Baby Mama (2008)

Director:

Michael McCullers

Writer (WGA):

Michael McCullers (written by)

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Would you put your eggs...in this basket?

Plot:

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

Plot Keywords:

Fertility Clinic | Insemination | Birthday Party | Mother Daughter Relationship | Biological Clock

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Cast

Amy Poehler	...	Angie Ostrowiski
Tina Fey	...	Kate Holbrook
Greg Kinnear	...	Rob Ackerman
Dax Shepard	...	Carl Loomis
Romany Malco	...	Oscar
Sigourney Weaver	...	Chaffee Bicknell
Steve Martin	...	Barry
Maura Tierney	...	Caroline
Stephen Mailer	...	Dan
Holland Taylor	...	Rose Holbrook
James Rebhorn	...	Judge
Denis O'Hare	...	Dr. Manheim
Kevin Collins	...	Architect / Rick
Will Forte	...	Scott
Fred Armisen	...	Stroller Salesman

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference.

Runtime:

USA:99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44286) | Ireland:12A | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:G (Québec) | UK:12A

Filming Locations:

210 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Broadway Video

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first scene at the smoothie shop, Rob is shown blending Kate's order and the color is a light brown or tan. But when he serves her the smoothie, it's orange.

Quotes:

Angie Ostrowiski: [Kate is vogueing on the dance floor] Stop framing your face!
Kate Holbrook: I think it's good!
Angie Ostrowiski: It's not.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Silkwood (1983)

Better than I EXPECTED

I'm a huge fan of 30 Rock but when I saw the preview for Baby Mama I didn't get my hopes up. Frankly, I thought "here goes Tina selling out...." or at least being talked into making a mainstream flick that would be super dumbed down. But it was a funny and smart movie, although not perfect. The white trash shtick is a bit old but Amy Poehler did the best she possibly could with it. Amy is a natural comedian and there is some great but not overboard physical humor. Tina Fey was as witty and dead-on as ever. Although the premise has been done to death, the writing is updated and hip enough to keep us interested. The real surprise was Steve Martin in a wonderfully sublime role as Tina's post-New Age boss. Absolutely hilarious. And Sigourney Weaver was perfect as the weird aging surrogate clinic madame.

Sign me "I found this shell walking through the Toronto airport barefoot"