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* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: It's played this way when Jack's wife, Sarah, [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], leaving him to raise their baby alone. Between the shock of his wife's death and the fact he doesn't have her around to help, he's totally lost and ends up doing things such as putting the baby in a large envelope for want of nappies.
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* MarryTheNanny: The eponymous Jack is a successful lawyer who suddenly becomes a widow thanks to DeathByChildbirth. Enters the picture a bubbly, hip American expat who becomes the nanny. After a rocky start (due to their age gap, socioeconomic status, and cultural differences), sparks fly.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: It's played this way when Jack's wife, Sarah, [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], leaving him to raise their baby alone. Between the shock of his wife's death and the fact he doesn't have her around to help, he's totally lost and ends up doing things such as putting the baby in a large envelope for want ofnappies.nappies.
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* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: It's played this way when Jack's wife, Sarah, [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], leaving him to raise their baby alone. Between the shock of his wife's death and the fact he doesn't have her around to help, he's totally lost and ends up doing things such as putting the baby in a large envelope for want of
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A 1995 British romantic comedy directed by Creator/TimSullivan that has a widower (Creator/RichardEGrant) having an American nanny (Creator/SamanthaMathis) coming in after the death of his wife.
The movie also stars Creator/JudiDench, Creator/EileenAtkins, Creator/IanMcKellen, Creator/ImogenStubbs, and Creator/CherieLunghi.
It was released on June 2, 1995.
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* DeathByChildbirth: How Jack's wife, Sarah dies, leaving him to raise their daughter alone.
* ImprovisedDiaper: Newly-widowed single dad Jack wraps his newborn daughter in a towel and puts her in a big envelope for lack of a diaper.
* LamazeClass: Jack goes to a Lamaze class with his pregnant wife Sarah, and pretends, [[LargeHam hammily]], that [[MrSeahorse he has himself suddenly gone into labor]] in the middle of the class.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: It's played this way when Jack's wife, Sarah, [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], leaving him to raise their baby alone. Between the shock of his wife's death and the fact he doesn't have her around to help, he's totally lost and ends up doing things such as putting the baby in a large envelope for want of nappies.
The movie also stars Creator/JudiDench, Creator/EileenAtkins, Creator/IanMcKellen, Creator/ImogenStubbs, and Creator/CherieLunghi.
It was released on June 2, 1995.
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!Tropes for the film:
* DeathByChildbirth: How Jack's wife, Sarah dies, leaving him to raise their daughter alone.
* ImprovisedDiaper: Newly-widowed single dad Jack wraps his newborn daughter in a towel and puts her in a big envelope for lack of a diaper.
* LamazeClass: Jack goes to a Lamaze class with his pregnant wife Sarah, and pretends, [[LargeHam hammily]], that [[MrSeahorse he has himself suddenly gone into labor]] in the middle of the class.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: It's played this way when Jack's wife, Sarah, [[DeathByChildbirth dies in childbirth]], leaving him to raise their baby alone. Between the shock of his wife's death and the fact he doesn't have her around to help, he's totally lost and ends up doing things such as putting the baby in a large envelope for want of nappies.
