In this sequel to the successful Danish baby-swap comedy, two years later the mis-matched couples are now raising their now-toddlers in their own idyllic lives and have become grudging friends. With an increasing suspicion that the bright-as-a-button girl and the 'firecracker' boy seem ill-suited to their respective parents, a routine blood test leads to the discovery that the babies were not actually mixed up at the fertility clinic after all, thus creating the conundrum of whether the children should be swapped back to their biological parents, but a remarkable solution to the situation comes into play and gives the movie new territory to explore. Carrying on very much in the same vein as the original film, the dramatic core issues (nature versus nurture, gender attitudes in the workplace) are solid, and whilst true to the tone of the first film, it feels that the issues and characters have a more mature heft this time round. Once again, the wonderful Mille Dinesen strides through every scene to magnetic effect, and indeed the whole returning cast (plus a couple of new additions) exude a comedic and dramatic confidence that works extremely well - and the little kids are of course unfeasibly cute - making Maybe Baby 2 a pleasing, warm-hearted and entertaining extension of the original.
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