Baby Mama
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Movie Reviews of Baby Mama
Movie Review: Sweet, cute and funny
Summary: 4 Stars
The TV ads for this movie gave me low expectations and I enjoyed it much more than I expected. I thought it would be one long series of gags about the uptight career woman and the white trash surrogate. There were plenty of such moments but the movie had a lot more to offer.
The cast was put together well. I knew Tina Fey (Kate) and Amy Poehler (Angie) work well together from watching SNL. But they can do the more subtle scenes as well as over-the-top comedy sketches. And the supporting cast had some great characters: Steve Martin as Kate's boss, the New Age-y head of a Whole Foods-type grocery chain, and Sigourney Weaver, as the inexplicably fertile and smug head of the surrogacy center, play their parts perfectly. The ending was fairly prediactable but that didn't take away from my enjoyment.
The DVD has both wide-screen and full-screen formats on a 2-sided disk. The bonus features include an alternate ending (not as good as the one they chose), deleted scenes, and a couple sections on how the movie came together, as well as the usual commentary. Given the comedy improv background of so many of the actors, a bloopers or outtakes section would have made a good additional bonus feature.
If you were put off by the TV ads for this movie, give it a chance. It's better than one would expect from the ads.
Movie Review: Another fertility comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
I suppose every woman who wants kids also wants to be the perfect mother. When you're becoming a mother using someone else's uterus, though there are complications in reaching perfection.
After the plot gets underway with Sigourney Weaver as matchmaker of a very special sort (and scary), Kate and Angie enter a business relationship. Kate can't become pregnant, and Angie's uterus didn't have any plans for the next nine months: Angie will carry Kate's child to term, for a fee. After falling out with her boyfriend (just what entitles him to any part of her fee, again?), low-rent Angie moves into high-rent Kate's apartment, creating an Oscar and Felix odd couple. Kate isn't just a Type A personality, she's A+ and going for extra credit. Angie's a slacker party girl, so the plot centers on turning the two of them into one perfect mother. And, after a dramatic blowout toward the end, everyone ends up predictably happy.
Throw in an assortment of other amusing characters: a doorman of surprising wisdom, ditzy birth coach, boyfriend worth losing, boyfriend worth acquiring, and cheerfully deranged boss, and this turns into a solid (if forgettable) comedy. There's nothing offensive here, or not much, but it's not for young viewers uncertain about the baby-making process.
-- wiredweird
Movie Review: funny biological-clock film
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't really watch Tina Fey on SNL or 30 Rock. What I know about her is that she'll have a secure career the next 4+ years if my favorite VP candidate - Sarah Palin - makes into office (unlikely as it is). My wife and I are approaching our late 30s and some of the elements of this film hit close to home for us as we are considering starting a family now and my wife has had some of the same symptoms as Fey's lead character. So these were some of the more interesting elements.
It had some problem points as the whole potential "Baby M" type issue of the surrogate wanting to keep the child was copped out by the in-vitro failing ... just as the surrogate was impregnated by her trashy boyfriend? Also, Fey's character was an "organic foods corp VP" ?? - earning 6 figures (not anything like a real person).
They also had some deus ex machina elements like Fey's character eventually being impregnated by Greg Kinnear's although she was nearly-infertile. and then her side-stepping years and $$$ of red tape to adopt ... a black toddler. My understanding being that U.S. adoption agencies are loathe to allow inter-racial adoptions.
Other than the fantastical ways to make the story have a happy ending, it was humorous and entertaining.
Movie Review: Baby Mama Delivers a 3.5 Star Baby
Summary: 4 Stars
Kate (Tina Fey) is getting promoted while other women are getting pregnant. Everywhere she goes, babies have their eyes on her and she develops a case of baby envy. The desire for pregnancy comes at a bit of a cost as she finds out of her infertility. With adoption out of the question, Kate is referred to a surrogate mother, Angie (Amy Poehler). Behold, the surrogate mother of your worst nightmares. Angie isn't exactly mother material. In fact she acts more like a toddler than most kids do. She also doesn't like to be bossed around by Kate, even if it's for the better. Thus, baby mama drama.
Fey and Poehler both turn in surprisingly impressive performances. They were both funny, played their characters well and illustrated great onscreen chemistry. Watch out for an oddball, yet humorous performance from Steve Martin who plays Kate's hippie/environmentalist boss.
"Baby Mama," no pun intended, delivers. Delivers ample amounts of jokes that are both smart and quick, but not raunchy. Go and see for yourself that pregnancy can have a humorous side to it.
Movie Review: Fey and Poehler Terrific
Summary: 4 Stars
I would describe "Baby Mama" as a light-hearted comedy as opposed to a lightweight one. The difference between the former and the latter is that the script is intelligently written but it's not going to break any comedic ground. The main reason to see the film is the impeccable chemistry between stars Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I think one print reviewer compared them to a latter day Lucy and Ethel. Pretty sad when you have to go back over fifty years for an analogy. Sorry, Laverne and Shirley. As a lifelong resident of Philly I loved the knowing local references probably because Tina's from Upper Darby which is practically Philadelphia. My favorite was Amy feigning morning sickness by barfing up a box of Tasty Kakes. I don't want to damn the film with faint praise but you could do worse. You definitely can.