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Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in this not-so-comedic film as two women who share the common goal of having a baby, but have vastly different maturity levels.

“Baby Mama” holds back the laughs
By Kyleen Almendarez

There is nothing more disappointing than going to a comedy movie to find out that the funniest parts were the ones only featured in the trailers.

To avoid such a feeling of disappointment, do not go to see “Baby Mama.”

This movie stars Tina Fey, former actress of “Saturday Night Live,” as a single business woman named Kate Holbrook who finds herself wanting a baby, but is unable to have one due to being infertile.

So Holbrook hires Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler), to be the surrogate mother. But, Ostrowiski doesn’t share Holbrook’s ideas and values as an expecting mother, let alone as a person.

The plot moves slowly until one point in the movie. Afterwards, the
rest of the film becomes predictable.

The only thing that kept the audience watching is the anticipation that the film is going get incredibly funny, but it never does.

The same jokes seem to be used throughout the whole movie, and it gets to the point where audience members just want the actors to deliver a different line.

The ending is very predictable and it almost seems like the director (Michael McCullers) was trying to just finish the movie.

Sigourney Weaver, who plays Chaffee Bicknell, the head of the surrogacy center, was mostly made fun of due to her age and her part seems irrelevant.

The film also featured actors Steve Martin and Greg Kinnear.

There are also several other actors from “Saturday Night Live” in the movie, but their roles are insignificant and mildly funny.

“Baby Mama” finished its opening weekend number one at the box office with a take of over $17-million.

Overall, this movie, which I cannot recommend, is very boring and needs a little more plot development and a lot more laughs.



Kyleen Almendarez may be reached at (915) 831-2500
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