Sexyloutak
Absolutely the worst movie.
Organnall
Too much about the plot just didn't add up, the writing was bad, some of the scenes were cringey and awkward,
Payno
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Hattie
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
Gordon-11
This film tells the story of a successful executive who hires a surrogate mother to carry her child.I think this comedy is quite bitter sweet. It has a lot of laughs, it has romance and it has a lot of emotions too. The fact that it centrally features a woman who really wants children but can't have one can be a rather sensitive issue. Overall, I enjoyed the film, particular the romance part.
Spikeopath
A successful, single businesswoman dreams of having a baby but discovers she is infertile and the adoption option is closed to her. So she hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate...So I was laid up ill at home and not feeling up to watching anything heavy, a scan through my recordings had Baby Mama listed as a witty comedy. Perfect for what I needed I thought, and so it proved.He looks like a laundry bag full of meat!Comedy films are always going to be divisive, and with many proclaiming this as being "for girls" only, it was always going to struggle to garner a massive fan base. Yet as a middle aged man I found this to be very funny indeed, I have always enjoyed Tina Fey anyway, but she's surrounded by a funny and reliable cast (chemistry with Amy Poehler set in stone) and the screenplay throws up some great scenes and characters.The expected japes involving pregnancy are here of course, as is the requisite romantic strand as singleton work horse Fey falls for the charms of Greg Kinnear, but what works most is the "odd couple" vibe between Fey and Poehler. And with running "fun" stories involving old pros Sigourney Weaver and Steve Martin (a pony-tailed riot) neatly cloaked around the central premise, there's enjoyment coming from different angles. Must mention Romany Malco as Concierge Oscar, a fun array of comedy visual ticks and witty vocal delivery style.From Lamars class to a nightclub, to medication ingestion and farting in a purse! Baby Mama is a funny movie. One that also, thankfully, doesn't rest on its laurels, it does, believe me, take the simple premise into many other directions and proved to be far better than expected. 7/10
sddavis63
"Baby Mama" is certainly an enjoyable enough movie. It's not at all deep or thought provoking (which is kind of nice, because comedies that try to be deep and thought provoking usually fail dismally as both comedies and deep and thought provoking stories.) There's a definite "Saturday Night Live" feel to this - with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Steve Martin all playing significant roles - but it comes across as far more "serious" than you might expect for a movie with that background. It's not an SNL skit (not even an extended one.) There's even an underlying current of mean-spiritedness to this, which doesn't take away from the fun of the movie, but which does certainly sober it.Fey's character of Kate is a 37 year old corporate executive who decides that the time has come to have a baby. The problem is that she has no man in her life. So she hires an agency to find her a surrogate, who turns out to be Angie (Poehler.) Kate and Angie are opposites in every way - Kate the successful businesswoman, Angie the uneducated and uncultured wife (a "white trash housewife" as Kate finally calls her in a flash of anger) of, frankly, a loser (played by a guy named Dax Shepard.) But in spite of that Kate and Angie develop a bond; even a friendship as the baby grows inside Angie, who eventually breaks up with her loser hubby and moves in with Kate, who also manages to start a romance with Rob (Greg Kinnear.)So there's a kind of revolving door of relationships, with lots of ups and downs. (Martin's role, by the way, is as Kate's boss - a new age, hippie sort of type, and, while he's not central to the story, he's actually quite funny when he's in it.) This was certainly easy enough to watch. Funny at times - even surprisingly emotional every now and then. I have to say that I think my favourite character was the birthing teacher, played by Siobhan Fallon. She was "weawwy weawwy good." It was a silly role, replete with her speaking in a silly voice, but worth a laugh whenever she appeared. (6/10)
lewiskendell
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are the glue that holds Baby Mama together. With two less likable funny-women, or two actresses that lack their chemistry, it wouldn't be nearly as funny as it is. The story deals with surrogacy, and the issues that new types of reproduction technology introduce into age-old human relationships. There's an unnecessary romantic subplot shoe-horned in the narrative, as well (it's virtually against the law to not include one, right?), but the majority of the comedy results from the relationship between Tina's straight-laced career woman, and Amy's not-so-straight-laced character. It's all ridiculous and absurd, and I enjoyed ever minute of it. The ending falters a bit, in its efforts to give everyone a happy resolution, but the movie overall is a solid comedy.