Baby Mama

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  • Opened April 25, 2008 
  • 1 hr 36 min
  • PG-13 | crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. More on child suitability

  • When single executive Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) decides the time is right to finally have a baby, she hires a working-class woman (Amy Poehler) from South Philadelphia to act as her surrogate mother. However, Kate's careful planning goes out the window when the woman shows up on her doorstep needing a place to live. A comic battle of wills breaks out between the pair as they prepare for the blessed event and try not to kill one another in the process. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco
  • Director: Michael McCullers
  • Genres: Comedy

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Critic Reviews

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
| Carrie Rickey

Best when skewering New Age entrepreneurs for what might be called Compassionate Capitalism. Steve Martin is sublime as Kate's boss, Barry, purveyor of organic food and Zen koans. Read full review

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TV Guide
| Ken Fox

Even though Kinnear is meant to be obvious love interest, it's the relationship between Kate and Angie that becomes the film's central story, making this comedy sweeter -- and more honest in its depiction of class difference -- than one might otherwise expect. Read full review

75
Charlotte Observer
| Lawrence Toppman

It's the chemistry between the stars that makes the film stand out in a drab spring. Read full review

75
Entertainment Weekly
| Lisa Schwarzbaum

Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp. Read full review

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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in "Baby Mama."