Tina Fey and Amy Poehler delivered a great comedy to theaters last Friday. Tongue-in-Cheek laughs mixed with sarcastic humor makes this one of my personal favorites for the year thus far. The two Saturday Night Live alums team up once again; this time holding off another contender for Top Comedy, ‘Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay.’
Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a single, 37 year old business woman, hears her maternal time clock ticking loud and clear. After failed attempts of in vitro and adoption, Kate decides to pay a ridiculous amount of money ($100,000) to use an agency which finds surrogate mothers with wombs for hire.
Kate is finally paired up with Angie (Amy Poehler), a questionable woman who really has nothing more to offer the world besides her uterus. After a fight with her man, Angie moves into Kate’s sophisticated home and becomes her own personal leach. Their contrasting morals, socioeconomics and wardrobe choices are humorously obvious from the beginning. But, Kate will get her baby, and Angie, $20,000 dollars; so the pro’s seem to outweigh the con’s.
Although the humor never slows throughout the movie, there is a turn of events that is sure to shock the interested, making it seem like not such a “happily ever after” movie after all. Kate also finally finds the perfect man for her, who owns a smoothie shop right down the street from where her new Natural Food’s smoothie shop is going up. Kate also teaches Angie good life lessons, like healthy eating, how to swallow huge “horse” pills, and the all important rule: No peeing in the sink!
With a slew of appearances by known actors, (Sigourney Weaver, Steve Martin, Dax Shepard, and Greg Kinnear) it seems like there will be a enough laughs to make even the most manly-man smirk. There is plently of laugh out loud moments, mixed with a few giggles, “ooohs”, “aaahhs”, and “Oh My God, did that really just happen?’s” that it attracted many different types pf people to the theater.
If you haven’t seen it and are a big fan of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, or are just looking for a terrific girls night out comedy, this is definitely the movie to see! Otherwise, this maybe a movie better seen at home.
Tags:
comedy,
Reviews