Why Dudley Moore would want to cheat on his attorney wife Ann Reinking goes beyond comprehension, but why he would reject musician Amy Irving is another question. Reinking balances a successful career and a happy marriage, and is very grounded as far as being the perfect wife, a seemingly great employer and obviously a terrific mother to be. On the other hand, easy going Irving is equally as wonderful. In any other situation, these two women would be the greatest of friends, but here, the only things they have in common is that they are both married to Dudley Moore and both about to give birth to his children.From the synopsis, you'd think that Moore is the snake of all snakes, but he's a basically decent guy who makes one childish decision; Getting involved where he shouldn't and risking hurting two wonderful people in the process. It's obvious to me that in the feminist society we live in now, a comedy like this would end with him being strung up by his balls, but in this, it's difficult thanks to a witty screenplay, to not understand how he got into such a precarious predicament. The script makes it clear that it is not man bashing, but simply explaining how love really is a much confusing thing, and that if society wasn't so uptight, it would see the ideals of love, fidelity and commitment quite differently than the puritanical views brought over on those European ships.Through the hands of director Blake Edwards, this situation is explored in a way where you know he's eventually going to be exposed, but in a sense, you feel sorry for him, yet want the two women to end up liking each other. A very funny scene has the women at their gynecologist's office at the same time and severe nurse Lu Leonard at first bewildered then morally outraged over Moore's involvement with two women. He only gets married to Irving illegally because he has no real choice, forced into a corner, and at the wedding, almost exposed by the sudden presence of Reinking's parents who obviously adore him. Then there's Moore's best pal, Richard Mulligan, who at first warns him to tread cautiously, but slyly palm slaps him over his involvement with two gorgeous women.I remember Moore's Golden Globes acceptance speech where he looked bewildered over winning for a part he obviously didn't think required much of a challenge, but he's very funny in this, and at the time, was the hottest comic outside of Eddie Murphy working in film. If I had to work for an attorney, I'd pick one like Reinking who never looses her cool in the office, even when barged with phone calls and office visits, all the while simply trying to settle into her day. Irving's character isn't as well developed as Moore's or Reinking's, but she does a great job with the material that she's given. I give this an A for uniqueness in that it doesn't make a cheating husband a villain or cad, but simply someone who had a brain fart when confronted with a wonderful woman whom he could really talk to, when unlike other husbands, already had that waiting for him at home. It's the level headed attitude of the lack of finger pointing and perfect timing combined with the intelligence and likability of all three characters that makes this work, giving this a nice ability to comment on the state of relationships of men and women which hasn't seen any improvement (and has in fact worsened) in the 32 years since this was first seen in the theaters.

This movie came out the year I graduated High School. I saw the movie that year and did not find too much humor within. I remember my enjoyment in seeing Andre the Giant (loved him in Princess and the Bride) but that was about the height of my excitement. Now thirty years later, I watched the movie again because basically I forgot the plot. It was not too far into the movie when I remembered; I am not sure how a guy who cheats on his pregnant wife by getting another woman pregnant, marrying that woman, and then trying to hide it is funny but, then again when did Hollywood obtain a diploma in morality? As much as I loved Dudley Moore in ARTHUR, is as much as a disliked his character and the plot of Micki and Maude. The ending did not provide any form of suspension of disbelief; that is about all I can say without providing a spoiler. This is not a spoiler since this same plot design is in IMDb.

Five years after the success of "10", Blake Edwards and Dudley Moore hit another bullseye with MICKI & MAUDE, a stylish and very funny romantic comedy about a newsmagazine reporter (Moore) married to a workaholic attorney named Micki (Ann Reinking) who longs to be a father and begins an affair with an attractive and funny cellist named Maude (Amy Irving) who he gets pregnant. He agrees to divorce Micki and marry Maude until Micki announces she is also pregnant. Since Micki's pregnancy is high risk, he doesn't want to stress her out so he marries Maude without divorcing Micki and that's when his life becomes complicated to no end. The three stars are absolutely wonderful in their roles. Moore won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy. Richard Mulligan, George Gaynes, and Wallace Shawn offer strong support as Moore's boss and as the ladies' doctors. Though the film is a little on the long side, it remains thoroughly entertaining from beginning to end with one of Moore's best performances.

Dudley Moore is happily married to Anne Reinking who right now doesn't want kids. Dudley meets a sweet woman Amy Irving and before you know it she's pregnant. Dudley decides to plan to leave Anne but guess what she's pregnant too. So Dudley becomes a bigamist. Funny, especially the hospital scene. The ending is kind of lame but this is still a great movie.