 After
several years in prison, a recently paroled tough-as-nails – though
not- quite-three-foot-tall - jewel thief Calvin Sims (Marlon Wayans)
decides it’s time to retire from a life of crime, but not before
pulling off one last big heist. A notorious crime boss has offered
Calvin and his former partner Percy P (Tracy Morgan) $100,000 to steal
the famous Queen Diamond. Because there’s a glitch in the jewellery
store’s security system, Calvin assumes the job will be child’s
play. But the heist goes bad and Calvin is forced to drop the jewel into
Vanessa Edwards’ (Kerry Washington) purse. Vanessa and her husband
Darryl (Shawn Wayans) then return to their suburban Chicago
neighbourhood unaware that they have become pawns in a high stakes
crime.
Darryl and Vanessa are having
problems of their own. Darryl is dying to assume the responsibilities of
parenthood. But Vanessa, who has just been promoted to vice president at
an advertising firm, is worried that having a baby will limit her
ability to climb higher up the corporate ladder. She is also concerned
that, despite his enthusiasm, Darryl is not ready to be a father.
When they overhear Darryl and
Vanessa, Calvin and Percy devise a plan to exploit their insecurities in
order to recover the stolen gem. Calvin will masquerade as a “baby”,
infiltrate their home and sneak away with the diamond. He deposits
himself on a baby basket on Darryl and Vanessa’s doorstep. Darryl
leaps at the opportunity to prove he’s ready for fatherhood by caring
for the abandoned child for the weekend. To his surprise, Vanessa
agrees.
Once inside the Edwards’ home,
the tough, cynical Calvin finds life as a “baby” to be a living hell
and retrieving the diamond much tougher than he’d imagined. The
Edwards’ best friends – Greg and Brittany (Lochlyn Munro and
Brittany Daniel) and Richard and Janet (Fred Stoller and Alex Borstein)
– shower gifts and advice on the new parents, while Vanessa’s
suspicious father, Pops (John Witherspoon) is determined to expose
Calvin as a fraud.
Calvin’s toughest obstacle,
however, turns out to be Darryl who, in his eagerness to prove what a
great father he can be, inadvertently sabotages Calvin’s plans
Rating: M
cast
Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Kerry Washington, John Witherspoon, Tracy
Morgan, Lochlyn Munro, Chazz Palminteri, Molly Shannon
Director Keenen Ivory Wayans
Distributor Sony Pictures
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