Maybe Baby
Joely Richardson shines inMaybe Baby, about a thirtysomething  British couple struggling to have a child. After dabbling in fertility  rituals and having sex according to a rigorous ovulation schedule, Lucy  (Richardson) and Sam (Hugh Laurie) find their relationship tested by  temptation; Lucy starts to yearn for a hunky young actor that her talent  agency is representing, and Sam starts writing a seriocomic screenplay  about their infertility--which he doesn't tell Lucy about, because she's  already forbidden him to write it. Everything is fine until Sam delves  into her diary in order to get a better grip on a woman's consciousness  and learns more than he bargained for.Maybe Babyis a sincere and  lighthearted movie, sprinkled with comic turns from Emma Thompson, Rowan  Atkinson (Mr. Bean), Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous),  and others. Laurie is solid, but it's Richardson's charm and intelligence  that makes it work.--Bret Fetzer