Blu-Ray Movie Review: Baby Momma

I have loved the comic genius that comes from both Tina Fey, and Amy Poehler, and as soon as the hit flick Baby Momma was available to rent on Blu-Ray, I scooped up a copy.

Baby Momma is about a woman named Kate (Tina Fey) who is told by her doctor that she cannot have children due to her T shaped uterus. Kate's biological clock is ticking though, and everywhere she goes she sees baby's.

When she feels she has been left with no other choice, she searches for a surrogate mother with the help of Chaffee Bicknell Surrogacy Center. Sigourney Weaver plays the owner of this company, and oddly enough she actually delivers some pretty funny lines.

The agency hooks her up with Angie, (Amy Poehler) a low class woman who is rude, vile, and crass. Kate however is so desperate for a baby, she goes ahead with the procedure of making Angie the surrogate mother.

Not too long after meeting with Angie, she shows up at Kate's house with her bags and tells Kate that she just broke up with her boyfriend and naturally Kate offers Angie a place to stay till she has the baby, or finds a place of her own.

This is where the movie takes a turn from funny, to downright hilarious.

Kate is a clean kept upper working class woman, while Angie is basically portrayed as white trash. There are so many scenes that will have you downright gut bust laughing. One particular scene Angie cannot get the baby proofed toilet lid up so she takes it upon herself to use Kate's sink as a place to take a pee.

Not long into the movie Angie takes a genuine liking towards Kate, and has a secret she doesn't want to tell her. It turns out Angie never was pregnant. The procedure failed from the get go, but Angie now likes Kate so much that she does not have the heart to tell her.

During a routine check up on the baby's progress though, we discover that Angie was in fact pregnant all along! Things though are not what they seem, and without ruining the twist that the movie delivers I will say that Baby Momma is a pretty funny movie.

Tina Fey is hilarious, and without Amy Poehler as her trailer park Baby Momma, the movie would not have been the same.

Besides these two stealing the comic limelight though, I had to add that Steve Martin plays as Barry, Kate's oddball quirky boss. Instead of rewarding his workers who do good things with money, he instead likes to reward them with uninterrupted eye contact. It's probably the weirdest thing I have ever seen, but his odd behavior is remarkable, and just fits in with the rest of the movie. Every scene Steve Martin is in, you will find yourself laughing out loud.

Blu-Ray Quality:
 
I try to rent/buy Blu-Ray whenever it is available, and Baby Momma is available on both regular DVD, and Blu-Ray disc. However if you play Blu-Ray discs often, you will notice that not all Blu-Rays are created equally. Some Blu-Rays look absolutely stunning, where others the difference between Blu-Ray and regular DVD is barely even noticeable.

Baby Momma is one of those Blu-Ray movies that does not add much extra special detail to the overall movie. In fact I imagine that a regular DVD played on my HDTV would look just as good.

Basically if you are looking to buy Baby Momma, buy it for less on a standard DVD and save yourself $15.00. It is not to be missed though, no matter what type of disc you are viewing it on.