Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
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.
Baby Mama is a competent but formulaic buddy comedy that leans heavily on the odd-couple dynamic between Fey and Poehler. The plot follows a predictable arc with few surprises, and the surrogate premise is played mostly for broad laughs rather than genuine insight. The two leads share strong chemistry and their comedic timing elevates the material above its script, but supporting characters are thinly drawn. Cinematography is workmanlike and unremarkable. The ending resolves too neatly, wrapping up multiple storylines in a rushed, feel-good fashion that undercuts any tension built earlier. There is little that distinguishes this from other mid-2000s studio comedies.