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.
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,
25 Apr 2008
rotten:
It's clumsy, not cute, an amateur show that's eager to amuse by any means.
– Joe Morgenstern,
Wall Street Journal,
25 Apr 2008
fresh:
Enough laughs for me to recommend.
– Richard Roeper,
Ebert & Roeper,
28 Apr 2008
fresh:
Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp.
– Lisa Schwarzbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Apr 2008
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.