Three Men and a Baby

Director Leonard Nimoy surprised a lot of doubters with his entertaining, at times-even bright, comedy, “THREE MEN AND A BABY”.  While there’s not an actual “stamp” on the film that Nimoy was here, the film’s pacing and atmosphere make it more entertaining than it probably deserves to be.   Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson star as three happy bachelors, whose life is thrown into temporary upheaval when one of the swingers’ girlfriends leaves a baby, supposedly fathered by him with the trio.  There are some hilarious sequences wherein the trio must come to terms with responsibility, but it’s all in overall good fun.  Even a silly subplot involving a drug dealer doesn’t have the menacing, manipulative overtones a less gifted director may have resorted to using.  The acting is fine, and Guttenberg doesn’t even chew up the scenery, not even once!!!

BUENA VISTA has preserved the film’s 1.85:1 aspect ratio with 16:9 enhancement. 

Unfortunately, the image is average at best!  There’s a lot of grain present throughout the film.  The detail is better than VHS, but that’s not saying much, is it?  Colors are soft and the excellent production design is severely limited due to it. 

BUENA VISTA has remixed the soundtrack for Dolby Digital 5.1.  While there are some minor directional effects in the front soundstage, there are none in the rear.  The surrounds do come to life, temporarily, in boosting the soundtrack, comprised of hit songs from the ‘80s.