* "me" in French
I became a Tina Fey fan while watching 30 Rock on Netflix Instant Watch. She's good - what can I say. Cute, witty, a great writer and actress, saucy and sassy. I really like her. So, I was looking forward to seeing her on the big screen. Instead, I saw her on my DVD player while sitting on the bed wearing earphones and my jammies
I was not disappointed, in Tina or her co-star, Amy Poehler. Actually, I think Amy upstaged Tina in this movie, but the part she played gave her the chance to upstage anyone - a hillbilly, weirdly fashion conscious, white trash surrogate mother person for Tina Fey. No, I don't remember their screen names, but that doesn't really matter in this review.
Tina Fey is supposedly infertile because her uterus is T shaped. OK. Events leading up to this discovery are constructed so that that they introduce other important characters into the picture. She goes to an agency for surrogacy run by Sigourney Weaver, who is looking her age, by the way, but looking good. Enter Amy Poehler, the surrogate. Dumping her loser boyfriend, she moves in with Amy. After these two hookup, it's one funny thing after another. Tina's uptight, Amy's not. Tina wants her baby (inside Amy) to eat healthy food, Amy doesn't give a rip. Tina begins child proofing the house which results in a hilarious scene when Amy cannot get the toilet lid open. They go to child birth classes together where Amy's comments regarding certain child birth aspects are something you must hear to appreciate. No, I won't quote them. See the movie.
Greg Kinnear (a cute guy, of course), Romy Malco (the doorman) and someone I've haven't heard of before and Steve Martin add greatly to the mix. Especially Steve Martin, who plays Tina's boss - a pony tailed, very new agey, health food grocery store tycoon with a pretty amazing ego.
Like most movies today, there are instances of uncommitted relational sex, sexual references and so on. If these are offensive to you, then don't see it. If you want to enjoy a movie, have some laughs and get over these smaller moral issues, then by George, rent that puppy and have a great time!
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