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The undeniable comic chemistry between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler was displayed to positive advantage in Baby Mama, a somewhat predictable but very entertaining 2008 comedy which stars Fey as a workaholic executive, who longs to have a baby and is unable to, who hires a nutsy but fertile woman (Poehler) to be her surrogate. The ladies agreement is disrupted by Poehler's common-law husband (Dax Shepherd) who plans to bilk Fey out of her money even though the pregnancy doesn't take and Fey's new relationship with a small business owner (Greg Kinnear).
The story is about as predictable as they come but the film is immensely watchable due to the well-oiled comedic machine that is Fey and Poehler. Poehler is especially funny here, displaying a gift for physical comedy that brings Lucille Ball to mind and though I never buy the budding romance between Fey and Kinnear, it doesn't detract from the film's entertainment value.
Shepherd has some funny moments as Poehler's slimey guy, as do Steve Martin as a client of Fey's and SIgnorney Weaver as the fertile operator of the surrogacy clinic that brings Fey and Poehler together. No classic, but Fey and Poehler deinifely make it worth checking out. 7/10
The undeniable comic chemistry between Tina Fey and Amy Poehler was displayed to positive advantage in Baby Mama, a somewhat predictable but very entertaining 2008 comedy which stars Fey as a workaholic executive, who longs to have a baby and is unable to, who hires a nutsy but fertile woman (Poehler) to be her surrogate. The ladies agreement is disrupted by Poehler's common-law husband (Dax Shepherd) who plans to bilk Fey out of her money even though the pregnancy doesn't take and Fey's new relationship with a small business owner (Greg Kinnear).
The story is about as predictable as they come but the film is immensely watchable due to the well-oiled comedic machine that is Fey and Poehler. Poehler is especially funny here, displaying a gift for physical comedy that brings Lucille Ball to mind and though I never buy the budding romance between Fey and Kinnear, it doesn't detract from the film's entertainment value.
Shepherd has some funny moments as Poehler's slimey guy, as do Steve Martin as a client of Fey's and SIgnorney Weaver as the fertile operator of the surrogacy clinic that brings Fey and Poehler together. No classic, but Fey and Poehler deinifely make it worth checking out. 7/10