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Baby Mama (2008)

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Reviews Counted:153

Fresh:96

Rotten:57

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: Baby Mama is a lightweight, predictable comedy that ekes by on the strength of its performers.

Rated: 12A [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:25-07-2008

Synopsis: Most romantic couples--onscreen or otherwise--would kill for the type of chemistry that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share in the gyno-centric comedy BABY MAMA, even though the women are only playing... Most romantic couples--onscreen or otherwise--would kill for the type of chemistry that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler share in the gyno-centric comedy BABY MAMA, even though the women are only playing friends. Fey stars as Kate, a 37-year-old vice president at an organic foods company whose womb starts a-kickin' every time she sees a baby. Though her career has kept her from marriage and children, she has decided that it's time for her to get pregnant. But multiple tries with in vitro fertilization leave her disappointed, and Kate turns to a surrogate mother. Enter Angie (Poehler), a high-school dropout desperate for the large check that comes with carrying someone's child. Though she agrees to be Kate's surrogate, it's clear that the women disagree on everything from music to the type of food Angie should be eating. When Angie leaves her apartment after a fight with her obnoxious common-law husband (Dax Shepard, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH), she moves into Kate's posh Philadelphia apartment, and the women spend the rest of BABY MAMA alternately battling and bonding. Steve Martin appears in a small but enjoyable role as Kate's oily boss, and Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear gets good mileage out of playing her love interest. WEEDS star Romany Malco earns a bit more screen time--and plenty of laughs--as her over-involved doorman, but this is clearly Fey and Poehler's film. After several seasons of co-anchoring SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's "Weekend Update" together, the pair is reunited, and it feels good--for both the talented actresses and the audience. BABY MAMA pays less attention to the serious issues of pregnancy and motherhood than its baby-driven contemporaries--JUNO, WAITRESS, and KNOCKED UP--but this is simply a comedy, and a very funny one, that succeeds on the merits of its two lead actresses and their comedic talents. [More]

Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard

Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin

Director: Michael McCullers

Director: Michael McCullers
Screenwriter: Michael McCullers
Producer: Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Composer: Jeff Richmond
Studio: Universal Pictures

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With this story, and this cast, the movie ought to have been fun.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
07/25/08
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

Michael McCullers' script is soft-headed to the point of inanity.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
07/25/08
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The film's talented performers are wasted thanks to a weak script.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
07/25/08
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It's as much fun as actually eating toddler vomit.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
07/25/08
Daily Mirror [UK]
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A lightweight romantic comedy that's to be welcomed, if only for the fact it offers juicy roles to talented writer-actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
07/25/08
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Fey and Poehler are class comedy actresses, yet this lacks the dramatic spark which would have been supplied by both their characters genuinely hating the sight of one another.

Full Review Source: Sky Movies | comment Comment
07/25/08
Tim Evans
Tim Evans
Sky Movies

It delivers considerably more laughs than one might expect from the Hollywood sub-genre of procreation comedy.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
07/25/08
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Enjoyable and amiable in its daft way.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
07/25/08
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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If the plot wasn't so dismally familiar, it might have worked.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
07/25/08
James Christopher
James Christopher
Times [UK]
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By Mike Martin - The big news that Steve Martin is funny for the first time in about 15 years as Kate's hilariously dippy hippy boss.

Full Review Source: Teletext | comment Comment
07/24/08
Victor Olliver
Victor Olliver
Teletext

Hugely enjoyable, well written and frequently hilarious comedy with several brilliant gags and terrific comic performances from Fey, Poehler and a talented supporting cast.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
07/24/08
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

A smart comedy for adults, Baby Mama is a consistently funny pleasure, filled with charismatic performances and a nicely understated emotional element.

Full Review Source: Screen International | comment Comment
07/23/08
Tim Grierson
Tim Grierson
Screen International

Baby Mama rises comfortably above formula foundations.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
07/22/08
Emma Morgan
Emma Morgan
Total Film

Good comedy knows no gender, and be you woman, man or any sentient being with a funny bone, you will find boundless delight in two people doing what they do best: being very, very funny.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
07/21/08
Olly Richards
Olly Richards
Empire Magazine
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Fey and Pohler are an appealing pair, with Fey's wry, deadpan delivery a perfect complement to Poehler's fearlessly juvenile brand of humor.

Full Review Source: Times-Picayune | comment Comment
08/14/09
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
Times-Picayune
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04/23/09
Alicia Potter
Alicia Potter
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02/27/09
Devin Faraci
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10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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The reason this movie works so well though, is similar to why a good romantic comedy works. The chemistry between the two leads, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler is fantastic.

Full Review Source: Three Movie Buffs | comment Comment
10/18/08
Scott Nash
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10/18/08
Bob Mondello
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