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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIt's the chemistry between the stars that makes the film stand out in a drab spring.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyFey is a delight to watch throughout.
- 70SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekAn essentially sweet-natured picture that doesn't go as far as it could.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickSurely, if Fey herself had written Baby Mama, this mild cross between "Baby Boom" and "The Odd Couple" would not be so crushingly predictable.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere's nothing terribly wrong with Baby Mama but it's probably better suited for viewing on television, where many of the participants cut their teeth. This is small screen stuff masquerading as something bigger.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenBaby Boom serves up plenty of smart, knowing laughs early on, but by the time it hits the third act (or would that be trimester?), it barely crawls to the finish line.
- 60The New YorkerAnthony LaneThe New YorkerAnthony LaneThere are gags and scraps of action that give the movie fits of buoyancy, and these tend to come not so much from the younger, eager performers as from the old hands.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceUltimately, that's all this shrugging disappointment is: a "Saturday Night Live" sketch stretched a good hour past its breaking point of no return.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMidway through I started wondering why I wasn't laughing more. "Baby Mama" was not written by Fey and/or Poehler, which may be the reason.
- 40Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleJust like it is in the world of "SNL" that Fey, Poehler, and McCullers sprang from, the choice gets made time and again to aim not for the high road but for the great, big, fat, juicy, unchallenging, uncontroversial middle ground, where everybody’s laughing but nothing is all that funny.