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Baby Mama | 
 enlarge | Director: Michael Mccullers
Actors: Amy Poehler, Tina Fey, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco
Studio: NBC Universal
Category: Movie
Buy New: $3.99
Rating:  79 reviews
Sales Rank: 42
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 100
ASIN: B001HQKB1Y
Theatrical Release Date: April 25, 2008
Release Date: November 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Cute Flick! May 31, 2008
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is another flick my 15 year old granddaughter drug me to, kicking and screaming (practically). It sounded DUMB, but she kept whining and I caved in. Well, guess what? I LOVED it! I was laughing so hard she kept banging me all through the movie to shut me up (saw it in the theater).
I see it got some less-than-wonderful reviews, and, as we know, everybody has different opinions.It begins with a single 37-year old career woman who is suddenly bitten by the baby bug and she knows her biological clock is ticking. She tries finding a "donor," but that seems to scare away her dates. She tries a sperm bank, looking for a suitable specimine who looks like he might produce a handsome child. Then she considers invetro but the doc tells her she probably can't get pregnant anyway because her uterus is T shaped. This leads her to seek out a surrogate mother to carry her child for her.
Now I agree, this doesn't really sound funny but it is. Tina Fey is great as the wanna-be momma. A yoga version of Steve Martin with a long ponytail is her boss as she becomes Vice President of Development of a large organic health food store chain. Sigorney Weaver runs the surrogate agency and for a cool $100K, will fix you up with a "thoroughly screened" surrogate :-). I don't know everyone's name but the surrogate is a hoot, and her and Tina clash constantly, even to the point where they have to both attend a conflict support group. The surrogate has a greedy boyfriend, too. Greg Kinnear turns up in the movie, too and I just love him in the movies. The friendly doorman at Tina's hotel has a cool part, too. It's really a great movie and has a lot of fine actors in it. Kathy W gives this a big thumbs up!
Gotta see it! July 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I went to see this movie last night and I am waiting for it to come out on dvd. I am telling everyone I know how funny it is. I have never laughed SO hard in my life. I had tears streaming down my face and my cheeks hurt from laughing. I think it's a great movie and I plan to purchase it as soon as it's released.
Another Pretty Good Chick Flick!!! September 11, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As I've mentioned before, I'm not usually a chick-flick guy, but I watch them on rare occasions. This is a very funny movie about a 37 year old woman named Kate Holbrook who desperately wants to have a baby, she's unable to, because she has a different-shaped uterus. She hires Angie Ostrowski to become a surrogate mother. Angie is sometimes childish and gets on Kate's nerves. Angie starts to feel guilty because she's not really pregnant. (Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were awesome together, and they are both incredibly beautiful!) If you love comedies about pregnancy, you'll love BABY MAMA!!!
Oh Baby, this was a pretty funny movie November 10, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
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
Couldn't stop laughing through the scenes! November 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I watched this movie back in May and I want to say this is one of the funniest down to earth movies on Hollywood. It touches on a lot of today's sensitive issues surrounding surrogacy, cheating just for money, and romance.
I don't want to give the plot away but Baby Mama hits the surrogacy issue head on with Tina Fey's character looking for someone to carry her baby (her egg + donor sperm) since the doctor says she has a 1 in a million chance of conceiving. She finally finds Amy Poehler's character Angie who is willing to carry her child and then the is the hilarious sentimental music ("My Love; There is only you in my Life, the only thing that's right") when the donor sperm/egg is inseminated into Angie. That is the part where I laughed for almost two minutes! If you think that part was funny there are a chockful of other funny parts involving the surrogacy issue and Tina and Amy's character getting along. The one that hits the spot is where the toilet is locked for safety and Angie urinates in the sink! The whole theater was cracking up at that point. If you can think of any funnier movies please contact me.
In closing this movie is a down to earth (deals with real life issues) funny movie that is worth seeing again and again! I watched it twice this year. I can guarantee you that it is worth every cent. Buy it on blu ray for the special effects.
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