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Article: SMOOTH OVER THE BABY BUMPS; My breast friends: Amy Poehler.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- July 25, 2008
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Byline: CHRISTOPHER TOOKEY
Baby Mama (15)
Verdict: Average rom-com with two strong roles for talented women
HERE'S a lightweight romantic comedy that's to be welcomed, if only for the fact it offers juicy roles to talented writer-actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
However, there were times when I wished that Fey, who wrote the witty script for Mean Girls, had more of a hand in this screenplay.
Fey plays Kate, a 37-year-old businesswoman whose biological clock has stopped ticking. She's single, and her chances of conceiving are, according to her fertility specialist, 'one in a million'.
Career-wise, she's doing well. ...