Baby Mama | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Mccullers
Actors: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco
Studio: NBC Universal
Category: Movie
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Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 3762
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 100 Minutes
ASIN: B001HQKB1Y
Theatrical Release Date: April 25, 2008
Release Date: March 13, 2009
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| Synopsis:
Comedic geniuses Tina Fey (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live) and Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live) team up to celebrate a modern twist on motherhood! Kate (Fey) is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie (Poehler), a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up. From birth class to baby-proofing, they're the ultimate odd couple that critics are calling "the best female comedy duo since Lucy and Ethel" (Claudia Puig, USA Today). With hilarious performances from an all-star cast featuring Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, and Sigourney Weaver, Baby Mama is as full of laughs as it is heart! |
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 BABY MAMA June 24, 2009
CECELIA A. PITTMAN (LOS ANGELES, CA. USA)
THIS MOVIE WAS HYSTERICALLY FUNNY!! I LAUGHED SO HARD AT TINA FEY AND
AMY POEHLER!! IT WAS A VERY GOOD AND ENTERTAINING MOVIE!! LOVED IT!!
CECELIA P.
LOS ANGELES, CA.
 Starts out well and then insults us May 5, 2009
Jmark2001 (Florida)
This film starts out well enough with the two very talented leads but then slips into one cliche after another about half way through the film. The "happy ending" is so unlikely (the film actually says that the chance of it happening is a million to one)that it is a slap in the face to anyone who bought into the initial premise of the film. Rather than try to develop an interesting ending that doesn't insult our intelligence, the scriptwriter decided to quickly tie things up with cliches and sugary Oprah-style nonsense. This ruined the film for me. Don't start a film by telling me that something is impossible and then end it by doing the impossible. Bleeaaahh!
 WITH THIS CAST, HOW CAN IT NOT BE FUNNY?! May 3, 2009
! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b (TRI STATE AREA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
'Baby Mama' is probably a film that should not be as good as it is, but when you have Tina Fey, Amy Poelher, Steve Martin, Dax Shepard, Greg Kinnear and Maura Tierney on board, your bound for a good time. When it's funny, it's hysterical and when it's not, it's still entertaining. I can only hope to see more films with Fey and Poelher in the future as they are too very funny girls! If your looking for a few laughs with a pinch of romance thrown in 'Baby Mama' might just be what the doctor ordered!
 Amusing May 1, 2009
Alan Starr (Lawrence, MA)
Amusing movie with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Lot of stereotyping, but some witty dialog, and not as hokey as I thought it might be.
Falls flat April 29, 2009
Tom Knapp (Lancaster, PA USA)
I've really enjoyed what little I've seen by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler -- mostly online recaps of their Election 2008 coverage, but still, it shows comic talent. So when I was home convalescing after knee surgery, we picked up their recent buddy film, Baby Mama, to pass a little time. Sadly, it seems they should have kept making hay of Sarah Palin's political inadequacies, because this film -- though rife with potential and boasting a fine supporting cast -- was 99 minutes I could have better spent contemplating the pain shooting down my leg.
Jokes fall flatter than Kate's seemingly infertile tummy. Stereotypes abound; blacks, gays and wiccans are among those who will probably be offended at one point or another. And the story keeps building to laughs that they movie just can't -- mind the pun -- deliver.
It's a shame, because I know Fey and Poehler can both do better. I also expected more from the supporting cast, which includes Greg Kinnear as an easygoing juice-monger and Kate's potential love interest, Sigourney Weaver as the mogul of a lucrative surrogate-mother enterprise and Steve Martin as a narcissistic health-food guru. Weaver and Martin pull off much of the genuine humor in this film, while Kinnear puts sincere effort into a fairly bland and thankless role.
Meanwhile, the two leads slog through material that seems like it should be funny but isn't. Given the people involved, I expected a smart, well-written comedy that offered some touching insights into society along the way. Instead, they went for cheap chuckles -- and failed to earn them.
by Tom Knapp, the Rambles(dot)NET guy
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