"Baby Mama"--Tina Fey plays Kate Holbrook a successful VP at a organic food grocery store chain who finds out at age 37 that she can't have children and hires a surrogate named Angie played by Amy Poehler to carry the child. Fey and Poehler obviously have chemistry from the SNL days and it pays off here in a pretty decent PG-13 rated comedy. At times this movie does feel like an extended SNL skit, but Poehler's work in particular saves the day. 

Toss in Steve Martin in a hilarious role as the President of the earth friendly food company, Sigourney Weaver as the the head strong woman running the surrogate parenting company and Greg Kinnear as Kate's love interest and what you end up with is a pretty decent date movie. You gotta take movies like this for what they are---and I don't think "chick flick" fit's the bill. It's a step above that. I would have preferred a bit sharper humor and maybe a more focused story line, but the bottom line is I laughed a lot in "Baby Mama" and I think you will too. 3 out of 5.

 Also this week- "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay", "Deception" and "The Visitor"

This week on DVD--"Charlie Wilson's War" would be the pick of the week--it was one of my honorable mentions from the best of 2007. I'd also recommend "The Orphanage" a scary Spanish film which proves you don't have to dumb down a movie to make it creepy.