Baby Mama
Baby Mama
PG-13 | 25 April 2008 (USA)
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A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

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Hellen

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

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SpunkySelfTwitter

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

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filippaberry84

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Darin

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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Gordon-11

This film tells the story of a successful executive who hires a surrogate mother to carry her child.I think this comedy is quite bitter sweet. It has a lot of laughs, it has romance and it has a lot of emotions too. The fact that it centrally features a woman who really wants children but can't have one can be a rather sensitive issue. Overall, I enjoyed the film, particular the romance part.

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Spikeopath

A successful, single businesswoman dreams of having a baby but discovers she is infertile and the adoption option is closed to her. So she hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...So I was laid up ill at home and not feeling up to watching anything heavy, a scan through my recordings had Baby Mama listed as a witty comedy. Perfect for what I needed I thought, and so it proved.He looks like a laundry bag full of meat!Comedy films are always going to be divisive, and with many proclaiming this as being "for girls" only, it was always going to struggle to garner a massive fan base. Yet as a middle aged man I found this to be very funny indeed, I have always enjoyed Tina Fey anyway, but she's surrounded by a funny and reliable cast (chemistry with Amy Poehler set in stone) and the screenplay throws up some great scenes and characters.The expected japes involving pregnancy are here of course, as is the requisite romantic strand as singleton work horse Fey falls for the charms of Greg Kinnear, but what works most is the "odd couple" vibe between Fey and Poehler. And with running "fun" stories involving old pros Sigourney Weaver and Steve Martin (a pony-tailed riot) neatly cloaked around the central premise, there's enjoyment coming from different angles. Must mention Romany Malco as Concierge Oscar, a fun array of comedy visual ticks and witty vocal delivery style.From Lamars class to a nightclub, to medication ingestion and farting in a purse! Baby Mama is a funny movie. One that also, thankfully, doesn't rest on its laurels, it does, believe me, take the simple premise into many other directions and proved to be far better than expected. 7/10

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Steven

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler have both had great success on Saturday Night Live, and with their own shows, Fey on 30 Rock and Poehler on Parks and Recreation. They can also say they made a buddy movie together with Baby Mama. Baby Mama stars Fey as Kate, a 37-year-old businesswoman who has climbed up the ladders of business success rather than be like most traditional women in the sense of getting married, having an ordinary job, and having children. That is where the film begins. We start by showing her having a date where she gives way too much information to a guy, which causes him to leave.We then transition to where Kate wants a baby. She looks at some sperm donors and finds no interest. So she invests a lot of money into a program where there are women who will volunteer to be surrogate mothers. That is where she meets Angie (Poehler). Angie is an ordinary working class woman with a dumb boyfriend, played by Dax Shepard.The film focuses on Kate and Angie during Angie's pregnancy. Director Michael McCullers focuses on having the story built around Kate and Angie and how they build their friendship. Through taking care of Angie, Kate gets some experience at what being a mother is like. Fey and Poehler have great chemistry that translated just as well on the big screen compared to TV, if not, better. Both Fey and Poehler turn in excellent performances that make their imperfect characters likable and fun to watch. Stealing the show in a great supporting role is Steve Martin, who plays Kate's boss Barry. Martin is a riot as the energy-reading Barry. Where Martin excels with his character is making him a one-of-a-kind character that no other actor could play. The film is fun to watch, and guys will enjoy watching Tina Fey and Amy Poehler play off each other just as much as the ladies do.

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Chrysanthepop

Michael McCuller's 'Baby Mama' promises laughter and that's what it delivers. The story centres around a 37 year old single career woman, Kate (Tina Fey) who's desperate to have a child. When she exhausts all option, she decides to seek the help of an agency lead by a 60-year old fertile mother (Sigourney Weaver). Through this agency, she meets Angie (Amy Poehler) who appears to be the answer to all her problems. However, not all is as it seems. Yes, the story is predictable and there are a few plot holes too. The execution is quite standard. Neither Dax Shepard nor Amy Poehler look like trailer trash. However, the humour is what keeps the viewers on their seat. Some of the lines had me laughing out loud. Fey and Poehler excellently work off one another. Their off-screen friendship seems to have worked for their benefit. Moreover, they are supported by a host of funny actors like Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin and Holland Taylor. It may not have a solid story, 'Baby Mama' offers enough laugh triggers to perhaps lighten ones mood.

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