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correcamino 2012-05-22 18:56:33

Mediocre at Best, But At the Same Time - Agreeable

I give this a generous four out of ten stars, or dots or markers, orsomething.There were a grand total of two really really funny scenes in thismovie. All the scenes with Amy P and Tina Fey and Greg Kinnear (GregKinnear!!) moved along agreeably enough.Otherwise, the usual trafficking in stereotypes, blazing speed, rudelypushed along by a stupid soundtrack, and "soundtrack" is generous. Anyway, the two really really funny scenes involved Amy P. She's justreally hilarious in an animal kind of way. She's a mixture of that apeman skit that they do on SNL and Lucille Ball.I hope they (Amy P and Tina Fey) just flat out admitted they did thisfor the money, because if by doing it, it gave birth to the Sarah Palinparodies, then I guess we can say, yeah, it was worth it to put theblack guy back into the servant man role, who's really there to helpyou be more human.Blah. 4 outta 10 like I said is generous.But no more, girls, OK? Oh, I almost forgot. The mom from "Two and aHalf Men" is in this movie, and she's had some kind of plastic surgery,so that her mouth now looks like the mouth of a 30 year old, so everyscene she's in, I'm like trying to rearrange her face, or put ittogether in my mind, or just answer the question, "No. Wait. Wait. HASshe had plastic surgery?" Because as a viewer, you really don't wanther to have had plastic surgery.

2012-05-22 09:09:12

I'm rewarding you with 5 minutes of uninterrupted eye contact.

Okay, I seriously loved Steve Martin in this movie. I thought it was great- not a masterpiece or anything, but a good comedy. I was more impressed with it than I thought I would be from the trailers. I was expecting a more cliche slapstick approach, but was pleasantly surprised. It made me laugh out loud. I loved the cast and definitely think this one's a buyer.

2012-05-19 16:09:56

Oh Baby, this was a pretty funny movie

Light comedy here. Good enough for a Friday or Saturday night at home. If you are a fan of Tina and Amy like I am, you know what you are getting into. If not, buy this movie and see for yourself. You will be hooked on this comedic tag team. The Blu Ray looks great. Sound is just OK. But the picture is amazing. Nice work by Universal here on a good disk. VERY FUNNY MOVIE. Buy it today

2012-05-19 01:17:06

cute

I thought this was a cute movie. I am biased though because I really like Tina Fey. I am glad I rented it instead of seeing it in a movie theatre though. There are some really funny parts, some not so funny, and some predictability.

polarimetric 2012-05-09 22:39:22

Not Quite Groundbreaking, But Exceeds Expectations

Saturday Night Live, whether or not you consider it still funny, isgoing through a great period. Ratings are fairly high coming off of thewriters' strike. The show is riding the Democratic nomination race wavepretty well, featuring either Clinton, Obama, or both in at least onesketch per episode. Due to their recent successes, it makes sense thatSNL's comedians want to branch out into movies like they successfullydid in the 90s with Wayne's World. Baby Mama serves as one of thesemovies, featuring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler at the helm and at least twomore members from the SNL team in the background, namely Will Forte andFred Armisen. Steve Martin, a frequent SNL host, can also be found inthis movie. After reading the character list, it's clear where the SNLcomparisons and references come from.Considering its origins and its genre abroad, I went into the theaterwith relatively low expectations. At most, I hoped for a sort offeel-good comedy that had a lot of laugh scenes that made up for somecorny drama scenes. I got the laugh scenes, but surprisingly, the dramascenes weren't very corny. Baby Mama, as can be determined from thetitle, deals with Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey's character), a powerfulbusinesswoman and executive in an organic foods company and her burningdesire to have a baby and build a family, regardless of thedifficulties. Unlike most comedies, this is actually a surprisinglyserious topic, which enhances the dramatic parts of the plot quite abit. You can actually take the characters and the story line quiteseriously. Actually, Kate's character is almost entirely serious, asidefrom the occasional jokes on how uptight and socially inept she can be.Most of the laughs come from Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler'scharacter), a not exactly high-class girl working for ChaffeeBicknell's (played by Sigourney Weaver) surrogacy agency that offers tobe Kate's surrogate after Kate attempts and fails to get pregnantmultiple times. As can be expected from Poehler, Angie is completelyand totally ridiculous. Poehler is actually extremely good in thisrole, since she manages to play a "white trash" stereotypical characterwithout coming off as corny, or at least most of the time.Don't get me wrong; there are times when you can't help but cringe. Asmall portion of the humor is just far too corny, and can't make youlaugh no matter how ready you are to laugh. However, anyone who watchesSaturday Night Live is already used to this, since everyone knows thatnot every SNL skit is funny. Not by a long shot. However, the entiremovie is irresistibly cute. The character development is fantastic, andPoehler and Fey working together really carries the entire movie. Infact, the men in the story are almost entirely irrelevant. Carl (playedby Dax Shepard), Angie's low-class, tactless boyfriend, could have beenmuch funnier than he actually is. Rob (played by Greg Kinnear),although a nice character and a nice addition, really only serves as anattractive male (and yes, he is very attractive in this movie) andsomeone to move the story along a little bit. Barry (played by SteveMartin), the president of the organic food company Kate works for, isan absolutely insane hippie that provides a lot of humor to the partsof the movie where Kate is at work. Five minutes of uninterrupted eyecontact, anyone? (You'll get it when you watch the movie.)At the end of the movie, you do really feel for the characters, or atleast Angie and Kate. The other characters are sort of background evenat the end, but they're still necessary, since there would be no offsetto the Fey-Poehler humor that can just be taken in small doses to avoidbecoming too corny to be enjoyable. I did find myself screaming on theinside a little at the end, because there's a gigantic time gap thatleft a lot of questions unanswered and irritated me quite a lot, but inreality, in order to fill out the entire story, this would either haveto be a 3 hour movie, or there would have to be a sequel. This isn'tthe kind of movie to have a sequel, so I can see why they did it. Ijust think that some of the time that they wasted on Carl could havebeen used to develop that a little more.Overall, Baby Mama is cute, and that's all I can see it ever tryingfor. It also seems to me to test the waters a little bit for a Fey andPoehler match-up that, when smoothed out a little around the edges,will be a very strong comedy duo. I did enjoy this film very much, andI would highly recommend it to someone who watches SNL frequently andlikes Poehler's style of humor, or someone who just wants to go to themovies to have fun and feel good. It's certainly worth it. However,what I find more significant at the moment is my excitement for filmsin the future that will feature Fey and Poehler, and I truly hope thatthe film industry doesn't miss out on this potentially hilarious team.I'll be eagerly awaiting the day when I see them working together again- this is a first time, and it can only get better from here.

2012-05-09 17:35:06

Funny Ladies

BABY MAMA is one of the funniest comedies to come along in many months.Written and directed by Michael McCullers, the movie stars the always hilarious SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE gal pals, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, in what is sort of a female version of THE ODD COUPLE.Fey plays a classy, successful, well organized career woman who yearns to have a baby but, according to her doctor, cannot conceive. With the help of surrogate broker Sigourney Weaver, she hires the free spirited Poehler to carry her baby to term, but she gets more than she bargained for when Amy and her n.g. boy friend (Dax Shepard) have a fight and the blonde from South Philly moves in with her.These gals' lifestyles are so diverse that they make Oscar Madison and Felix Unger seem like the perfect pair. Nevertheless, Tina is determined to make the relationship work, because that baby Amy is carrying is hers. Or, she thinks it is.Greg Kinnear, as the "Prince Charming" who enters Tina's life, and Steve Martin, as her somewhat unconventional boss, co-star in the film, along with Romany Malco, Maura Tierney and Holland Taylor.DVD extras include an alternate ending, which we prefer over the one used in the theatrical release, deleted scenes, and some "Behind the Scenes" featurettes.© Michael B. Druxman

2012-05-04 13:00:50

Rockin' Movie

This review is from: Baby Mama (DVD) Very funny, get ready to bust a gut, many many great one liners in this movie, so hilarious.Tina Fey and Amy Pohler are excellent in this movie.

mcr_87 2012-05-04 01:42:44

Baby Mama (2008)

Baby Mama (2008) – A romantic comedy that is better than the majorityyou'll see. This had enough spunk, creativity and laughs to over comethe inevitable predictability and stereotypical characters that thisgenre thrives upon. It was the chemistry between Tina Fay and AmyPoehler that really made this film and the same script in lesser handscould have fallen to the low levels of repetitive drivel that DrewBarrymore films usually make their home. Some of the characters wereextremely one-dimensional, the redneck boyfriend of Amy Poehler and thekind-hearted smoothie-maker not withstanding but there wereentertaining background characters as well. Steve Martin made me laugha couple of times in this film, a feat he has failed to accomplish formany years, and Romany Malco was good as the bellboy with a heart ofgold. Of course you saw the ending coming within the first half-hour,you'd seen a lot of the gags done before, but nevertheless it was stillan entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. ******* 7/10.

jamest 2012-04-30 23:50:38

This movie was good for a laugh

This movie was good for a laugh. Not the best acting but Tina Fey does a good job and Steve Martin is great as the “Zen” CEO of the whole foods company. I was expecting a little more becaue we find Tina Fey to be very funny in other programs. All in all my wife and I enjoyed the flic.

2012-04-30 16:19:54

Not Bad

This review is from: Baby Mama (DVD) Baby MamaI gave this an extra star for the "Ladies of Saturday Night". We should see much more of their comedic talents in more movies. The "Men of Saturday Night" have ruled the movies for decades and since Gilda Radner and Jane Curtin I have not seen a funnier pair. Tina Fey is sexy and Amy Poehler, well what can I say the woman knows comedy. I thought that this movie could have been funnier. It has it's moments a few good laughs but something is missing. However if you have been a fan of Saturday Night Live for decades like me I think you will enjoy this one. No belly laughs like you expect from Will Ferrell but fans will like seeing the ladies in this movie. I recomend this one.

2012-04-28 06:29:13

Could have been better

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are two funny ladies, and I honestly feel that they make a great team, but this movie was not the best place to showcase that effort. The writing felt cliched at times, and the story itself just did not... click. Tina and Amy are funny, but a different story would have suited them better.

Terry Meehan 2012-04-27 20:33:03

My crush on Tina Fey has nothing to do with it

Java Man Reviews "Baby Mama" (Rated PG-13). Directed & Written byMichael McCullers. Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, DaxShepard, Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Maura Tierney,Holland Taylor, John Hodgman & Siobhan Fallon Hogan. Originallyappeared in LakewoodBuzz.com May, 2008.OVERVIEW: Kate Holbrook (Fey) is a single, attractive 37-year-old vice-presidentof a fast-growing organic foods chain. When her humorously eccentric,pony-tailed boss (Martin) puts her in charge of the opening of a newstore in Philadelphia, he tells her that it's "her baby." But Kate'sbiological clock is already ticking and what's on her mind is a realbaby. After a trip to a sperm bank and a fertility specialist(Hodgman), she finds that her chances of conceiving are one in amillion. Her next stop is a surrogacy agency, headed by Chafee Bicknell(Weaver), a woman in her 50s who aggravates her clients by beingconstantly pregnant. The surrogate mother assigned to Kate is AngieOstrowiski (Poehler), a wisecracking working girl from the wrong sideof town. When she splits from her loutish common-law husband (Shepard),Angie moves in with Kate, who has already begun to baby-proof heruptown apartment. Once they find themselves in the same living space,the two former SNL Weekend Update anchors channel Oscar and Felix, theoriginal Odd Couple. Of course the rules of movie romance dictate thatKate must stumble across a love interest, which she does, in the personof Rob (Kinnear), a fruit-drink shop owner in the neighborhood whereKate's new store is going up.REVIEW: 3 out of 4 Java MugsThis movie is like a disappointing party... All the right people arethere, but it just isn't as much fun as it should be. Writer-directorMcCullers has created more than a few fascinating characters, but hasnot mixed them together in ways that generate the energy for a greatgathering. The movie also has a predictable arc, and even though thereare two major plot twists they will come as a surprise to no one.And yet, I liked this movie. One reason is Tina Fey. (Okay, I do have acrush on her, but that has nothing to do with it!) She is one of themost watchable actors at work today, both on TV and in the movies.There is genuine comic chemistry between her and Poehler, and we canonly hope for future films that feature them.Though it all wraps up just a bit too neatly, along the way there aresome captivating characters, very well-played. These include apony-tailed Steve Martin as the whole-foods, new-age guru who rewardshis top employees not with cash bonuses, but with five minutes of eyecontact. Sigourney Weaver is also wonderful as the head of thesurrogacy agency who charges $100,000 for its services. "That's morethan it cost to have a person killed, " jokes Kate. "That's because ittakes longer," deadpans Weaver. Some of the film's best laughs comecourtesy of Oscar (Malco), the doorman at Kate's building who knows waymore than he should about the odd couple upstairs.One minor character should look familiar, if you watch any TV at all.Kate's gynecologist is John Hodgman, the guy who plays "PC" in theubiquitous Apple commercials. He provides Kate's prognosis with thewords, "I don't like your uterus."

2012-04-26 19:22:14

Fey and Poehler team for motherhood comedy

Kate Holbrook (Fey) has devoted her life to her career, gaining promotion after promotion to become an executive in an organic foods company. Now 37 and single, she's determined to have a child, but her doctor finds that her chances of becoming pregnant are remote. So she decides to investigate surrogacy, and hires South Philadelphia working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler) for the job.When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate shifts into obsessive mother-to-be gear, showering Angie with baby care books, pregnancy videos, and prenatal health care manuals. To complicate matters, Angie leaves her common-law husband, Carl (Dax Shepard), has nowhere to go, and winds up moving in with Kate. Angie feels smothered by Kate's overprotectiveness and would rather play video games than watch dull documentaries and take horse-pill sized vitamins. Written and directed by Michael McCullers, "Baby Mama" is a pleasant, though predictable, comedy that relies on the charm and comic timing of its two leading ladies. Fey and Poehler are both alumni of "Saturday Night Live" and Fey is the star and writer of one of TV's brightest comedies, "30 Rock." They work well together in "Baby Mama" and the growing relationship of Kate and Angie is what keeps us involved."Baby Mama" features Fey in the kind of role that fits her well. She's effective at playing smart and clever because she is. We would have trouble, I think, accepting her in a purely harebrained role. In her previous film, "Mean Girls," she played a levelheaded, tough, funny teacher who dispenses sensible advice to her students about name calling and self-image. In "Baby Mama," we feel her character's strong desire to have a child and we empathize with her. At the same time, her Kate is always upbeat, taking the bumps in the road as they come, dealing with them, and never collapsing into helpless hysteria. Poehler is a first-rate comedienne. Watching her, I was reminded of Lucille Ball and Carol Burnett's ability to handle slapstick and slip into a character with accompanying facial expressions and mannerisms to land gags. Poehler is very broad as Angie, in comic contrast with Fey's tightly wound portrayal. The supporting cast is impressive. Sigourney Weaver plays Chaffee Bicknell, the steely businesswoman who heads the private clinic that matches up Kate and Angie. Steve Martin is Barry, Kate's New Age boss, who is very funny as a touchy-feely CEO. Greg Kinnear is Rob, a nice guy who runs a juice bar in the neighborhood in which Kate's company will open a new retail store. Romany Malco plays Oscar, the wisecracking, street-smart doorman who is on hand for the apt one-liner or wide-eyed reaction shot. Holland Taylor plays Kate's Mom as a woman who's never heard of political correctness, speaking her mind as those around her cringe. Maura Tierney is Caroline, Kate's sister, who's usually shown with her kids in tow mostly as contrast to Kate's motherlessness, but otherwise has little to do.Siobhan Fallon is a birthing teacher with a severe lisp. We see her in a few scenes but the speech impediment is never referred to, making it all the more amusing. Shepard is very good as Carl, a role that could have been mere redneck, dumb hillbilly, but comes off wittier and more original because of Shepard's doofy likability. If you look hard enough, you'll also spot "Saturday Night Live" cast members Fred Armisen and Will Forte.Though "Baby Mama," rated PG-13 for sexual humor and language, is fun, I kept feeling the leads deserved better, sharper-edged material. There certainly are laughs, but they're not machine-gunned as in an "Airplane!" or "Naked Gun" film. The film is one of many to come from producer Lorne Michaels, father of "Saturday Night Live," who has had an uneven box office record moving his "SNL" cast members onto the big screen. "Baby Mama" is one of his better projects.

TxMike 2012-04-26 06:05:54

Funny movie, better than we expected it to be.

Tina Fey has been getting most attention the past few weeksimpersonating flawed VP candidate Palin. But here she is single andserious business woman Kate Holbrook. But Kate desperately wants achild, even though she doesn't think marriage and she will ever gettogether. But her OBGYN tells her that her "T-shaped" uterus makes hergetting pregnant a 1 in a million proposition. So she investigatesadoption but also looks at surrogate motherhood.Amy Poehler, her SNL sidekick, is the co-star here, as trailer-trashmentality Angie Ostrowiski. Dax Shepard is her no-good boyfriend CarlLoomis. They see surrogate motherhood as a way to get some money. SoAngie accepts the job, she has Kate's fertilized eggs placed inside herwith the hopes of giving Kate a son or daughter.Greg Kinnear is good as the former lawyer Rob Ackerman who now operatesa smoothie shop. He and Kate meet and it seems like there is anattracting.Sigourney Weaver is good as Chaffee Bicknell who runs the surrogatemotherhood agency. And Steve Martin is perfect as the zen-like Barry,Kate's boss and the head of the corporation, with a long, grayponytail.Much of the fun of the movie are Kate and Angie, polar opposite types,and the way they interact. Not everything goes smoothly.SPOILERS: The fertilization does not take, and Angie and Carl have afight, so Angie moves in with Kate. But she is afraid to tell Kate, andfakes being pregnant. However when Kate surprises her with a visit tothe clinic, it turns out Angie is indeed pregnant, but with Carl'schild. meanwhile Kate and Rob start to date, and "more", and when Katehad given up hope for a child, she turns up pregnant, she and Rob willhave a family and, of course, live happily ever after.

2012-04-23 16:03:02

Three Stars Only

I expected so much from this movie. The commercials made it seem funny. However, many parts were just stupid to say the least. I think that if you are interested in seeing this movie it is worth renting. However, I would not suggest buying this movie until you have rented it. Review it first buy it later if you like it. I give it three stars because I laugh at some parts.

joemamaohio 2012-04-23 06:55:16

My Review

Middle-aged businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has it all - alucrative job, good friends and great family. The one thing she doesn'thave is a baby, and she tries every avenue to obtain one, to no avail.Finally she visits Chaffee Bicknell (Sigourney Weaver), who runs asurrogate mother business. Along comes Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler),a woman who's Kate's complete opposite - she's poor, lives on the wrongside of the tracks, and doesn't have a good job. She agrees to beKate's surrogate mother, and Kate couldn't be happier.Then things start to change. Angie movies in with Kate after she breaksup with her boyfriend, and Kate is soon completely irritated witheverything Angie does, because it's so different from her normal life.She also begins a relationship with Rob Ackerman (Greg Kinnear), andshe doesn't know that Angie holds a secret that could completely turnher whole life upside down.The height of this movie lies within its two leads - Tina Fey and AmyPoehler), two of the funniest actresses in Hollywood. Their chemistryis palpable, and the overall story arc is decent, but it's just yetanother in a long line of same-style comedies, where you know what theeventual outcome will be. Still, they did deliver in the laughs.

2012-04-20 16:43:15

Moderately entertaining

I really enjoy Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Tina is incredible in 30 Rock, and Amy is one of the funnier cast members of Saturday Night Live. Still, I wasn't expecting much because the commercials seemed more crude than funny. I found that it was better than I thought it would be, however not really by much. I was disappointed in the humor of this movie. I did expect more laughs than I got, especially considering the comedic ability of Tina and Amy. There really weren't many laughs. On the other hand, there was more real drama than we expected, but only enough to kind of hold our attention. I did enjoy Greg Kinnear and the fantastic Steve Martin, though there roles were relatively small. While I was just barely entertained enough to watch it to the end, this is not a movie that I would watch again.

2012-04-20 02:15:54

WITH THIS CAST, HOW CAN IT NOT BE FUNNY?!

This review is from: Baby Mama (DVD) 'Baby Mama' is probably a film that should not be as good as it is, but when you have Tina Fey, Amy Poelher, Steve Martin, Dax Shepard, Greg Kinnear and Maura Tierney on board, your bound for a good time. When it's funny, it's hysterical and when it's not, it's still entertaining. I can only hope to see more films with Fey and Poelher in the future as they are too very funny girls! If your looking for a few laughs with a pinch of romance thrown in 'Baby Mama' might just be what the doctor ordered!

2012-04-16 21:09:33

Funny SNL cast AND Sigourney Weaver

Not only does this have two of SNL's funniest former cast members but it has Sigourney Weaver too!! Anything with Sigourney is GREAT!

rumbleinthejungle 2012-04-16 08:14:10

Comedy lite that avoids being completely generic

Tina Fey is great. Probably the best comedic talent to hit mainstreamUS TV in years. I think that, one day, 30 Rock will be viewed with thesame reverence as Seinfeld is today. She pokes fun at herself, which isendearing, and even though she doesn't get a writing credit for 'BabyMama' there are several subverted stereotypes, i.e Sigourney Weaver'ssmug CEO and Romany Malco's fast-talking doorman as well as SteveMartin's over the top neo-hippie Barry, that seem like Fey-ism's andthey all help make this film better than average. I watched this withmy Wife as it's the kind of movie that I know she enjoys and I tooenjoyed it, but I guess, like other reviewers, I'd like to seesomething that Fey has scripted herself and contains a little more ofthe smart humour that she is fast becoming known for.