My Baby's Daddy (2004)

A trio of young men (Griffin, Anderson, and Imperioli) are forced to grow up quick when their girlfriends all become pregnant around the same time.

Director:

Cheryl Dunye

Writers:

Eddie Griffin, Coke Daniels (as Damon 'Coke' Daniels)

Stars:

Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eddie Griffin	...	Lonnie
Anthony Anderson	...	G
Michael Imperioli	...	Dominic
Paula Jai Parker	...	Rolonda
Joanna Bacalso	...	Nia
Bai Ling	...	XiXi
Marsha Thomason	...	Brandy
Bobb'e J. Thompson	...	Tupac
Dee Freeman	...	Peaches
Randy Sklar	...	Brotha Stylz #1
Jason Sklar	...	Brotha Stylz #2
Naomi Gaskin	...	Venus
Denis Akiyama	...	Cha Ching
Fred Lee	...	Grandpa Bling Bling
Wynne Pon	...	Grandma Fung-Yu

Storyline

Lonnie, Dominic and 'G' are three bachelor buddies from the hood who, after a lifetime of hard-partying, are in for a crude awakening when their respective girlfriends all get pregnant at the same time. The fathers-to-be embark on an emotional journey while learning as much about themselves as they do about love and fatherhood.

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Plot Keywords:

fatherhood | talking baby | animal costume | rapper | break up | 

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Taglines:

They're going from players to playtime.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Miramax

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 January 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Baby's Mama

Filming Locations:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,800,000, 11 January 2004

Gross USA:

$17,669,317

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,364,273

Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Immortal Entertainment

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Method Man used an iron to warm up a grilled cheese sandwich. This tactic is identical to Mr Mom where Michael Keaton does the same thing for his oldest son.

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Goofs

When Dominic is visiting his daughter, he drops the bear twice.

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Quotes

G: Who's taking care of your kids?
Lonnie: Jesus.

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Connections

References Scarface (1983)

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Soundtracks

Me So Horny
Written by Luther Campbell, Mr. Mixx (as David Hobbs), Brother Marquis (as Mark D. Ross),
Ricardo G. Williams

User Reviews

sitcom garbage

There's a long-standing rule of thumb in the motion picture business that the more writers who have a hand in making a movie the worse that movie will turn out to be. In the case of `My Baby's Daddy,' it took four scenarists (who shall remain nameless) to come up with this excruciatingly bad multi-ethnic rip off of `Three Men and a Baby.' The plotting comes direct from the TV sitcom factory: three bachelors, who have never grown up into responsible adulthood, simultaneously find themselves the fathers of three adorable infants. Naturally, after much initial bumbling and stumbling in the ways of parenthood, the three men learn what the true definition of manhood is.

Though the movie has some fun lampooning racial and ethnic stereotypes, the humor is generally so bland, broad and formulaic that any promise the movie offers that it might somehow qualify as satire quickly evaporates. Instead, the movie goes all soft and gooey, trying to get the audience to coo over the cute toddlers and sigh at the sight of three grown men who are themselves cooing over their toddlers.

Considering the material that's been handed them, one hesitates to be too harsh on the actors who find themselves trapped in this mess. However, because of guilt by association, the only people who escape entirely unscathed are the toddlers themselves, since they are clearly the only ones here still under the age of consent.