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Should I feel bad about this?

Forget pregnancy. Forget commitment phobia, relationship turmoil and preying mantis nightmares. Forget Hugh Grant's endearing puppy dog expressions and baby stuff all together.

Let's talk about the weird fact that Jeff Goldblum is kind of hot in the movie Nine Months. He doesn't have a big part at all, but I find him oddly fixating. He plays this unemployed yet fairly privileged freewheeling artist, whose life consists of drinking wine, playing tennis, and sleeping with nineties San Fran cuties. His is the kind of life that would be awesome to lead, but really annoying if your friend was living while you worked 50 hours a week and battled a nasty commute. But, then again, this is a movie, and perhaps I should suspend my reality a little more readily and enjoy the escape. Jeff's strangely fascinating character takes time out of his pretty life to occasionally give Hugh Grant's scaredy baby daddy character advice, advice that ranges from insightful to worthless to detrimental. But, honestly, I find all the family baby stuff in this movie to be pretty whatever, compared to the shock that I admittedly find The Fly to be attractive, and that I keep watching for his next appearance. I mean, he wears his shirts too unbuttoned and his hair too gelled and he has a really unappealing earring. But Jeff Goldblum - who I do think is a very good actor, but who I don't think I ordinarily find hot - makes him charming to the point that even his duplicity becomes likable. That or I am losing my mind. Which could totally be the case.

Also, there's a scene in this movie where Hugh Grant and Tom Arnold deliver a beat down to a Dinosaur Furry. And that is something I am glad is captured on film. Now, don't go telling your friends that I support mascot abuse - I just find people in fursuits to be totally amusing. And doubly worth mentioning, because offhand I can't think of any other Fox Movie Channel movie with a Furry in it. Yet another reason to keep watching.