Baby Mama (2008)

Director:

Michael McCullers

Writer (WGA):

Michael McCullers (written by)

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Would you put your eggs...in this basket?

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Fertility Clinic | Insemination | Birthday Party | Mother Daughter Relationship | Biological Clock

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Cast

Amy Poehler	...	Angie Ostrowiski
Tina Fey	...	Kate Holbrook
Greg Kinnear	...	Rob Ackerman
Dax Shepard	...	Carl Loomis
Romany Malco	...	Oscar
Sigourney Weaver	...	Chaffee Bicknell
Steve Martin	...	Barry
Maura Tierney	...	Caroline
Stephen Mailer	...	Dan
Holland Taylor	...	Rose Holbrook
James Rebhorn	...	Judge
Denis O'Hare	...	Dr. Manheim
Kevin Collins	...	Architect / Rick
Will Forte	...	Scott
Fred Armisen	...	Stroller Salesman

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference.

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44286) | Ireland:12A | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

210 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Broadway Video

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first scene at the smoothie shop, Rob is shown blending Kate's order and the color is a light brown or tan. But when he serves her the smoothie, it's orange.

Quotes:

Angie Ostrowiski: [Kate is vogueing on the dance floor] Stop framing your face!
Kate Holbrook: I think it's good!
Angie Ostrowiski: It's not.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Silkwood (1983)

A Buddy Comedy with a Healthy Dose of Estrogen

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler prove that buddy comedies need not be the exclusive domain of naughty boys.

"Baby Mama" is no comic masterpiece, but it's at least as good as any number of formulaic comedies churned out by Hollywood and much better than many others. Fey is the uptight career woman who hears her biological clock ticking at 37 and wants to have a baby before it's too late. Poehler is the low-class, free-wheeling blonde who agrees to be her surrogate mother for a hefty fee. The usual odd-couple conflicts ensue, maternal instincts kick in, and in traditional sitcom style, everyone gets what they want in the end.

The movie is mostly an excuse to give Fey and Poehler the chance to riff off of one another, and they do it well. Poehler especially displays the ability to carry a movie, something most SNL veterans aren't able to do. She's funny, but she's also able to embody an actual character rather than simply do skit-T.V. schtick. Just watch her horrified face the first time she tastes water; or the hilarious scene when Fey wrestles her into the shower and begins to scrub the hair dye off of her head in a scene that spoofs "Silkwood."

Also starring Greg Kinnear as a smoothie store owner, and a whacked out Steve Martin as Fey's new age boss.

Grade: A-