Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Tina FeyKate Holbrook
- Amy PoehlerAngie Ostrowiski
- Dax ShepardCarl Loomis
- Sigourney WeaverChaffee Bicknell
- Greg KinnearRob Ackerman
- Steve MartinBarry Waterman
- Romany MalcoOscar Priyan
- Maura TierneyCaroline
- Will ForteScott
- Fred ArmisenStroller Salesman
Recommendations
- 75
Charlotte Observer
It's the chemistry between the stars that makes the film stand out in a drab spring. - 70
Variety
Fey is a delight to watch throughout. - 70
Salon
An essentially sweet-natured picture that doesn't go as far as it could. - 63
New York Post
Surely, if Fey herself had written Baby Mama, this mild cross between "Baby Boom" and "The Odd Couple" would not be so crushingly predictable. - 63
ReelViews
There's nothing terribly wrong with Baby Mama but it's probably better suited for viewing on television, where many of the participants cut their teeth. This is small screen stuff masquerading as something bigger. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Baby Boom serves up plenty of smart, knowing laughs early on, but by the time it hits the third act (or would that be trimester?), it barely crawls to the finish line. - 60
The New Yorker
There are gags and scraps of action that give the movie fits of buoyancy, and these tend to come not so much from the younger, eager performers as from the old hands. - 50
Village Voice
Ultimately, that's all this shrugging disappointment is: a "Saturday Night Live" sketch stretched a good hour past its breaking point of no return.
