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Original director Amy Heckerling returns with John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and many more of the original cast for what turns out to be more of the same with this sequel.

"Look Who's Talking Too" just brings us a repeat performance in the true tradition of disappointing sequels. The plot merely goes through the motions and only delivers a movie that actually manages to be even sillier than the first. Bruce Willis returns as the voice of 'Mikey', and he's joined by Roseanne Barr who lends her voice to 'Mikey's new baby sister, 'Julie'. But neither one manage to raise any laughs in a very unsatisfactory film.

Saturday, July 25, 1992 - Video

Look who's talking too is an o.k. movie,I would say its an absolute must see,but I wouldn't say it was the worst movie ever either,its about a five year old baby who talks like an adult in his head and thinks that his parents can understand him,but all the other baby's talk like that too and they can all understand each other and the main baby's parents (Dad played by John Travolta)decide to have another baby,and when the baby finds out he looks forward to it,and once the new baby comes out the baby is o.k. with it,but as the days go on the baby starts to get jealous,and when the moms brother comes to stays for a while the dad isn't o.k. with him keeping a gun with him and after the parents have an argument with each other they separate for a while,and meanwhile the baby decides that hes getting too old for diapers and decides to tries use the toilet and he tries to teach his little teacher how to walk.

Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie.

Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in.

Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.....

I'm ashamed to say that when this was released in the cinemas back in 1991, I saw this a whopping three times. Not because I loved it, because there wasn't much else for a thirteen year old to see at that time, and my gosh, the phrase 'blatant cash in' must have been coined thanks to this movie.

The novelty of the film, adult voices for babies, is still there, but as cocky as Willis is, and his voice talents were brilliant in the first movie, the bad script cannot provide the cute humour that Mikey once had.

So it involves us more with Travolta and Alley, and although there are as good as you'd expect in a film like this, again, the script just destroys anything the narrative has to offer.

So we get the obligatory dance scene that Travolta has in every film, literal toilet humour, and the films saving grace, Gilbert Godfried as quite possibly the most neurotic Nursery owner ever.

But my biggest question is how much of the budget did the makers spend on the soundtrack? Because there are some huge songs in the film, from the likes of Lennon, Elvis, and Harrison. Amazing music for an almost non existent movie.

It all ends with a big fire where the children are in peril, Mikey learning to love his sister, and just like every other family friendly movie released at this time, a family barbecue.

All to the music of Sonny and Cher.

OK, Joan Rivers ended part one of the "Look Who's Talking" trilogy, but somehow she had a voice transplant and turned into Roseanne Barr. Mikey has his own voice, but his adult thoughts still come from Bruce Willis. James and Molly are now married and Mikey's a happy toddler, that is until baby sister Julie comes along and they begin to have differing feelings on raising multiple children. Damon Wayans gets his own character as Mikey's pal, introducing him to Mr. Toilet Man (the voice of Mel Brooks), adding typical Brooks style humor into Amy Heckerling's witty script. Kirstie Alley's the voice of her womb and egg, and John Travolta's the voice of the sperm that conceives Roseanne. So life with James isn't what Molly had dreaded it would be, and they are truly happy trying to do their best for Mikey as they prepare to potty train them.

While they only crossed briefly in the first movie, Travolta and Olympia Dukakis get to work together and it's obviously not been an easy ride for him. How will adding another female in the mix be? Dukakis, thinking that Travolta is an irresponsible slob, arranges for Travolta to get a job as a private jet pilot which might make him get a higher salary but takes away his ability to have his freedom. The arrival of Molly's lazy, coddled brother (Elias Koteas) adds more problems, especially when he moves in with Travolta and Alley and turns their house upside down with his thoughtlessness. Willis, as Mikey, fantasizes about becoming protective older brother, but it is obvious that Julie is not going to make that easy.

Once again, Molly's possessed voice comes out as her labor pains start, and the birth scene results in Barr making it clear right from the start that she's gonna be in charge even though he's already vowed to boss her around for the next two years. Willis continues to make Mikey quite remarkable, but Barr's deadpan delivery, which worked for her sitcom, is a hindrance here. The baby playing Julie really doesn't give her much to work with either.

This paints a fair view of the problems that Travolta and Alley face (mainly thanks to her brother's presence) which leads to a fight that has Travolta walk out. It's obvious that the writing is meant to be fair to both genders and show the imperfections in humanity in general that has both Alley and Travolta making mistakes and facing up to their responsibility to make this marriage of opposites work out, and when mommy and daddy make amends, Mikey opens up the room to become loving, supportive and protective of his baby sister and for her to start to see him for something more than just that stupid 27 pound blob of brattiness, especially in the dramatic finale.

When Julie walks, they repeat the TriStar theme for her, and the tide begins to turn for the better, giving this bittersweet comedy/drama the happy ending it needs. I could have done without Koteas as Alley's self-centered brother and Gilbert Gottfried as the daycare director who is about as funny as Roseanne singing the national anthem. While the ending might come off as contrived, it serves a purpose, allowing the problems that make this closer to a drama than a screwball comedy to all be resolved in ways that will satisfy the audience.

While, "Look Who's Talking Too" doesn't contain the snappy one-liners that "Look Who's Talking" is famed for, it should still be merited as a great family movie.

I loved how the movie displayed all the aspects of family life. This movie shows how marriage, children, money, violence, and natural disasters affect the course of family life.

One particular point of the movie that was moving was the dream sequence where in Mikey dreams that he is taking Julie for a stroll and the big bad bully boy takes away her pretzel. This is just one of the many heart-felt moments that displays the family presence in this film.

Regardless of the love/hate relationship between Mikey and Julie, the performances of the young children truly define the typical love/hate relationships between siblings everywhere.

John Travolta accurately depicted the role of the underpaid and under-appreciated spouse.

Kirstie Alley does a great job as the wife-left-behind. And as the "One" in the middle, in regards to being caught in the middle between spouse and sibling.

This movie mirrors reality in many areas. One specific thing that happen in real life every day is sad tale of the children blaming themselves for their parents problems. And blaming their other siblings. This film showed how that is not true at all.

Overall I give this movie an 8 out of 10. The only matters in which it lacks is their should have been more compassion between parents.

Kirstie Alley gets a 9 out of 10 John Travolta gets a 10 out of 10.