|
|
Article: Pregnant with possibilities, but a bit barren; Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can't quite deliver in "Baby Mama.".(SCENE)
- Article from:
- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Star Tribune Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: COLIN COVERT; STAFF WRITER
No stars are born in "Baby Mama." Neither Tina Fey nor Amy Poehler, former "Saturday Night Live" colleagues, has a compelling big-screen presence. And as a team they're no Martin and Lewis. Still, their lightweight double act passes the time agreeably.
Fey, fidgety and self-deprecating, plays Kate, a late-30s Philadelphia executive whose life has been defined by upward mobility and waning fertility. The perks of her job as a honcho for the Round Earth organic grocery chain include a swank apartment, a buttoned-down wardrobe and abundant face time with the firm's CEO, a sanctimonious Zen capitalist (Steve Martin in fine ...