The Babymakers
Millennium Entertainment | Release Date: August 3, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
30
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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0
Mixed:
8
Negative:
9
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60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerAug 2, 2012
Delivered with sloppy, gleeful confidence, the movie is smarter than most gross-out comedies but isn't afraid to inspire an "Ewww." Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanAug 1, 2012
This comedy about a couple who can't get pregnant is stuck between Judd Apatow's humane raunchiness and the American Pie series' smirky broadness. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubScott TobiasAug 1, 2012
It's raunchy/sweet in the "American Pie"/"40-Year-Old Virgin" tradition, and as dynamic as a glob of lazy sperm. Read full review
42
The PlaylistTodd GilchristJul 28, 2012
Overall, Chandrasekhar's first tentative venture towards something slightly more sincere is undermined by, quite frankly, his irresistible urge to take the piss out of every sequence that might have been played even remotely seriously. Read full review
40
Total FilmNathan DitumOct 1, 2012
A romcom that fumbles for heart in the gutter, and finds only glib gags. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMark OlsenAug 5, 2012
Starts out as an agreeable, playfully off-color comedy of contemporary domestic manners and loses course to become a slack, tacky slapstick. Read full review
40
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonJul 31, 2012
The zippy screwball energy - and fantastic roster of cameos - that mitigated the fratty humor of Broken Lizard's last movie, the restaurant send-up "The Slammin' Salmon," is missing here, resulting in generic, feeble laffs and an ending as sticky as the pilfered substance. Read full review
40
Time OutAlison WillmoreJul 31, 2012
Munn has proved on TV that she has solid timing, but she does little here other than look pretty and, when the plot calls for it, outraged. As for the likable Schneider, the "All the Real Girls" actor demonstrates that he's better off as a straight man than as a physical comedian. Read full review
30
VarietyJoe LeydonAug 2, 2012
Yet another attempt to mix raunchy excess and romantic-comedy sweetness in an anything-goes raucous farce, The Babymakers offers a few big laughs between ho-hum stretches of frenetic vamping. Read full review
25
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 4, 2012
You may find sperm jokes hilarious, but it's doubtful you'll find them hilarious in The Babymakers, which has serious composition problems. Read full review
25
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleAug 2, 2012
The big disappointment of The Babymakers is that it doesn't come close to being worthy of its two stars, Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTom RussoAug 2, 2012
The squirminess stands out here because there's so little going on the rest of the time. Read full review
25
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAug 1, 2012
Utterly clueless about its tone and has no idea how relentlessly it is undercutting itself. By the time we arrive at the obligatory happy ending, which is perfunctory and automatic, I felt sort of insulted. If Chandrasekhar thinks his audience will laugh at his vulgarity, why does he believe it requires a feel-good ending? Read full review
25
Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerJul 29, 2012
A safe, laugh-free exercise that gets to have its fun, such as it is, because it's all in the service of the most conservative notions of domestic normality. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAug 2, 2012
How does a comedy troupe even get from the frat-humor antics of "Beerfest" to the middle-class suburbanality of Babymakers? Well, everybody gets old eventually. Growing up, on the other hand, is optional. Read full review
20
Arizona RepublicBarbara VanDenburghAug 2, 2012
Not even the snickering juvenile who lives in the deepest gutters of your brain will get a cheap thrill out of these antics. Read full review
12
New York PostSara StewartAug 3, 2012
In a culture where Anderson Cooper is out and gay-inclusive shows like "Modern Family" are wildly popular, a dud like Babymakers doesn't even find sticking power in its offensiveness. It just wipes off. Read full review
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