Baby Mama

Theatrical Release Date: 2008 04 25 (USA)

UPC: 025195041997

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content]

Summary: Former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" co-anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-star in this baby-fever comedy about a single, career-oriented woman who previously put parenthood on hold, and is forced to hire a surrogate mother when she discovers there is only a one-in-a-million chance that she will be able to get pregnant. Kate Holbrook (Fey) is a 37-year-old business executive who has always put her professional life before her personal life, but these days her biological clock is ticking louder than ever before. As with everything else she has accomplished in life, Kate is determined to have a child on her own terms. Unfortunately for Kate, the chance of her ever becoming pregnant is slim to none. Undaunted, a willful Kate drafts South Philly working-class girl Angie Ostrowiski (Poehler) -- a woman who may just be her polar opposite -- to be a surrogate mother. Subsequently informed by the head of the surrogacy center (Sigourney Weaver) that her surrogate is indeed pregnant, the excited mother-to-be soon purchases every child-rearing book she can find and excitedly begins the nesting process. But life hasn't quit throwing Kate curveballs just yet, because when a pregnant Angie shows up on her doorstep with no place to live, the woman who once thrived on order finds her life descending into chaos. Now, as Kate attempts to transform Angie into the ideal expectant mother, this odd couple will discover that families aren't always biological, but occasionally formed through friendship as well. Writer Michael McCullers, who authored the screenplays for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and Undercover Brother in addition to working on Saturday Night Live, makes his feature directorial debut with a self-penned screenplay. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Comedy

Awards: Film Presented – Tribeca Film Festival

Features: Alternate ending
Deleted scenes
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Baby Mama

Format: DVD

Release Date: 09/09/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 99 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1, Side A -- Baby Mama: Widescreen
1. Making Choices [4:55]
2. Transfer of Success [4:24]
3. Surrogate Parenting [6:13]
4. Asking a Big Favor [4:51]
5. Super Fruity [3:58]
6. Baby-Proof [5:54]
7. Living With a Child [4:40]
8. Partners [5:37]
9. Hitting It Off [3:04]
10. Just Business [5:16]
11. Ladies' Night Out [4:42]
12. Deal Breaker [4:42]
13. Miraculous Mystery [4:41]
14. First Date [5:07]
15. Weird Vibes [7:28]
16. Party's Over [3:50]
17. Fooled Us All [3:22]
18. Maternity Test [5:39]
19. One in a Million [3:50]
20. Happy Birthday (End Titles) [6:31]
Disc #1, Side B -- Baby Mama: Fullscreen
1. Making Choices [4:55]
2. Transfer of Success [4:24]
3. Surrogate Parenting [6:13]
4. Asking a Big Favor [4:51]
5. Super Fruity [3:58]
6. Baby-Proof [5:54]
7. Living With a Child [4:40]
8. Partners [5:37]
9. Hitting It Off [3:04]
10. Just Business [5:16]
11. Ladies' Night Out [4:42]
12. Deal Breaker [4:42]
13. Miraculous Mystery [4:41]
14. First Date [5:07]
15. Weird Vibes [7:28]
16. Party's Over [3:50]
17. Fooled Us All [3:22]
18. Maternity Test [5:39]
19. One in a Million [3:50]
20. Happy Birthday (End Titles) [6:31]

Perry Seibert

The duo at the center of Baby Mama -- Tina Fey, as a corporate climber with a loudly ticking biological clock, and Amy Poehler, as the uneducated slob hired to be her surrogate mom -- are to comedy what Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were to dancing. They trust each other, and they know each other's rhythms so well they can trade off who gets to be the straight man and who gets to deliver the laugh lines. If the film were just the two of them, it would be worth recommending, but writer/director Michael McCullers likes to share the comedic wealth -- he knows that giving the supporting characters good lines pays great rewards. Woefully underappreciated Maura Tierney captures the amused exhaustion of an experienced mother, while Steve Martin plays Fey's new-age spouting corporate shark of a boss with an appropriate laid-back zeal (his reward for a job well done is five minutes of uninterrupted eye contact). Romany Malco attacks what for all practical purposes appears to be little more than a token role as the Black Doorman, turning it into a razor-sharp portrayal of a straight-talking everyman -- and his DMX impression is a high point. Finally, Dax Shepard has played very dumb before (Idiocracy) and he's done conniving (Let's Go to Prison!), but bringing those two elements together as Poehler's dumb and conniving common-law husband, he creates a hilarious addition to the fine comic tradition of threatening but harmless morons. For at least 75 minutes, there isn't a single dud scene -- or even a bad line of dialogue. Both the comedy and the narrative have a natural ease to them; the filmmakers and the actors are sure of themselves, and the material, as well as the audience. Even in the over-the-top scenes, like those with the Lamaze instructor who sounds like Elmer Fudd, the actors keep everything tethered to reality. Unfortunately, in order to resolve a story where everybody has been lying to just about everybody, McCullers stages a courtroom scene that is, to put it charitably, shoehorned into the film. He wrote himself into a jam and chose the fastest, rather than the most elegant, way to get himself out of it -- it's the only time the movie loses its breezy confidence. The film regains its footing almost instantly, however, with a feel-good finale that gives us more of what we've loved most: Fey and Poehler, who, along with the rest of the cast and crew, deliver this enjoyable bundle of comedic craftsmanship. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Lorne Michaels  Producer 
Louise Rosner  Executive Producer 
Jill Sobel Messick  Executive Producer 
Michael McCullers  Director 
Michael McCullers  Screenwriter 
Ryan Kavanaugh  Executive Producer 
John Goldwyn  Producer 
Jeff Richmond  Composer (Music Score) 
Michael Goldwyn  Screenwriter 
Tina Fey  Actor 
Amy Poehler  Actor 
Greg Kinnear  Actor 
Dax Shepard  Actor 
Romany Malco  Actor 
Sigourney Weaver  Actor 
Steve Martin  Actor 
Maura Tierney  Actor 
Holland Taylor  Actor 
John Hodgman  Actor 
Denis O'Hare  Actor 
Stephen Mailer  Actor 
Kevin Collins  Actor 
James Rebhorn  Actor 
Will Forte  Actor 
Fred Armisen  Actor 
Siobhan Fallon-Hogan  Actor 
Tom McCarthy  Actor 
Jason Mantzoukas  Actor 
Dave Finkel  Actor 
Felicity Stiverson  Actor 
Anne Nathan  Actor 
Jay Phillips  Actor 
Kathy Searle  Actor 
Almeria Campbell  Actor 
Alice Kremelberg  Actor 
Catherine Rose  Actor 
Eric Zukerman  Actor 
Frank Rodriguez  Actor 
Diane Chen  Actor 
Andra Eggleston  Actor 
Andrew Hillmedo  Actor 
Jon Glaser  Actor 
Curt Carlson  Actor 

Country: USA