“Kinda Pregnant,” which debuted Wednesday on Netflix, is a kinda throwback comedy. Like “40-Year-Old Virgin” and “Wedding Crashers,” you can basically get the movie just from its title.

This is one of the many major problems with “Kinda Pregnant:” Amy Schumer ’s character is such an obnoxious narcissist that we don’t care whether she pulls off her plan to pretend she’s expecting. And attempts to soften her and reveal her vulnerabilities only result in wild tonal swings and heart-tugging that’s unearned.

Stars attend the premiere of Netflix’s ‘Kinda Pregnant” at the Paris Theater on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in New York City.

Amy Schumer plays a jealous best friend who fakes her own pregnancy in this Netflix comedy filled with dopey men and miserable women.

I n Kinda Pregnant, Tyler Spindel’s newest comedy starring Amy Schumer, the comedian plays Lainy Newton, a teacher “in her 40s” — a fact that repulses her zoomer co-worker

If we bought “Some Like it Hot” and “Mrs. Doubtfire,” I see no reason to quibble with the set-up of “Kinda Pregnant,” a funny and often perceptive satire on