). Supporting roles include Urzila Carlson as a guidance counselor and Alex Moffat as Rawn, a father-to-be married to Shirley (Lizze Broadway).[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553) Much of the comedy comes from Lainy's escalating fabrications: after accidentally picking Thanksgiving as her date of conception, she suggests it happened at "a Black Friday Eve sale," and at one point shoves a roast turkey up her dress to maintain the fiction.[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553)
## Production
The film is a [Happy Madison Productions](https://www.edgepedia.org/happy-madison-productions) project, the company founded by [Adam Sandler](https://www.edgepedia.org/adam-sandler), who serves as one of its producers alongside Judit Maull, Alex Saks, Tim Herlihy, and Kevin Grady.[4](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant) Director Tyler Spindel, whose previous film was *[The Out-Laws](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-out-laws-film)* (2023), is Sandler's nephew.[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos) • [6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553) A production listing records a shoot scheduled for New York, NY, in February 2024, and the project entered completed status in December 2024.[10](https://www.productionlist.com/production/kinda-pregnant) • [11](https://www.movieinsider.com/m22873/kinda-pregnant)
For Schumer, the film was her second starring role in a narrative feature for Netflix, following a lineup of stand-up specials and an appearance in [Jerry Seinfeld](https://www.edgepedia.org/jerry-seinfeld)'s directorial debut *[Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story](https://www.edgepedia.org/unfrosted-the-pop-tart-story)*.[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos)
## Release and viewership
Netflix released the film on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.[1](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos) It drew its largest audience in its first full week, with 25.1 million views for February 3 to 9, 2025, and spent 21 days in the Netflix Top 10; weekly viewership had fallen to 4.3 million views by February 17 to 23, 2025.[8](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/title/kinda-pregnant/) The Motion Picture Association rated it R for sexual content, language throughout, and drug use.[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553)
## Critical reception
Reviews were largely negative. The film holds a Metascore of 38 on Metacritic based on 16 reviews, and a 27% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes from 44 critics, with an audience score of 25%.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253036/criticreviews/) • [4](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant) Rotten Tomatoes' critics consensus reads: "Fitfully amusing and earnest without ever finding a comedic groove, Kinda Pregnant's best efforts can't overcome the issue that its story is kinda icky."[4](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant)
Critics divided over the same material. The Associated Press's Jake Coyle gave it two and a half stars out of four, calling it "a funny and often perceptive satire on motherhood, both real and pretend," and noting that Will Forte, a performer of madcap absurdity, fits in remarkably naturally in a rom-com setting.[6](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553) Mick LaSalle of the *San Francisco Chronicle* (75 on Metacritic) wrote that as long as the emotions, terrors, and humiliations are big, Schumer is funny, and the film gives her lots of opportunities.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253036/criticreviews/) Negative reviews targeted the script and characterization: Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com (38) found the tone lurching from wacky to romantic to dramatic before ending on a disastrously wacky note, while Natalia Winkelman of *The New York Times* (30) wrote that the film's world is filled with "dopey men and despairing women" whose torments make for a land mine of comedy duds.[7](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253036/criticreviews/) The Guardian judged that the film plays the hits Schumer is known for, shameless physical comedy and a brash refusal to play the good girl, but feels stuck in the past, while singling out Jillian Bell as the film's voice of reason.[12](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/05/kinda-pregnant-review-amy-schumer-netflix-comedy)
## References
1. [Kinda Pregnant: Trailer, Cast, Release Date and Plot of New Amy Schumer Comedy, Netflix Tudum](https://cdn.nflxext.com/tudum/articles/kinda-pregnant-amy-schumer-release-date-photos)
2. [Jillian Bell, Will Forte, Damon Wayans Jr. And Brianne Howey Join Netflix Comedy Feature 'Kinda Pregnant', About Netflix](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/jillian-bell-will-forte-damon-wayans-jr-and-brianne-howey-join-netflix)
3. [NETFLIX this week, Press-Republican (February 2025)](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/pressrepublican.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/cf/9cfc2c7c-ddad-11ef-8ba0-5ff321575552/67992f7e9457a.pdf.pdf)
4. [Kinda Pregnant, Rotten Tomatoes](https://static.rottentomatoes.com/m/kinda_pregnant)
5. [Kinda Pregnant, Netflix Official Site](https://www.netflix.com/title/81416715?fromWatch=true&source=imdb)
6. [Movie Review: 'Kinda Pregnant' is kinda good, The Associated Press (February 5, 2025)](https://apnews.com/article/375f9ec0729e273334f1c4aed45ef553)
7. [Kinda Pregnant (2025) - Metacritic reviews via IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30253036/criticreviews/)
8. [Kinda Pregnant - Latest News and Viewing Statistics, What's on Netflix](https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/title/kinda-pregnant/)
9. [Kinda Pregnant - Parents' Guide & Movie Review, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/kinda-pregnant)
10. [Kinda Pregnant, Production List](https://www.productionlist.com/production/kinda-pregnant)
11. [Everything You Need to Know About Kinda Pregnant Movie (2025), MovieInsider](https://www.movieinsider.com/m22873/kinda-pregnant)
12. [Kinda Pregnant review - Amy Schumer's Netflix comedy is kinda disappointing, The Guardian (February 5, 2025)](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/feb/05/kinda-pregnant-review-amy-schumer-netflix-comedy)
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