Baby Mama Review

Amy Poehler & Tina Fey are great together in this movie.  I've been a fan of both of them for awhile now, but seeing them together in this movie was the best they've ever been!  Amy Poehler plays surrogate mother, Angie, who is just like a big kid herself.  She has no concept of what's appropriate and what's not, she doesn't know how to really fit into adult life whatsoever.  Tiny Fey plays responsible Mother-want-to-be, Kate.  Kate is the polar opposite of Angie; she's responsible, successful, and a major control freak.  Watching these two funny women together is similar to watching The Odd Couple, because that's what they are.

And, hey, the men in the show were great too!  I enjoyed Romany Malco as Oscar, the doorman at Kate's apartment.  Remember him from 40 Year Old Virgin?  He's just as funny in this movie as in that one, I just wish he had a bigger part.  Also Greg Kinnear does a nice job as playing Kate's love interest in the movie.

But the scene stealer BY FAR was Steve Martin! I didn't even know he was in this movie, but he is H*I*L*A*R*I*O*U*S as Kate's boss, Barry.  He's still kind of stuck in the "free love" era, and every single scene he's in...he steals it.  He was fantastic.

There really wasn't much that was inappropriate in this movie.  There wasn't much bad language, no nudity, no sex scenes.....I'd have no problem letting my eleven year old watch this movie.  In fact, I'd probably let my seven year old see it too.  I know they'd get a kick out of many of the scenes in the movie.  I think children would be drawn to Amy Poehler's character.