Baby Mama

Former Saturday Night Live "Weekend Update" co-anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler co-star in this baby-fever comedy about a single, career-oriented woman who previously put parenthood on hold, and is forced to hire a surrogate mother when she discovers there is only a one-in-a-million chance that she ...more

After working together for nearly six years on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler were torn apart.  The former has created and moved on to a critically acclaimed NBC comedy, while the latter has stayed firmly put, continuing to pull her weight alongside a new crew of funny gals.  For those that bristled at the demise of the brunette-blonde duo, starting this weekend you can find solace in the arms of Baby Mama.  It's the pair's sweet big screen reunion. Written and ...more

The duo at the center of Baby Mama -- Tina Fey, as a corporate climber with a loudly ticking biological clock, and Amy Poehler, as the uneducated slob hired to be her surrogate mom -- are to comedy what Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were to dancing. They trust each other, and they know each other's rhythms so well they can trade off who gets to be the straight man and who gets to deliver the laugh lines. If the film were just the two of them, it would be worth recommending, but writer/director ...more