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Baby Mama

Would you put your eggs in this basket?

2008 · 1h 39m · PG-13 Comedy, Romance
Directed by Michael McCullers

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Overview

A successful, single businesswoman who dreams of having a baby discovers she is infertile and hires a working class woman to be her unlikely surrogate.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Baby Mama adheres fairly closely to the conventions of the studio comedy, although it's never actually predictable, probably because the characters and subject matter are so novel.

Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp.

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Fresh

Enough laughs for me to recommend.

Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten

It's clumsy, not cute, an amateur show that's eager to amuse by any means.

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Fresh

Yes, the film doesn't offer many surprises and grows soft and predictable by its conclusion. But it does avoid the sappy sentimentality of the genre. The movie -- and its lead actresses -- charms us more than we might expect.

Claudia Puig, USA Today

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