What to Expect When Your Expecting - B-

Rated PG-13, 110 minutes

Supporting cast steals serviceable rom com "Expecting"

One thing the serviceable but overlong new rom com "What to Expect When Your Expecting" delivers is a few warm laughs and giggles. Unsurprisingly, the mildly enjoyable "Expecting" is about 90% estrogen-based and appeals mostly to the female set, but after the rousing "The Avengers" this fills the void for a good date movie. "Expecting's" intersecting storylines include Holly (Jennifer Lopez) and Alex (Rodrigo Santoro), who begins the adoption process for a baby from abroad after she's unable to conceive; Jules (Cameron Diaz), a Jillian Michaels-like fitness guru who becomes pregnant with her dance partner ("Glee's" Matthew Morrison); Wendy (Elizabeth Banks), a baby-story boutique owner who finally becomes pregnant with husband Colin (Ben Falcone), whose rich race-car dad (Dennis Quaid) and much-younger wife (Brooklyn Decker), become pregnant at the same time; competing food-truck owners and old flames Rosie ("Up in the Air's" Anna Kendrick) and Marco (Chace Crawford), who unexpectedly become pregnant when trying to rekindle their relationship. "What to Expect When Your Expecting" is an amusing, above-average rom com entry weighed down by the contrivances of a messy, jumbled script. Too many characters and too many plots may remind of a Garry Marshall comedy, but unlike those forgettable films, "Expecting" has a few memorable supporting comedic players who enliven (and who steal) the show, namely "Bridesmaids" alum Rebel Wilson as Banks' employee, whose facial gestures and movements embody a delightful silliness, and naturally Chris Rock, out of place here as part of a Dad's group but whose throwaway lines burst the film with life. Unfortunately, Kendrick's touching story gets lost in the fray early on, while Banks and Falcone (also of "Bridesmaids") anchor the film with heart and enjoy some silly moments (Banks' You Tube meltdown is a highlight). As for the high-profile Lopez and Diaz, they'll sell the tickets but we could've easily done without their weak storylines, giving way for an all-too predictable climactic hospital scene. Really there's nothing new or revelatory about "What to Expect When Your Expecting," which works best when it has fun and births some decent chuckles.