When they see what happens to the relationships of their friends when they have kids, the two best friends in the group decide they won't make the same mistake. They decide to have a kid, but remain happily single. Of course it doesn't exactly work out as they expected, and like the similarly named "Friends with Benefits," where two friends decided to have the fun of sex without the entanglements of emotions, life and love tend to happen. Distinguished by snappy dialogue and couples you can believe live and work in New York, "Friends with Kids" is a fresh and funny examination of couples of a certain age, working through the challenges of raising kids. Director/ writer/ producer Jennifer Westfeldt is also the perfectly cast Julie, the beautiful, witty, too smart BFF of Jason, a debonaire Adam Scott, who channels Cary Grant in his handsome, wise-cracking heyday. The couples of their group include a tasty salad of types, and feature terrific performances by Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, and Edward Burns. It's an adult comedy and a welcome respite from the usual featherweight stories we see too much of.
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