Average Rating: 6.2/10
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Fresh: 101 | Rotten: 59
Baby Mama is a lightweight, predictable comedy that ekes by on the strength of its performers.
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 23 | Rotten: 15
Baby Mama is a lightweight, predictable comedy that ekes by on the strength of its performers.
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Former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" co-anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-star in this baby-fever comedy about a single, career-oriented woman who previously put parenthood on hold, and is forced to hire a surrogate mother when she discovers there is only a one-in-a-million chance that she will be able to get pregnant. Kate Holbrook (Fey) is a 37-year-old business executive who has always put her professional life before her personal life, but these days her biological clock is ticking
Apr 25, 2008 Wide
Sep 9, 2008
$60.3M
Universal Pictures
All Critics (166) | Top Critics (39) | Fresh (105) | Rotten (59) | DVD (17)
Baby Mama adheres fairly closely to the conventions of the studio comedy, although it's never actually predictable, probably because the characters and subject matter are so novel.
'Baby Mama' Makes Do-Do
Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp.
Enough laughs for me to recommend.
It's clumsy, not cute, an amateur show that's eager to amuse by any means.
Yes, the film doesn't offer many surprises and grows soft and predictable by its conclusion. But it does avoid the sappy sentimentality of the genre. The movie -- and its lead actresses -- charms us more than we might expect.
This is one of those terrible terrible creations that just leaves me feeling a little uneasy about the way the film industry works.
Fey and Pohler are an appealing pair, with Fey's wry, deadpan delivery a perfect complement to Poehler's fearlessly juvenile brand of humor.
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.
I've been majorly disappointed by romantic comedies over the past year or so.
About the best that can be said for this formulaic, instantly-forgettable romp is that it's above average for an SNL alum vehicle.
Baby Mama quickly and lazily adopts all the annoying attributes of the usual fare.
Austin Powers screen mastermind Michael McCullers is the guy behind this sorta same-sex parenting satire, as SNL's Tina Fey and Amy Poehler do an extreme odd couple for laughs duet, ripping into the burgeoning baby consumer industry.
Comedy about a woman in her late 30s considering all possibilities to become a mother and ending up with a rather unusual surrogate mum. The chemistry between Fey and Poehler is one of the film's strongest points. Fey also brings some of her "30Rock" humor into this, although not nearly enough to make it an
April 21, 2008Super Reviewer
It was okay, funny but nothing great, so I give it 3 stars.
August 15, 2011
Super Reviewer
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