Baby Mama
2008  PG-13  COMEDY  1h 39min
CAST— Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard, Romany Malco, Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Jonathan Hodgman, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Denis O’Hare, James Rebhorn, Will Forte, Fred Armison
MUSIC— Jeff Richmond  DIRECTOR— Michael McCullers

     Return to your seats, guys. Though the subject matter delves into chick-flickian territory the laughs are intended for all. Tina Fey plays a career oriented over achiever whose focus has recently shifted to all things baby. After trying more conventional methods she decides to outsource the project; she finds a surrogate mother to carry the child. The surrogate turns out to be an aimless, self-indulgent Dr. Pepper freak, in the form of a convincing Amy Poehler. Fresh out of an iffy relationship Poehler needs a place to crash while the bun is in the oven. It’s an easy guess as to who she goes to for a solid. What follows is an Odd Couple-esque comedy that features moments of laugh-out-loud hilarity delivered by the infallible Fey and the oddly charming Poehler. Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver turn up in the supporting cast, as two of Fey’s contacts in the business world. See, guys; it wasn’t as bad as all that.
OUR RATING— ** ½