Baby Mama

Name: Baby Mama
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: April 25, 2008
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 55
Cast: Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Tina Fey

2008

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BABY MAMA

Movie Details & Credits

Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 25, 2008

Starring: Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Tina Fey

Summary: Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl AngieSuccessful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough... After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they'll discover two kinds of family: the one you're born to and the one you make. (Universal Pictures)… Expand

Director: Michael McCullers

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 99 min

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Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

It's the chemistry between the stars that makes the film stand out in a drab spring. Read full review

Boston Globe - Wesley Morris

In this era of Apatow and Ferrell and Rogen and Wilson, of men monopolizing movie comedy, Baby Mama feels absurdly momentous, and even political. Fey and Poehler aren't just taking back control of their bodies. They're taking back control of their profession. Read full review

Time - Richard Corliss

This is a comedy with the old-time blend of wit and sentiment. Years from now, when you stumble across it on TV, you could persuade yourself that, back in the two-thousand-oughts, they made pretty good movies. Read full review

Miami Herald - Connie Ogle

Just amusing enough to provoke a few chuckles and just short enough to keep you from glancing at your watch. Read full review

Village Voice - Robert Wilonsky

Ultimately, that's all this shrugging disappointment is: a "Saturday Night Live" sketch stretched a good hour past its breaking point of no return. Read full review

Slate - Dana Stevens

Baby Mama is the most disappointing movie of the year so far--which, granted, isn't saying a lot in mid-April. Read full review

Premiere - Ryan Stewart

An exhausting 90 minutes of SNL-centric mediocrity that gives one the nagging feeling that Tina Fey's inability to cut the cord is going to quickly start to cool interest in her upcoming projects. Read full review

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Jul 31, 2008

Lighten up idiots! its a comedy. if you would actually pay attention to what was going on, you wouldnt be so da** flipping stupid. try laughing and not being so stuck up with what you watch. This was an amazing movie and maybe you should get a brain so that you know whats funny and whats Lighten up idiots! its a comedy. if you would actually pay attention to what was going on, you wouldnt be so da** flipping stupid. try laughing and not being so stuck up with what you watch. This was an amazing movie and maybe you should get a brain so that you know whats funny and whats not. you people will never get a date if you dont lighten up!… Expand

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Chip

Apr 28, 2008

Lighten up folks - it's a comedy. i laughed my cabootie off. Tina and AmyP were awesome and i hope they make more "buddy" films. I'll go. cause i like laughing. y'all should try it sometime.

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RogerK.

May 9, 2008

Bigger the audience, bigger the laughs. More surprises than most modern comedies. Professional critics don't like comedies much anyway, so they should be ignored on this genre.

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LukeA.

Oct 28, 2008

My parents took me to see this movie in theaters. I looked away, but when we left the theater he said it was"pretty funny." I finally watched 2 or 3 weeks ago on DVD. It really was not what I had expected. I'm not saying the jokes aren't funny, they're just not enough to say My parents took me to see this movie in theaters. I looked away, but when we left the theater he said it was"pretty funny." I finally watched 2 or 3 weeks ago on DVD. It really was not what I had expected. I'm not saying the jokes aren't funny, they're just not enough to say the film dosen't have flaws. It is lightweight(which means it dosen't deliver as much as it could) and predictable. Plus some of the jokes are rather vulgar, and it's 12 minutes too long. But it elkes very lightly on the stand-alone fact that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are 2 of the best-known female comics we have around today. My conclusion: It's okay.… Expand

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DebbieN.

Apr 28, 2008

I thought tina & amy where great together, but the movie was so boring... it could have been over in 15 mins.

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EllenSmucker

Apr 29, 2008

Good natured story about a career woman trying to answer the call of her biological clock. The plot line is predictable but the excellent cast makes the well trodden material entertaining. Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver are particularly good in wacky supporting roles. It

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TheRapperNAS

Jul 24, 2008

Racist movie with a racist title. At first glance, I thought it must have been distributed by 20th Century Fox.

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