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xiayun
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Baby Mama
Baby MamaQuote: Baby Mama is a 2008 comedy film from Universal Pictures written and directed by Michael McCullers and starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, and Dax Shepard.
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21152 Location: Massachusetts
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Re: Baby Mama
I'll have my full review up in a little bit, but for right now I can easily say that this is the most disappointing film of the year so far. http://www.worldofkj.com/articleIndex.php?tid=31645Good first half, horrible second half.
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:59 pm |
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Libs
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Baby Mama
Hilarious and cute. This was actually much more laugh-out-loud funny than I had expected. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a really great comedic team. Enjoyed myself considerably. B+
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Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:44 pm |
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snack
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Re: Baby Mama
Libs wrote: Hilarious and cute. This was actually much more laugh-out-loud funny than I had expected. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a really great comedic team. Enjoyed myself considerably. B+ Is it anywhere as close to being as good as Mean Girls?
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Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:54 am |
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Baby Mama
snack wrote: Libs wrote: Hilarious and cute. This was actually much more laugh-out-loud funny than I had expected. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a really great comedic team. Enjoyed myself considerably. B+ Is it anywhere as close to being as good as Mean Girls? No. Then again, it's not nearly ( nearly) as edgy. Baby Mama is more generic and cute in a chick flick way.
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Sun Apr 27, 2008 1:02 am |
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The Scottie
King Albert!
Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:04 pm Posts: 11838 Location: The Happiest City on Earth
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Re: Baby Mama
It was pretty funny and cute. It could've pushed more bounderies though.
Grade: B.
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Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:54 am |
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Grill
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Re: Baby Mama
Libs wrote: snack wrote: Libs wrote: Hilarious and cute. This was actually much more laugh-out-loud funny than I had expected. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make a really great comedic team. Enjoyed myself considerably. B+ Is it anywhere as close to being as good as Mean Girls? No. Then again, it's not nearly ( nearly) as edgy. Baby Mama is more generic and cute in a chick flick way. Based on the trailers, I could have guessed the above. Glad you liked it. I don't know for me I like Tina from 30 Rock but here I wasn't interested in her and I not a big SNL watcher as I am usually out so Amy from the trailer didn't appeal to me either. and on Mean Girls, remember she played the nice principal so she wasn't one of the mean girls.
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Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:04 am |
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Bradley Witherberry
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Joined: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:13 pm Posts: 15197 Location: Planet Xatar
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Re: Baby Mama
Easily the best of this past weekends three new release comedies (War, Inc., Harold and Kumar 2, and Baby Mama) - - this is a modern classic in the fertile new genre of MOM-COM!!!
Tina Fey is amazing. Amazing to me, that she turned out to be an actress at all after her SNL writing roots - - and an amazing actress in this movie. She's got a long successful career ahead of her.
Amy Poehler is her usual greatness, and the supporting cast is exemplary. Excuse me! But why didn't anybody tell me Steve Martin has a major supporting role in this?!? Huh!?!?!?
Any movie which contains the line: "I feel like I'm shitting a knife!", surely deserves serious consideration as a cutting edge comedy!
Yeah, yeah - -you may be able to guess the plotline halfway through, but I guarantee you won't be able to anticipate the emotional impact!
I'll bet the haters have never had a baby...
This movie's a miracle!
It joins my 2008 top ten list, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's been through the birth process - - if you're 18 and single - - heh, skip it!
21 out of 5.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:05 am |
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Libs
Sbil
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Baby Mama
Bradley Witherberry wrote: Easily the best of this past weekends three new release comedies (War, Inc., Harold and Kumar 2, and Baby Mama) - - this is a modern classic in the fertile new genre of MOM-COM!!!
Tina Fey is amazing. Amazing to me, that she turned out to be an actress at all after her SNL writing roots - - and an amazing actress in this movie. She's got a long successful career ahead of her.
Amy Poehler is her usual greatness, and the supporting cast is exemplary. Excuse me! But why didn't anybody tell me Steve Martin has a major supporting role in this?!? Huh!?!?!?
Any movie which contains the line: "I feel like I'm shitting a knife!", surely deserves serious consideration as a cutting edge comedy!
Yeah, yeah - -you may be able to guess the plotline halfway through, but I guarantee you won't be able to anticipate the emotional impact!
I'll bet the haters have never had a baby...
This movie's a miracle!
It joins my 2008 top ten list, and I highly recommend it to anyone who's been through the birth process - - if you're 18 and single - - heh, skip it!
21 out of 5. So I guess you've had a baby then? Wow.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:54 am |
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Baby Mama
Libs wrote: So I guess you've had a baby then? Wow. More than one, actually.
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Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:35 am |
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thompsoncory
Rachel McAdams Fan
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:13 am Posts: 14544 Location: LA / NYC
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Re: Baby Mama
A hilarious and charming film featuring fantastic turns from Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. I had a blast. A-
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Fri May 02, 2008 1:27 pm |
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snack
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Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:18 pm Posts: 12159
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Re: Baby Mama
Way better than I thought it would be. Sure, some of the jokes missed (but then again, it always seems that way in an empty theater), but it always seemed at least earnest. I don't think Tina Fey was as good in this as she usually is, but this was the first time I've seen her act in material that she didn't right, so I wasn't sure how she would handle it. She's as likable as ever, but some of the dramatic stuff was a little ehhhh.... for me, but maybe that's just because I'm used to seeing her in her own material.
What I liked most about this though is that it's a comedy for women without the rom (aka not a "Romantic Comedy"). What was the last major movie that dared to do that?
Anyways, B
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Tue May 27, 2008 6:06 pm |
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Shack
Devil's Advocate
Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 37994
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Re: Baby Mama
I wouldn't have guessed that one of the few (only?) "major" posters with children is... bradley (that's no offense to you though, congrats... )
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Tue May 27, 2008 6:34 pm |
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getluv
i break the rules, so i don't care
Joined: Sun May 15, 2005 4:28 pm Posts: 20411
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Re: Baby Mama
A-
Thoroughly impressed with this movie. Kind of depressing as well.
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:53 am |
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Mr. Lobotomy
Well I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up - I got so high I can't stand up
Joined: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:21 am Posts: 993
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Re: Baby Mama
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler don't let anyone down in this funny, charming comedy.
B+
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Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:20 am |
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JURiNG
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Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:45 pm Posts: 3016 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Re: Baby Mama
Unexpectedly good. I was expecting something but got something else that is pretty different (from what I was expecting) instead. It's a good comedy. Some of the jokes felt forced and therefore, fell flat. But most were really funny and none has gone too far and become stupid/disgusting joke like we used to witness in most of these day's comedies.
The unexpected part, however, was the drama part. Although, sometimes it seriously needed for some energy. It was overall surprisingly well-handled, nicely done. Most of the characters have been written with care (not everyone, but most, especially the main ones). Especially with Amy Poehler's character, it's not a bland, one-dimension character at all (why was I expecting that? I have no idea). Sure nothing truly great, but at least the character is given some depth to it. At least, the script did care for this character. Even Steve Martin's character didn't come out as stupid as it sounds. And of course, a good character wouldn't have worked without a great performer. Everyone was great here. Though, I liked Amy Poehler the most.
It's such a surprise to find this movie being more of a character-driven film rather than a joke-driven one. It's not laugh-out-loud non-stop ride. Baby Mama is a dramedy about the relationship of two person who happen to be a woman and a woman. As odd as it sounds, but thanks to the chemistry between Fey and Poehler, it's funny, sweet and charming.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: Baby Mama
JURiNG wrote: Unexpectedly good. I was expecting something but got something else that is pretty different (from what I was expecting) instead. It's a good comedy. Some of the jokes felt forced and therefore, fell flat. But most were really funny and none has gone too far and become stupid/disgusting joke like we used to witness in most of these day's comedies.
The unexpected part, however, was the drama part. Although, sometimes it seriously needed for some energy. It was overall surprisingly well-handled, nicely done. Most of the characters have been written with care (not everyone, but most, especially the main ones). Especially with Amy Poehler's character, it's not a bland, one-dimension character at all (why was I expecting that? I have no idea). Sure nothing truly great, but at least the character is given some depth to it. At least, the script did care for this character. Even Steve Martin's character didn't come out as stupid as it sounds. And of course, a good character wouldn't have worked without a great performer. Everyone was great here. Though, I liked Amy Poehler the most.
It's such a surprise to find this movie being more of a character-driven film rather than a joke-driven one. It's not laugh-out-loud non-stop ride. Baby Mama is a dramedy about the relationship of two person who happen to be a woman and a woman. As odd as it sounds, but thanks to the chemistry between Fey and Poehler, it's funny, sweet and charming.
B After all that - - that beautifully lucid and heartfelt sounding review - - after all that - - you rate the movie a " B"?!?!? I don't know you anymore...
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:12 am |
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JURiNG
ef star star kay
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 7:45 pm Posts: 3016 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Re: Baby Mama
it was originally B+, then I edited to B.. and now I'm not so sure anymore..
it's about B/B+, I think.. give me sometime..
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Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:20 am |
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Magic Mike
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Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Baby Mama
BABY MAMA - 8/10 (B+)
Cute and funny. Fey and Poehler are great.
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Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:21 pm |
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Shack
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Joined: Sun Jul 31, 2005 2:30 am Posts: 37994
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Re: Baby Mama
This is such an eerie movie now
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Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:14 pm |
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Libs
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:38 pm Posts: 48626 Location: Arlington, VA
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Re: Baby Mama
Shack wrote: This is such an eerie movie now Because of Tina Fey's resemblance to Sarah Palin? And you know, the whole Palin's Daughter Is Pregnant Funfest.
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Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:24 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34876 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Baby Mama
Libs wrote: Shack wrote: This is such an eerie movie now Because of Tina Fey's resemblance to Sarah Palin? And you know, the whole Palin's Daughter Is Pregnant Funfest. Ha! My dad thought Tina Fey was Sarah Palin . Not sure if he was kidding or not. I guess I can see the resemblance (ok, obviously I can), but I find the comparison offensive . Fey is actually quite sexy, IMO. To call Palin the same would be, well, eew .
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TonyMontana
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Re: Baby Mama
With any other actors, it would have been an average movie, but Tina Fey and Amy Poehler make it much more enjoyable.
My main beef with the movie is you could see the ending coming a mile away, and it felt like a tacked on "happy ending" that was unbelievable. I would have much rather seen a more realistic ending, and think you could have still made that be a "happy" one.
Still, it's a B.
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matatonio
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Re: Baby Mama
Very predictible and not the most "original" movie but it was damn funny, cute and quite enjoyble. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were great!.
B+
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Tue Oct 07, 2008 2:10 am |
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The Wall
Joined: Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 am Posts: 16163 Location: Croatia
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Re: Baby Mama
4/10 -> D
Boring. Not funny at all. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler seem to have one mode of acting, which works well in skittish shows like SNL, 30 Rock or Parks & Recreations, but it felt offputting in this movie.
Oh, have I mentioned it's not funny? It's desperate.
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