Okay, on three, now push it, push it real good. Last year’s trend of “I’m pregnant!” laffs continues into 2008 with a twist called Baby Mama. See, Tina Fey’s character can’t get pregnant, so she hires an uneducated chick from South Philly to be her surrogate, or as some might loosely refer to on “the streets”: a “baby mama”! Fey’s homegirl from the SNL “Weekend Update” years, Amy Poehler, gets her baby mama on, squatting in a sink, eating junk, watching monster truck rallies, giving delayed response, and possibly using PAM spray to deliver. Sigourney Weaver and Dax Shepard (still in Idiocracy mode) also appear, ranking about a 4 and a 5 on the laugh-o-meter, respectively. And that guy from Weeds and Blades of Glory, Romany Malco, stops by as a door man to do a pretty nice infantile DMX-imitation.
Poehler and Fey have just the amount of smarty-pants chemistry to pull this off, but it’s borderline. It also looks incredibly safe for two of the strongest comic female voices at this level. I am glad to see that Poehler’s not rocking cornrows and a Bugs Bunny-as-drug dealer t-shirt, because that would be obnoxious and way predictable. Also, it’s like both of them have a mega-watt “glow” in the trailer that screams healthy. Girls love to see that. You know what I would have liked to see? Tracy Morgan. I mean, this guy majors in preggo comedy and makes Fey’s 30 Rock run full blast. Maybe he was busy with the real thing. Here’s the trailer, which glows radiantly to The Cars’ “Just What I Needed.”
You can also watch the trailer in High Definition on AOL.com. Baby Mama hits theaters on April 25th 2008.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Dear Universal Executive: Knocked Up and Juno were funny because they were well written and performed, not because they dealt with pregnancy.
January 16th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
“You know what I would have liked to see? Tracy Morgan. ”
You just lost all credibility Hunter..In fact, you are dead to me now.
:P
January 16th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
@R&J
Werewolf
Bar
Mitzvah
That is all
January 16th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
More “wacky” and “zany” from hollywood!
January 16th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I think Tina Fey is a talented writer with a knack for adding humility and realism to otherwise outlandish situations, but this movie doesn’t look too promising. Sure, if done well it could follow in the footsteps of “Knocked Up” and “Juno,” but if not, it will just end up like some painfully drawn out SNL skit.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Yeah, this doesn’t look too great, and I didn’t really think it looked great with the first look photo a while back, either. Though Hunter’s most recent comment is 100% credible.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Tina Fey didn’t write it.
January 16th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
I think Fey is sexy. There I said it. Doesn’t mean I’ll be in line with a ticket. Can this website start a weekly run of the “Crap Hollywood Thinks People Will Buy” - sort of a negative man’s “Cool Stuff.” Everyone seems to enjoy the bashing of regular cinema, lets give the true shlock (Shrooms, anyone?) a little bit of the lime light. Just an idea. Shoot at will.
January 16th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
If only some really talented writer - like Tina Fey - had been available to do a punch up…
Sad to see my girls Tina and Amy (I’ve got not so secret crushes on both!) in something that looks to be less entertaining than old Weekend Update bits. Sigh.
January 16th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
I saw this (alone, mind you, which is why I’m so eager to talk about it with people) at a pre-screening at a local mall. It was alright, had some laughs, but ultimately not as enjoyable as the previous SNL based “Mean Girls.” The cast is, as you can see, full of excellent comedians who all do a great job of supporting a somewhat forgetful script.
The trailer surprisingly omits Steve Martin who is, as you might expect, one of the funniest parts of the film.
January 17th, 2008 at 8:22 am
Am I the only one who doesn’t think Tina Fey is the greatest thing on Earth and that this movie is SO 1996?
January 17th, 2008 at 10:56 am
@Robert.
You are not alone! I’m not a fan of Tina Fey.
I don’t think she’s as good as everyone says she is
and I feel she is overrated.
I think this movie looks dumb downed and full of clichés.
The only time I laughed is when the mom was asking
her kid what was all over him. That was a genuine
funny mom moment, though I would never have licked
my kid, I can see another woman doing just that.
Tracy Morgan -sigh- I simply cannot comment on how non-funny
he is. I don’t think he’s ever made me laugh and makes me cringe
every time he pops up 30 Rock (a show I also find way overrated) The man can’t act.
The only good thing about 30 Rock is Alec Baldwin who is the
reason I will occasionally tune into the show. He has the best
lines and is wholly unlikable.
January 17th, 2008 at 11:11 am
I don’t think she’s the “greatest thing on earth” but I do think she is genuinely talented and funny writer. I’m not sure she had a hand in penning this movie though– it just happens to star her and is produced by Lorne Michaels.
As for the person who hates 30 Rock: if you’ve only watched one of the first half of the first season give it a try now– see if you like it because I do think it got better as time went on. If you have watched a recent episode and still don’t like it than whatever, I’m not going to hate you for not liking something.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
cool movie i wanna see it