Metacritic Movie Ratings
Baby Mama Reviews

3.0

out of 100

Metascore^®
Mixed or average reviews
Based on a weighted average of all critic review scores.

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

75

out of 100

USA TodayClaudia Puig
Though the competition hasn't exactly been stiff, Fey and Poehler may well be the best female comedy duo since Lucy and Ethel.

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75

out of 100

Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
Although the big picture itself gets mushy, the small moments, especially involving Fey, are sharp.

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70

out of 100

VarietyTodd McCarthy
Fey is a delight to watch throughout.

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60

out of 100

Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
The movie hardly allows itself any sharp moments at all -- it's much too sweet-natured to be cruel, and much too cheerful to be angry. It probably could have pushed a few more buttons, but Baby Mama aims to please and succeeds.

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60

out of 100

The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Baby 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.

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50

out of 100

The New York TimesManohla Dargis
The film never comes fully to term, as it were: the visual style is sitcom functional, and even the zippiest jokes fall flat because of poor timing. But, much like the prickly, talented Ms. Fey, it pulls you in with a provocative and, at least in current American movies, unusual mix of female intelligence, awkwardness and chilled-to-the-bone mean.

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50

out of 100

Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
The show is redeemed by its co-stars, up to a point. They struggle womanfully, and sometimes successfully, to find truth in the script's silly symphony of false notes.

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