Baby Mama
Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 25, 2008
7.9
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Generally favorable reviews based on 162 Ratings
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6
NickB.Apr 27, 2008
I am an absolute Tina Fey and Amy Poehler fan. I was happy to see some great bits, but the movie as a whole was quite disappointing. If you really want to see great performances from Fey and Poehler, check out 30 rock and Upright Citizens I am an absolute Tina Fey and Amy Poehler fan. I was happy to see some great bits, but the movie as a whole was quite disappointing. If you really want to see great performances from Fey and Poehler, check out 30 rock and Upright Citizens Brigade, respectively. As far as Baby Mama is concerned, catch it when it plays on TV. And had the film been written by Fey it would have suited her much better - as in 30 rock or Mean Girls where her wit is on better display.… Expand
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5
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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5
BobbiMay 2, 2008
Steve Martin was terrific, but the rest of the movie was pretty much contrived and without direction or purpose. The acting quality wasn't really bad, as the actors and actresses were doing the best they could to turn a poorly written Steve Martin was terrific, but the rest of the movie was pretty much contrived and without direction or purpose. The acting quality wasn't really bad, as the actors and actresses were doing the best they could to turn a poorly written script into something.… Expand
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10
MoJul 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 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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ChipApr 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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7
BrianSMay 1, 2008
This was a pleasant, if unremarkable, movie. Tina Fey gets slammed for her acting sometimes, but I think she delivers exactly what you expect from her, and Amy Poehler was much better than I expected.as the trashy surrogate mom. However, she This was a pleasant, if unremarkable, movie. Tina Fey gets slammed for her acting sometimes, but I think she delivers exactly what you expect from her, and Amy Poehler was much better than I expected.as the trashy surrogate mom. However, she seemed about 10 years too old for the role. I liked that Tina Fey was allowed to be a very capable businesswoman, who doesn't mess up her work with "baby fever." Also, the ending struck me as being a bit tossed away, without the ooomph it should have had. Overall, I enjoyed this movie--it's lightweight, but it's a fun night out.… Expand
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9
PatApr 27, 2008
This was a funny movie. Loved every minute of it. Tina, Amy, Greg, and Steve were great together.
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5
EricaJ.May 5, 2008
Could have been better if they hadn't put 80% of the funny parts in the trailer. Overall, not a horrible movie, but predictable.
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6
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 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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6
PeterJ.Oct 5, 2008
My wife wanted to see this morning, and I just knew I was going to hate it. After seeing it, I take that back. There was some really good laughs in this movie. While I probably will never watch it again, it did a decent job entertaining me.
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SeanR.Apr 25, 2008
I think the critics are holding this to an unnecessarily high standard. As far as movies go that i have seen lately, this has been the funniest, and that includes Judd Apatow's latest, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Apatow's was I think the critics are holding this to an unnecessarily high standard. As far as movies go that i have seen lately, this has been the funniest, and that includes Judd Apatow's latest, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Apatow's was terrifically funny, don't get me wrong, but it lacked a certain relatability that i think Baby Mama possessed. This is not 30 Rock, and Tina Fey did not write this. i think critics are holding it to Fey standards, and no this is not a Tina Fey movie, it is a movie starring Tina Fey. that being said, i am a huge 30 Rock fan and still found this movie very enjoyable. This movie is what you think it is, it doesn't promise to be anything more. but it is a very good time. i recommend it over Forgetting Sarah Marshall. (though, if you have the time, i do think you should see that too).… Expand
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5
EllenSmuckerApr 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 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… Expand
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CarlosDApr 29, 2008
Utterly predictable, poorly written, poorly acted and pathetically directed. The director seems to have no semblance of an idea of how to properly time jokes. Most gags don't work and only Amy Pohler's character ever comes close to Utterly predictable, poorly written, poorly acted and pathetically directed. The director seems to have no semblance of an idea of how to properly time jokes. Most gags don't work and only Amy Pohler's character ever comes close to being likable. The majority of the movie feels like Tina Fey is personally scolding you. Maybe I'd feel better about this if it were a Lindsay Lohan movie or something else with no-talent actors. It's sad to consider just how much great talent (Martin, Hodgman, Kinnear, Weaver and shit, even Fey and Poehler) was wasted on nonsense characters here. Don't waste your time here folks, this film is the least amusing of the season. Probably not even worth watching on TV.… Expand
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ParkerH.May 4, 2008
About three good laughs through the entire movie- about the same as a 120 second skit on SNL. Should have stayed home and watched that. What a waste of great talent.
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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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TheRapperNASJul 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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7
MiKESep 17, 2008
Alot better then I expected it to be. Had a few good laughs, the cast was great! A nice dvd rental.
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3
JayH.Sep 4, 2008
I don't know who Tina Fey is, nor do I care. She sucks as an actress and is in this stupid movie about nothing. Badly done in all respects. Not at all funny. Just dumb.
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5
[Anonymous]Nov 13, 2008
Pretty boring.
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5
ChadS.Apr 25, 2008
Tina Fey looks more like a writer than an Emmy-nominated actress for comedy, in "Baby Mama", a movie that the former-SNL Weekend Update anchor didn't write. Physical comedy, or improv, is definitely not her forte. Somebody like Steve Tina Fey looks more like a writer than an Emmy-nominated actress for comedy, in "Baby Mama", a movie that the former-SNL Weekend Update anchor didn't write. Physical comedy, or improv, is definitely not her forte. Somebody like Steve Martin, a former-standup comic, can work without a net. Fey, the surname, looks fey, the adjective, as she quavers her way through a performance-oriented video game, and especially at a night club, in which the filmmaker, leaves Fey and Amy Poehler to their own devices. As Angie Ostrowiski, the "baby mama", Poehler doesn't fare any better than her partner-in-crime. At first, she comes off as a "white-trash" caricature(in one scene, "Baby Mama" rips off Bobby and Peter Farrelly's best gag in "Kingpin"), but then the film pulls punches, so much so, there's hardly any comic contrast between Kate Holbrook(Fey) and Angie. For "Baby Mama" to work, Angie had to be the funny version of Juliette Lewis' character in Dominic Sena's "Kalifornia". Since "Baby Mama" isn't wise, or perceptive about surrogate motherhood, it should've gone buck-wild on the redneck jokes. Since it was written by a man, why pretend otherwise? Fey should take solace, however, in the fact that a fellow bespectacled writer wasn't very funny either, when he starred in Paul Mazursky's "Scenes from a Mall", a movie he didn't write. Call "Baby Mama" a learning curve for the hot creator(but not hotter than Lisa Loeb) of "30 Rock". The Tina Fey backlash doesn't start here.… Expand
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FrasierM.Apr 26, 2008
I think this is definitely the feel good comedy of the year, so far. It was predictable, which is why I didn't give it a ten, but it was hysterical! I think both the girls are very talented actresses, and whoever thinks Amy was miscast, I think this is definitely the feel good comedy of the year, so far. It was predictable, which is why I didn't give it a ten, but it was hysterical! I think both the girls are very talented actresses, and whoever thinks Amy was miscast, I disagree.… Expand
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5
BillyS.Apr 27, 2008
Just another Saturday Night Live skit dragged out over ninety minutes but it does showcase Amy Poehler as a feature film star.
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9
AnonymousMCMay 11, 2008
Cute, clever and funny. That sums it all up.
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10
RobertM.H.May 24, 2008
Usually I pretty much agree with the overall comments of critics and movie website 'users', but in this case, I seem to be completely out of line. My rection to "Baby Mama" was decisively different. I loved this comedy. I laughed, Usually I pretty much agree with the overall comments of critics and movie website 'users', but in this case, I seem to be completely out of line. My rection to "Baby Mama" was decisively different. I loved this comedy. I laughed, many times heartedly, throughout. I was very surprised at the negative comments about the movie's comic timing, as if the jokes were there, but they were either shot and/or edited wrong. To me, the comic timing was the movie's strength, especially the rapport between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. And I thought the scene where Amy's pregnant character Angie was being wheeled into the hospital prior to her delivery, was insanely, perfectly funny. Certainly, I appreciated Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver in their crucial supporting roles, as well as Dax Shepard and the inimitable Holland Taylor; but the movie, and the comedy, belongs to Fey and Poehler; and I thought they were as funny a comedy team as any I've ever seen, especially in this age of blatantly smarmy male-oriented "chuckle fests". One common thread among the reviews and commentaries focuses on the prior expectations of most of the reviewers, having seen both of these women many times on television, and particularly on 'Saturday Night Live'. My encounter with "Baby Mama" carried no previous baggage whatever -- I have long since stopped watching SNL, as well as most other television -- and my reactions to these two fabulous comediennes was fresh and unprepared. So I laughed. Long and hard. This is one of the best comedies I've seen on film, and I've been able to laugh along with the cinema since the 1950's. So if you haven't encountered "Baby Mama" as yet, or may be waiting for it on DVD, I strongly urge you to give it a chance, keep an open mind, and just go with what it offers -- great pleasure, and many chances to really laugh.… Expand
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beingryanjudeAug 27, 2014
Comedy's truly perfect pairing. I could sit and watch Tina Fey & Amy Poehler in Baby Mama all day long. Baby Mama is filled with smart laughs and backed with a substantial and meaningful story. This is what comedy was meant to be.
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smiyamotJun 18, 2016
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are so good together (surprise), no wonder they work together so often. Like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (who?) The story line is kinda dumb though, and to think anyone would go along with this in real life is, okay,Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are so good together (surprise), no wonder they work together so often. Like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby (who?) The story line is kinda dumb though, and to think anyone would go along with this in real life is, okay, this is American and there are some really dumb Americans, but it's still hard to believe this would happen.… Expand
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Sosmooth1982Dec 8, 2022
Freaking hilarious movie. These 2 together crack me up. Just like they did on SNL.
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