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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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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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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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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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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6
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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