Baby Mama (2008)

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.

Director:

Michael McCullers

Writer:

Michael McCullers

Stars:

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver

1 win & 5 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough ... After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this ...

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Plot Keywords:

male anorexia | deception | faked pregnancy | 2000s | businesswoman | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kate wants Angie to watch "Extreme Vaginal Delivery" which is supposed to be about woman giving birth naturally to a 15 pound baby. The movie is made up for the movie and a 15 pound natural birth wasn't on record as of 2008 when the movie was released.

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Goofs

When they are test tasting the soups, Barry picks up "c", which is the green pea soup. In the next take, the carrot soup is labeled "c", and "b" is now empty.

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Quotes

Boo-Boo Buster: Well, you sure are getting an early jump on your baby-proofing! Don't worry about a thing; it shouldn't be a problem for anyone over 7.

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Connections

Referenced in Delocated: Reunion Show (2012)

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Soundtracks

Starry Eyed Surprise
Written by Seth 'Shifty Shellshock' Binzer, Andy Gray, Fred Neil, and Paul Oakenfold
Performed by Paul Oakenfold (as Oakenfold)
Courtesy of Maverick Recording Company
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing

User Reviews

A Buddy Comedy with a Healthy Dose of Estrogen

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler prove that buddy comedies need not be the exclusive domain of naughty boys.

"Baby Mama" is no comic masterpiece, but it's at least as good as any number of formulaic comedies churned out by Hollywood and much better than many others. Fey is the uptight career woman who hears her biological clock ticking at 37 and wants to have a baby before it's too late. Poehler is the low-class, free-wheeling blonde who agrees to be her surrogate mother for a hefty fee. The usual odd-couple conflicts ensue, maternal instincts kick in, and in traditional sitcom style, everyone gets what they want in the end.

The movie is mostly an excuse to give Fey and Poehler the chance to riff off of one another, and they do it well. Poehler especially displays the ability to carry a movie, something most SNL veterans aren't able to do. She's funny, but she's also able to embody an actual character rather than simply do skit-T.V. schtick. Just watch her horrified face the first time she tastes water; or the hilarious scene when Fey wrestles her into the shower and begins to scrub the hair dye off of her head in a scene that spoofs "Silkwood."

Also starring Greg Kinnear as a smoothie store owner, and a whacked out Steve Martin as Fey's new age boss.

Grade: A-

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 April 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Baby Mama

Filming Locations:

114 East 71st St, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$17,407,110, 27 April 2008

Gross USA:

$60,494,212

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$64,444,713

Company Credits

Production Co:

Broadway Video, Michaels Goldwyn, Relativity Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1