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April 25, 2008

At the Movies: 'Baby Mama' blows chance to rip on Mommy culture

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic

Tina Fey didn't write “Baby Mama,” though you'd be forgiven for walking into it and assuming she did. After all, her face appears prominently on the movie's ubiquitous posters, alongside that of co-star and former “Saturday Night Live” cast mate Amy Poehler.

BABY MAMA

Director: Michael McCullers

Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Dax Shepard

Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference

Running time: 98 minutes
The script actually comes from first-time director Michael McCullers, who previously wrote the second and third “Austin Powers” movies, but it could have used more of the mean girl. Mommy culture, with its capacity for smugness and solipsism, seems like a ripe topic for parody, but “Baby Mama” approaches it with kid gloves.


 
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