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What Do '88 Minutes' and 'Baby Mama' Have in Common?new
The unforgiving advance of time, leading to great panic and momentous life-or-death decisions. Both films are also funny -- but only one is meant to be.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
04-28-2008 |
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'Baby Mama' is Enough to Put You Off Your Popcornnew
I expected more from Tina Fey, who at least seems like a grownup, yet here lets herself be treated like she's not worthy of respect we'd accord a dog.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
MaryAnn Johanson |
04-25-2008 |
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'Baby Mama' is Mildly Funny but Mostly Uninspirednew
There are definitely some laughs, but the film feels lazy overall, as if someone decided that having talented comedic actors was enough and if they could just do their own thing with an OK script then a serviceable comedy would somehow just ensue.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
04-25-2008 |
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'Baby Mama' is the Latest Installment of Estro-Comedynew
Michael McCullers doesn't have writer Tina Fey's deft hand. While he does see something significant in the almost entirely sci-fi female-generated pregnancy where men are barely in the picture, his social commentary is only skin deep.
Charleston City Paper |
Felicia Feaster |
04-23-2008 |
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Baby Madness: It's All in the Delivery
Baby madness happily invades the brain of Philadelphia bachelorette and thriving businesswoman Kate Holbrook (gleefully played by Tina Fey) who, at the ripe age of 37, hires a surrogate mom to birth her sperm bank assisted baby.
Tags: Baby Mama, Michael McCullers
