Article: Comedy delivers plenty of laughs; baby mama 12A ****.(Features)

Article: Womb Mates; In 'Baby Mama,' The Laughs Have Time to Gestate
The Washington Post;  April 25, 2008 ;     687 words ..."Baby Mama" isn't exactly laugh-out-loud funny...comedy of 21st-century manners. As "Baby Mama" opens, Kate Holbrook (Fey) explains...after I discontinued high school," and "Baby Mama" continues in this vein, almost but not...

Article: Film Review: Baby Mama: Surrogacy jokes fail to deliver
Scotland on Sunday;  July 27, 2008 ;     369 words ...BABY MAMA (12A) *** Director: Michael McCullers...comedy, option two never gets explored in Baby Mama. Instead it arrives pregnant with a groanworthy...why she shouldn't urinate in the sink. Baby Mama's main star is Fey, who created Five's...

Article: Despite limitations, 'Baby Mama' delivers.(L&E, Suburban Life & Entertainment)(Movie review)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 24, 2008 ;     578 words ...Byline: Dann Gire Daily Herald Film Critic Baby Mama ** 1/2 stars Starring: Tina Fey, Amy...cuter than buttons, and her new comedy, Baby Mama, punches most of the right ones when...biological clock has sounded the alarm. Baby Mama works like a lighter, frothier version...

Article: Predictable 'Baby Mama' inconceivably comic.(Time Out!)(Movie review)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  April 25, 2008 ;     577 words ......Herald Film Critic dgire@@dailyherald.com Baby Mama * * 1/2 Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler...cuter than buttons, and her new comedy, Baby Mama, punches most of the right ones when...biological clock has sounded the alarm. Baby Mama works like a lighter, frothier version...

Article: 'Baby Mama' delivers laughs.(Life-Screens)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 25, 2008 ;     656 words ......instant comedy. The funny, felicitous Baby Mama exploits every stage of pregnancy except...this kinetic blond Gumby doll, Fey is Baby Mama's decent and slightly alarmed straight...a busybody doorman, defining the term baby mama (n, slang); and Steve Martin, as Kate...

Article: Boring and juvenile 'Baby Mama' a whole lot of blah
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  May 1, 2008 ;     577 words ......SNL colleague, Amy Poehler, can save "Baby Mama." This surrogate mother comedy comes...convoluted and not a very compelling story, "Baby Mama" resorts to another tired formula. Fey...which fall miserably flat - I hoped "Baby Mama" would have given more insight into the...

Article: 'Baby Mama' a chick flick even for the guys
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  May 9, 2008 ;     551 words ......and "30 Rock" and in the new movie "Baby Mama" to be the new queens of comedy. One...together, and they make a movie like "Baby Mama" an enjoyable time at the show, even...likeable and the movie is funny enough that "Baby Mama" turns out to guy-friendly, too. Guys...

Article: BABY MAMA
Monterey County Weekly;  May 15, 2008 ;     82 words ...BABY MAMA * 1/2 It's easy to imagine Baby Mama's surrogate pregnancy plot as a multiple-episode, sweeps-month...because the 30 Rock story would be snappy and insightful, whereas Baby Mama is leaden and obvious. Former Saturday Night Live writer Michael...

Article: 88 Minutes / Baby Mama
Pittsburgh City Paper;  April 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ...88 Minutes / Baby Mama The Clock Is Ticking WHAT DO A SERIAL-KILL...decides kill the murderer first. In Baby Mama, meanwhile, it's the countdown of a...domestic in Michael McCuller's comedy Baby Mama, which toggles between wry and easy...

Article: BABY BOOMER ; 'Baby Mama' delivers healthy laughs
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  April 25, 2008 ;     292 words ......teams born on "Saturday Night Live." In "Baby Mama" this dynamic duo delivers the laughs...first-time director Michael McCullers spares "Baby Mama" a long labor. It's just the right length...is the unlikely voice of reason as the baby mama drama unfolds. Sporting a ponytail, Steve...

Article: 'Baby Mama' one of year's funniest
Post-Tribune (IN);  April 25, 2008 ;     515 words ......and "chemistry." It doesn't hurt that "Baby Mama" also features a well-honed script and...be released so far this year. While "Baby Mama" will be quickly perceived as a "chick...For while it is hilariously funny, "Baby Mama" also makes some poignant statements...

Article: Fox News graphic refers to Michelle Obama as 'baby mama'.(Front)
The Virginian Pilot;  June 13, 2008 ;     418 words ......referred to Michelle Obama as Obama's baby mama in a graphic Wednesday, the latest in...Outraged liberals: Stop picking on Obama's baby mama was flashed during an interview with...her make political phone calls. Obama's baby mama was never said on the air. Malkin said...

Article: 'BABY MAMA' PROVES FEMALE DUO CAN BE FUNNY.(77 SQUARE)(TOP OF THE QUEUE)(Column)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  September 4, 2008 ;     697 words ......The article came out about the same time Baby Mama did, and both featured the fabulous Tina Fey. Baby Mama, while quite entertaining, certainly wouldn...may just turn up here. But in watching Baby Mama, in which Fey plays a high-strung career...

Article: 'Baby Mama' more painful than childbirth
Redlands Daily Facts;  May 2, 2008 ;     529 words ......expectations of the romantic comedy. "Baby Mama" is not one of these movies. I'm a fan...the last few years, and I went to see "Baby Mama" mostly because she was in it. I figured...disgusting-spectacle-that-NO-ONE-should- ever-have-to-see-EVER) of life. "Baby Mama," on the other hand ...