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Baby Mama

  • 20082008
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
45K
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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
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ComedyRomance
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.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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
45K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
10,188
550
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Michael McCullers
    • Writer
      • Michael McCullers
    • Stars
      • Tina Fey
      • Amy Poehler
      • Sigourney Weaver
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Michael McCullers
    • Writer
      • Michael McCullers
    • Stars
      • Tina Fey
      • Amy Poehler
      • Sigourney Weaver
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 127User reviews
    • 148Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 5 nominations

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    Baby Mama
    Trailer 2:28
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    Tina Fey, Michael McCullers, and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Amy Poehler and Dax Shepard in Baby Mama (2008)
    Tina Fey in Baby Mama (2008)
    Tina Fey in Baby Mama (2008)
    Greg Kinnear in Baby Mama (2008)
    Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Sigourney Weaver in Baby Mama (2008)
    Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Romany Malco and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Michael McCullers in Baby Mama (2008)
    Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Baby Mama (2008)
    Sigourney Weaver and Tina Fey in Baby Mama (2008)

    Top cast

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    Tina Fey
    Tina Fey
    • Kate
    Amy Poehler
    Amy Poehler
    • Angie
    Sigourney Weaver
    Sigourney Weaver
    • Chaffee Bicknell
    Greg Kinnear
    Greg Kinnear
    • Rob
    Dax Shepard
    Dax Shepard
    • Carl
    Romany Malco
    Romany Malco
    • Oscar
    Steve Martin
    Steve Martin
    • Barry
    Maura Tierney
    Maura Tierney
    • Caroline
    Stephen Mailer
    Stephen Mailer
    • Dan
    Holland Taylor
    Holland Taylor
    • Rose
    James Rebhorn
    James Rebhorn
    • Judge
    Denis O'Hare
    Denis O'Hare
    • Dr. Manheim
    Kevin Collins
    Kevin Collins
    • Architect…
    Will Forte
    Will Forte
    • Scott
    Fred Armisen
    Fred Armisen
    • Stroller Salesman
    John Hodgman
    John Hodgman
    • Fertility Specialist
    Siobhan Fallon Hogan
    Siobhan Fallon Hogan
    • Birthing Teacher
    Tom McCarthy
    Tom McCarthy
    • Kate's Date
    • Director
      • Michael McCullers
    • Writer
      • Michael McCullers
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In every scene she is in, Amy Poehler sports a different hairstyle and never repeats the same one twice.
    • Goofs
      Angie would never be able to be a surrogate without having a child of her own first. All reputable surrogacy agencies in the US require their surrogates to have had at least one full-term, live birth before becoming a surrogate.
    • Quotes

      Kate Holbrook: Did you just stick your gum under my coffee table?

      Angie Ostrowiski: [nervous] I don't know.

      Kate Holbrook: What do you mean, you don't know? You think you're at an Arby's right now?

      Angie Ostrowiski: You know what? I wish I was at an Arby's 'cause there's better food and cooler people there!

      Kate Holbrook: [looks under the coffee table] Did you stick *all* this gum under here?

      Angie Ostrowiski: I don't know! Maybe you stuck some of it under there.

      Kate Holbrook: Yeah, actually, you might be right. 'Cause sometimes, when I work a really long day, I like to come home and chew a huge wad of Bubblicious gum and stick it under my reclaimed barnwood coffee table!

      Angie Ostrowiski: Bitch, I don't know your life!

    • Connections
      Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Mistletoe
      Written by Colbie Caillat, Stacy Blue, and Mikal Blue

      Performed by Colbie Caillat

      Courtesy of Universal Records

      Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

    User reviews127

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    My avatar is dressed like a whore…Baby Mama
    Say what you will about the marketing machine, but I truly think the people behind promoting Baby Mama did a bang up job…even if I believe they did so without trying. They make expectations so low in the trailer that you almost have to enjoy the film. Was it a great comedy? No. However, it was much better than I ever could have hoped as Michael McCullers takes us places you never would expect going in. I thought that it would be a water-downed, overlong SNL skit with one woman asking another to carry her baby, leading to a generic odd couple pairing with hijinks and gags piling on top of each other, collapsing under its own weight. Instead we are treated to a pretty sentimental and touching portrait of two women learning to grow and evolve with help from the other, a person, in both regards, that they never would have thought could teach them anything. Even the pregnancy aspect takes a ton of twists and turns never becoming the straight shot gimmick just bringing everyone together. The surrogate mother here must make some tough decisions as she continues along on her journey, lending a side to the tale that actually brings it to a level of intrigue that no Lorne Michaels film has done in recent memory.

    I don't want to ruin the plot points of Angie Ostrowiski's pregnancy, but let's just say it isn't cut and dry. Her motives aren't genuine, something that is obvious from the start, just not quite in the way you anticipate. There are surprises for her and secrets hidden from the other characters as she wrestles within herself. A "white-trash" loser, attached to a man that believes waiting on the phone to be the 132.7 caller is a job, Angie learns a lot while with mom-to-be Kate Holbrook. Kate, being the professional VP of an organic food market, is a very detail orientated woman who is by the books and unafraid to tell others what they should do. It is an oil and water connection, but—like all good relationships of this kind—breeds some real funny and touching moments. Who thought watching Karaoke on the Playstation could be so much fun? Sure many instances feel like skits written separately and plugged in later, (the clubbing while pregnant, the press conference ambush, and the surrogate therapy session—probably the funniest scene without question), but they are surprisingly strung together to make a pretty coherent whole.

    The other thing that the trailer hides is the inclusion of two great male roles. Did anyone know that Greg Kinnear and Steve Martin were in this thing? I for one was completely surprised by both, almost chuckling that they would have a small cameo until I realized that both were key roles to the whole. In the best turn of the film, Steve Martin is crazy, hippie genius. His earthy style of living, complete with long ponytail and soft speech, even when angered, is classic, as is everything uttered from his mouth. He is so good that I would be thrilled to have him offer me 5 uninterrupted minutes of staring into his eyes as a reward for a job well done. For Kinnear's part, he plays the usual love interest that is commonplace in films of this ilk. It's not flashy and it's not very original, but Greg is a stalwart and pulls off the good guy persona, even including a little bit of physical humor at the end.

    Overall, though, this film is pretty standard fare. It goes into very broad comedy at times and very sappy/overly-sentimental drivel at others. There are some good jokes sprinkled throughout and for the most part keep it fun for the duration. Definitely feeling longer than it is, I never quite felt bored and I did begin to get invested in the story to see how it all would turn out. A lot of that can be credited to the chemistry between Tina Fey and Amy Pohler as Kate and Angie respectively. Both these women do a great job with their roles, fleshing out the psychotic relationship to perfection. One of the successful dynamics is how Fey becomes a mother figure to her surrogate. Even going so far as having temper tantrums and rubber-faced reactions, Pohler is a child.

    It's also nice to see some fun moments from the supporting cast, but again nothing really sticks out to vault anything into must see territory. Sigourney Weaver is actually kinda scary in a very weird role; Romany Malco has plenty of great one-liners and facial expressions; and John Hodgeman is a bit odd in a small bit, with laughs coming more from the recognition of his Mac commercials than anything he does in the film. In the end, while nothing over-achieves, it all adds up to a pretty solid comedy worth a view. Is it necessary to see on the big screen? Probably not, but if you were worried that it might be a train-wreck, just know that it never takes any chances to risk derailing, and that's not a bad thing.
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    • Apr 22, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 25, 2008 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mamá de alquiler
    • Filming locations
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Broadway Video
      • Michaels Goldwyn
      • Relativity Media
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $60,494,212
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $17,407,110
      • Apr 27, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $64,444,713
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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