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{{short description|1989 film by Amy Heckerling}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Look Who's Talking
| image          = Look_whos talking.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Amy Heckerling]]
| producer       = [[Jonathan D. Krane]]
| writer         = Amy Heckerling
| starring       = {{Plain list | 
* [[John Travolta]]
* [[Kirstie Alley]]
* [[Olympia Dukakis]]
* [[George Segal]]
* [[Abe Vigoda]]
* [[Bruce Willis]]
}}
| music          = [[David Kitay]]
| cinematography = [[Thomas Del Ruth]]
| editing        = Debra Chiate
| studio         = M.C.E.G. Productions, Inc.
| distributor    = [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1989|10|13}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF062363/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120723014233/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/AFF062363/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 23, 2012 | title=''Look Who's Talking'' (12) | publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date= 1990-01-04 | access-date= 2012-03-21}}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $7.5 million<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097778/business | title=''Look Who's Talking'' (1989) - Box office / business | work=[[Internet Movie Database]] | publisher=[[Amazon.com]] | access-date=2012-03-21}}</ref>
| gross          = $297 million<ref name="mojo"/>
}}
'''''Look Who's Talking''''' is a 1989 American [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Amy Heckerling]] and produced by M.C.E.G. Productions, Inc. and released on October 13, 1989 by [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star Pictures]]. Starring [[John Travolta]] and [[Kirstie Alley]],<ref>{{cite news|title= Look Who's Smiling . . . : Movies: The hit "Look Who's Talking" has made writer-director Amy Heckerling hot again--thanks to her daughter.|work= The Los Angeles Times|date=October 26, 1989|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-26-ca-1013-story.html|access-date=2010-11-06|first=Daniel|last=Cerone}}</ref> the film concerns the relationship between single mother Mollie (Alley) and her infant son Mikey's babysitter, James (Travolta). [[Bruce Willis]] provides the voice of Mikey's precocious thoughts, heard only by the audience.<ref>{{cite news | title= Witty Fun for Grown-Ups in 'Look Who's Talking' | work= The Los Angeles Times | date=October 13, 1989 | url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-13-ca-93-story.html | access-date=2010-08-24 | first=Chris | last=Willman}}</ref> The film also features [[Olympia Dukakis]], [[George Segal]], and [[Abe Vigoda]] in supporting roles.

The film received mixed reviews from critics, but it was nevertheless an enormous box office success, grossing $297 million worldwide<ref name="mojo" /> on its budget of $7.5 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Look Who's Talking'' (1989) - Box office / business |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097778/business |access-date=2023-06-07 |work=[[Internet Movie Database]] |publisher=[[Amazon.com]]}}</ref> This success launched a [[Look Who's Talking (franchise)|titular franchise]], including two sequels ''[[Look Who's Talking Too]]'' (1990) and ''[[Look Who's Talking Now!]]'' (1993), and a television series [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] titled ''[[Baby Talk (TV series)|Baby Talk]].''