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| Directed by | Michael McCullers |
| Produced by | Lorne Michaels John Goldwyn |
| Written by | Michael McCullers |
| Starring | Tina Fey Amy Poehler Greg Kinnear Romany Malco Dax Shepard Maura Tierney with Sigourney Weaver and Steve Martin |
| Cinematography | Daryn Okada |
| Editing by | Bruce Green |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 25, 2008 |
| Running time | 99 min. Michael McCullers (born Alabama 1971 is an American Comedy Film Screenwriter best known for co-writing the script of the last two Lorne Michaels (born November 17, 1944) is a Canadian -American Emmy -winning television producer, John Goldwyn (born August 10, 1958) is an American Film producer, also the brother of Film director Tony Goldwyn. Michael McCullers (born Alabama 1971 is an American Comedy Film Screenwriter best known for co-writing the script of the last two Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Television personality, who Romany Malco (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and music producer Dax Randall Shepard ( January 2, 1975) is an American Actor. Shepard was born in Milford Michigan, he attended Walled Lake Maura Therese Tierney ( Boston Massachusetts, February 3, 1965) is an Emmy -nominated American actress, known for her Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Writer, Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Events 1607 - Eighty Years' War: The Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000,000 |
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Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco and Dax Shepard. Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Michael McCullers (born Alabama 1971 is an American Comedy Film Screenwriter best known for co-writing the script of the last two Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Television personality, who Romany Malco (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and music producer Dax Randall Shepard ( January 2, 1975) is an American Actor. Shepard was born in Milford Michigan, he attended Walled Lake
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Plot
Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a successful single businesswoman from Philadelphia, has put her career before her personal life. Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə At the age of 37, she has finally decided to have a child on her own, but her plans change when she discovers she has only the slimmest chance of becoming pregnant. Also denied adoption, Kate gets a South Jersey working girl, Angie Ostrowski (Amy Poehler), to become a surrogate mom. Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. Surrogacy is a method of Reproduction whereby a woman agrees to become pregnant and deliver a child for a contracted party
When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate begins preparing for motherhood in her own typically driven fashion—until her surrogate shows up at her door with no place to live. Their conflicting personalities put them at odds as Kate learns first-hand about balancing motherhood and career by catering to Angie's childish needs. As if this weren't enough Kate also begins dating the local owner of a blended juice cafe, Rob (Greg Kinnear). Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Television personality, who
What Kate doesn't know is that Angie is feigning the pregnancy and that in fact the in-vitro fertilization did not succeed. Hoping to ultimately run off with her payment, Angie begins to regret the lie but continually puts off confessing until getting an ultrasound wherein she discovers she is actually pregnant. Realizing the baby is her own (and her boyfriend's)(Angie explains she was so distraught after her pregnancy test was negative that she ended up having sex with her boyfriend), Angie is forced to confess at Kate's baby shower. While Kate explains to Angie that the pregnancy test was supposed to be taken two weeks after the procedure, and that the baby could still in fact belong to her,This drives a wedge between the two women.
At the court hearing to definitively determine the maternity of the child, Angie makes an impassioned apology. The baby turns out to be Angie's. Meeting face to face after the proceedings, Angie's water breaks and Kate rushes her to the hospital. During Angie's delivery, Kate passes out. Upon waking she is told that she has miraculously become pregnant, the result of her relationship with her new beau.
Ultimately remaining friends, Angie and Kate raise their children together. They continue their lives with their babies and Rob and Kate stay together, while Carl stays close to their baby, but they are not together.
Cast
- Tina Fey as Kate Holbrook
- Amy Poehler as Angie Ostrowski
- Greg Kinnear as Rob
- Romany Malco as Oscar
- Dax Shepard as Carl
- Maura Tierney as Caroline
- Sigourney Weaver as Chaffee Bicknell
- Steve Martin as Barry
- Holland Taylor as Rose
- Will Forte as Scott
- Fred Armisen as Stroller Salesman
- John Hodgman as Fertility Doctor
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler reunite in this film after being co-anchors together on Weekend Update on Saturday Night Live before Fey's departure from the show in 2006. Elizabeth Stamatina "Tina" Fey (born May 18 1970 is a Golden Globe - five time Emmy - and SAG Award -winning American Writer Amy Meredith Poehler (born September 16 1971 is an American Comedian and Actress. Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Television personality, who Romany Malco (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor and music producer Dax Randall Shepard ( January 2, 1975) is an American Actor. Shepard was born in Milford Michigan, he attended Walled Lake Maura Therese Tierney ( Boston Massachusetts, February 3, 1965) is an Emmy -nominated American actress, known for her Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an Emmy Award -winning American Actor, Comedian, Writer, Holland Taylor (born January 14 1943) is an American actress, known for her Film, Television and Theatre Will Forte (born June 17 1970 is an American Actor, Writer, and Comedian. Fred Armisen (born December 4, 1966) is an American Musician, Comedian, and Actor, best known for his work as a cast member John Kellogg Hodgman (born June 3, 1971) is an American author and humorist Weekend Update is a Saturday Night Live sketch which comments on and parodies Current events. Saturday Night Live ( SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute American Sketch comedy / Variety show based in New York City Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Fey and Poehler also both appeared in Fey's 2004 hit movie Mean Girls. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen Comedy film, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan
Critical reception
Baby Mama received mixed to generally positive reviews from critics. As of April 28, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 61% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 100 reviews, giving the film a "Certified Fresh" rating—with the consensus that the film is "a lightweight, predictable comedy with strong performances. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. "[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 34 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. [2] The movie received an average score of 63. 1% from 59 film critics according to Movie Tab. [3]
In a review for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, reproductive lawyer Melissa Brisman comments that this movie should be viewed as entertainment rather than as portraying surrogacy in a factual manner. Gestational Carriers are thoroughly screened by most programs and are subject to numerous requirements such as already having their own children, being in a stable relationship or having a strong support system and employment and having a suitable place of their own to live. The biological basis for this movie is also inaccurate. For example, due to close monitoring and medications typically taken to prepare the Gestational Carrier during the embryo transfer procedures, it is not possible for a surrogate to become pregnant with her own biological child. [4]
Box office performance
In its opening weekend, Baby Mama grossed $17. 4 million in 2,543 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office and averaging $6,845 per theater. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page [5]
As of June 06, 2008, Baby Mama has grossed a total of $56. Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 1 million in the United States and Canada. [6] The budget of the film was $30 million. [6]
References
- ^ Baby Mama Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
- ^ Baby Mama (2008): Reviews. Metacritic. Metacritic is a Website that collates reviews of music Albums games, movies, TV shows, DVDs and Books. Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
- ^ Baby Mama Reviews - Movie Tab. Retrieved on 2008-04-29. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
- ^ Gestational Surrogacy: Dispelling the Myths By Melissa Brisman, Esq.. Retrieved on 2008-05-27. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed
- ^ Baby Mama (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results. Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue in a systematic way Retrieved on 2008-04-28. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title
- ^ a b Baby Mama (2008). Box Office Mojo. Box Office Mojo is a Website that tracks Box office Revenue in a systematic way Retrieved on 2008-05-26. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place
External links
- Baby Mama at the Internet Movie Database
- Baby Mama at Rotten Tomatoes
- Baby Mama at Metacritic
- Baby Mama at Box Office Mojo
- Baby Mama at Allmovie
- Baby Mama - Destination Insemination Game at Kewlbox
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