Baby Mama is a
comedy film from
Universal Pictures written and directed by
Michael McCullers and starring
Tina Fey,
Amy Poehler,
Greg Kinnear,
Romany Malco and
Dax Shepard.
Plot
Kate Holbrook (
Tina Fey), a successful single businesswoman that attended
The Wharton School from
Philadelphia, has always put her career before her personal life. Now in her late thirties, she has finally decided to have a child on her own, but her plans change when she discovers she has only the slimmest chance of becoming pregnant because she finds out her
uterus is T-shaped. Also denied the chance to adopt, Kate hires an
immature, obnoxious
South Philly girl named Angie Ostrowiski (
Amy Poehler) to become her
surrogate mother.
When Angie becomes pregnant, Kate begins preparing for motherhood in her own typically driven fashion — until her surrogate shows up at her door with no place to live. Their conflicting personalities put them at odds as Kate learns first-hand about balancing motherhood and career by catering to Angie's childish needs. As if this weren't enough Kate also begins dating the local owner of a blended juice cafe, Rob (
Greg Kinnear).