Baby Mama (2008)

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Carina Chocano

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

'Baby Mama' Makes Do-Do

May 1, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Joe Baltake

Passionate Moviegoer

Top Critic

Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp.

April 30, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

Top Critic

Enough laughs for me to recommend.

April 28, 2008 Comments (5)

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

It's clumsy, not cute, an amateur show that's eager to amuse by any means.

April 25, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Top Critic

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.

April 25, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Claudia Puig

USA Today

Top Critic

This is one of those terrible terrible creations that just leaves me feeling a little uneasy about the way the film industry works.

April 8, 2011 Full Review | Comment

Mike Edwards

What Culture

Fey and Pohler are an appealing pair, with Fey's wry, deadpan delivery a perfect complement to Poehler's fearlessly juvenile brand of humor.

August 14, 2009 Full Review | Comment

Mike Scott

Times-Picayune

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.

October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Scott Nash

Three Movie Buffs

I've been majorly disappointed by romantic comedies over the past year or so.

October 18, 2008 Full Review | Comment

JoBlo

JoBlo's Movie Emporium

About the best that can be said for this formulaic, instantly-forgettable romp is that it's above average for an SNL alum vehicle.

September 20, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Kam Williams

EURWeb

Baby Mama quickly and lazily adopts all the annoying attributes of the usual fare.

September 4, 2008 Full Review | Comments (2)

Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

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.

September 3, 2008 Full Review | Comment

Prairie Miller

NewsBlaze

• 1. Kate Holbrook: Did you just stick your gum under my coffee table?
  2. Angie Ostrowiski: I don't know...
  3. Kate Holbrook: What do you mean you don't know?! Do you think you're at an Arby's right now?
  4. Angie Ostrowiski: You know what, I wish I was at an Arby's! 'Cause there's better food and cooler people there!
  5. Kate Holbrook: *looks under coffee table and gasps* Did you stick all this gum under here?!
  6. Angie Ostrowiski: I don't know! Maybe you stuck some of it under there!
  7. Kate Holbrook: Yeah, actually you might be right. Because sometimes when I work a really long day, I like to come home and chew a huge wad of bubblicious gum and stick it under my reclaimed barn-wood coffee table!
  8. Angie Ostrowiski: B*tch, I don't know your life!
  – Submitted by Siddharth S (31 days ago)
• 1. Kate Holbrook: It costs more to have someone born than to have someone killed!
  2. Chaffee Bicknell: It takes longer.
  – Submitted by Lucas G (42 days ago)
• 1. Angie Ostrowiski: Can I just spray a little PAM down there right before the baby comes out?
  – Submitted by Lucas G (42 days ago)
• 1. Oscar: She's havin' a baby, you're payin' the bills. That's a baby mama. Ask any black man in Philadelphia.
  – Submitted by Lucas G (42 days ago)
• 1. Angie Ostrowiski: It feels like I'm shitting a knife! WHY WON'T YOU BITCHES HELP ME?!
  – Submitted by Alondra A (2 months ago)