Morgan BellREVIEW: Baby Mama
September 5th 2008 08:00
Directed: Michael McCullers (debut)
Written: Michael McCullers (co-writer TVs SNL, co-writer the Austin Powers film series)
Starring: Tina Fey (Mean Girls, TVs 30 Rock), Amy Poehler (Mean Girls, Blades Of Glory, Deuce Bigalo), Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine), Sigourney Weaver (Heartbreakers, Galaxy Quest, Dave), Steve Martin (Bringing Down The House, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
OK so the basic premise here is that Kate (Fey) is a rich single woman who - via a surrogacy agency run by Weaver - hires the white trash Angie (Poehler) to carry her baby for her. Lies are told and uncovered, relationships are formed and broken and reformed etc. I felt as though this film didnt even need a pregnancy to run through its gags, it is basically just an "odd-couple" situational comedy. Rich and poor is pretty much all it comes down to. Neat, tidy, and uptight vs dirty, messy, and laid-back. Also, i saw this film as a spur of the moment decision and when i saw Tina Fey credited as the star i presumed she wrote it - be warned, she didnt. Baby Mama falls down mostly due to inconsistant writing, McCullers has tried to do an extended SNL skit which slumps badly whenever it attempts to become sentimental. Perhaps he would have done better to do a re-write with Fey (or his old bubby Mike Myers) so he had someone to bounce ideas off and keep the pace? Excellent cast, some laugh out loud moments, overall dud script.
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Written: Michael McCullers (co-writer TVs SNL, co-writer the Austin Powers film series)
Starring: Tina Fey (Mean Girls, TVs 30 Rock), Amy Poehler (Mean Girls, Blades Of Glory, Deuce Bigalo), Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets, Little Miss Sunshine), Sigourney Weaver (Heartbreakers, Galaxy Quest, Dave), Steve Martin (Bringing Down The House, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels)
OK so the basic premise here is that Kate (Fey) is a rich single woman who - via a surrogacy agency run by Weaver - hires the white trash Angie (Poehler) to carry her baby for her. Lies are told and uncovered, relationships are formed and broken and reformed etc. I felt as though this film didnt even need a pregnancy to run through its gags, it is basically just an "odd-couple" situational comedy. Rich and poor is pretty much all it comes down to. Neat, tidy, and uptight vs dirty, messy, and laid-back. Also, i saw this film as a spur of the moment decision and when i saw Tina Fey credited as the star i presumed she wrote it - be warned, she didnt. Baby Mama falls down mostly due to inconsistant writing, McCullers has tried to do an extended SNL skit which slumps badly whenever it attempts to become sentimental. Perhaps he would have done better to do a re-write with Fey (or his old bubby Mike Myers) so he had someone to bounce ideas off and keep the pace? Excellent cast, some laugh out loud moments, overall dud script.
one of the few funny moments
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Comment by Tracy
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Do you think this is a weekly DVD lazy-arse afternoon film?
Comment by Morgan Bell
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oh thats a fantastic description of what kind of film this is!
i saw it at the cinema but i would probably recommend for everyone else to wait until it is released on DVD!
thanks for the comment!
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Byeeee
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yeah probably not your cup of tea!
not for anyone with an aversion to chick flicks . . . however Steve Martin and Sigourney Weaver have really interesting character parts that may add a bit of value in the funny-bone tickling department
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now did you sleep through it because it was bad quality or because you were tired and hung-over?