Baby Mama Page #2

Synopsis: Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough ... After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Michael McCullers
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
55
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
PG-13
Year:
2008
99 min
$60,269,340
Website
2,098 Views


Yeah, well, you're gonna

have to sketch it,

'cause I didn't

bring a camera.

Okay, you did that on purpose,

didn't you? Trying to sabotage my art.

- This might be them.

- All right, I'm an artist.

- Oscar, this might be them.

- I want it to look artistic.

You told me to tell you when

you were sounding ignorant.

You're sounding ignorant.

- Angie?

- What?

I'm Kate.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

This is Carl, my husband.

Common-law.

He always says that.

Well, please,

come on in.

Thank you.

Listen, shut her down in

drive and slam it into park

or it'll start smoking, okay?

And I'll be back with this.

So, how long have

you two been together?

We met the summer after I

discontinued high school.

And we've been

together ever since.

He never officially

asked me to be his wife,

but he never asked me

to not be his wife either,

so things are going

pretty good.

Wow. The place is amazing.

Let me...

Beautiful.

Kind of looks like Kate

Hudson's New York pied--terre.

She read that somewhere. I don't

think she's saying it right.

No, she's saying it right.

Out of all the places

that we've interviewed at,

this is by far

the nicest.

What does

your husband do?

Well, I don't

have a husband.

Got this place all by yourself?

Must have a really fancy job.

Well, I am the vice president of

development for Round Earth Foods.

So you take over

if the president is shot?

Well...

- I like your shirt.

- Thanks.

It's a shirt-vest kind of...

I don't know.

I just like making styles and

stuff. It's something I like to do.

What, you don't

get down with rap?

Boy, somewhere in there

I have an old Salt-n-Pepa CD.

Hmm...

What do you do, Carl?

Carl is an

inventor/entrepreneur.

Yeah.

I'm still looking for

that home run, you know.

I mean, when I saw the iPod

the first time, I was like...

I mean, I could've

kicked myself.

That was

so hard on him.

Now we're pretty

tight on cash.

So that led you

to surrogacy?

Hey, I gotta say,

when I first thought about Angie

carrying someone else's baby,

I felt weird about it.

Then I thought,

"Oh, my God,

"if my wife's gotta have sex with

someone else's husband to do this... "

- Out of the question.

- "... that's gonna cost extra. "

It's out

of the question.

Wow.

This is a nice view.

So, have you

done this before?

No. But I know I'm good

at getting pregnant.

That's not

what I'm asking about.

You know,

we've all had our scares.

- No, not really.

- Me neither.

Pardon my asking this,

but how many couples, women,

how many people are you interviewing

before you make your decision?

I guess you're like

our sixth or seventh.

And how's it going?

Good.

You know how in science

they say that

everybody's aura gives off

a different color?

I can read those auras.

I'm very sensitive

to people's energies.

So, I meet new people

and I get exhausted.

Oh, yeah.

What color is my aura?

Let me see.

Sunsetty.

It's like a sunset.

- I'm really digging it.

- Good.

- Congratulations.

- Good, good.

Really good color.

Well, good.

Because I really hope

that you like me, Angie,

because I'm asking you for

a very big favor, you know.

You have a God-given ability

that I just don't have.

I know I could

be good at this.

I think you could, too.

And, you know,

it's nice to feel...

- Needed?

- Yeah. Needed.

Important, useful?

I like all those words.

Yeah, well, I can't do this

without you. I've tried.

I need you, Angie.

I'm gonna make

a decision.

I made my decision.

Decision made.

Kate, I want you to

put your baby inside me.

Angie, I'm gonna

put my baby inside you.

This stuff is good. What's

the street name for this?

So as you can see,

we've transferred three of Kate's

fertilized eggs to your womb, Angie.

Now with the hormones

you've been taking,

the probability

of success is about 60%.

You should continue taking the hormones

and get as much rest as possible.

And in about two weeks, you

can take a home pregnancy test.

I live right here.

Thanks for driving me

all the way home.

Carl couldn't leave the house 'cause

he's trying to win a radio contest.

Well, I would've

offered to do it anyway.

Here, let me give you

some money for gas.

No, no, please.

It's my treat.

Really?

Of course. Angie,

you don't understand.

I want to be there for you

every step of the way.

I hope you don't mind.

I bought you some groceries.

I thought you might want

to start eating organic.

That crap is for rich

people who hate themselves.

Sorry, this place

is such a mess.

I haven't had time

to clean up.

No, it has a nice

old-timey smell.

Is that an alligator?

Hellboy?

No, that's Carl's iguana.

Great. Well, I'm gonna put

this fruit in your refrigerator.

That's the song!

When they play Red Red Wine,

you gotta be the 103.7th caller.

- What up, baby lady?

- Hello.

Shut the door, Carl!

How am I gonna talk

through a door?

How can you be

the 103.7th caller?

Angie, I don't have time

to explain arithmetic to you.

That don't

make no sense.

I will see you in two weeks.

Please try to get some...

Would you grab my smokes?

You know you're not supposed to smoke

in front of me. I'm trying to quit.

- ... rest. Try to get some rest.

- Yeah, that's your situation, all right?

I'm in here trying to win us

Arena Football tickets.

Close the door, Carl.

So, what we're looking for

is at least 15,000 square feet

in the next cool neighborhood.

It can be open lots.

It can be buildings that

we buy and tear down,

although

no historic buildings.

We want to be perceived

as enhancing the neighborhood,

not destroying

its character.

Also, Barry would like to use

mostly found and recycled materials.

So that's gonna affect us,

zoning-wise.

I don't care what we spend,

but we have to get it right.

Shannon! Dante! Anybody?

Sorry about that. Welcome to

Super Fruity. What can I get you?

Does the Orange You

Glad I Didn't Say Banana?

in fact contain banana?

Yeah. Yeah,

but it's a good question.

I think the name's a little more

clever than it is informative.

Well, I will try it.

Okay.

Hey, I'm looking

for a new apartment.

What is your read

on this neighborhood?

The neighborhood's good. It's

good. It's changing a lot.

A lot of condos going up.

The real estate people

are trying to give it one of those

clever names,

they call it WeBeSoCa,

which is Webster, south

of Catherine, I guess.

How's business?

It's a little slow.

But kind of tough, you know,

going up against the man.

The cops?

Jamba Juice.

Jamba Juice is the man?

Yeah.

Corporate juice pimps.

Thought you should know, and you'll

feel free to tell your friends.

Okay. I will tell them.

Okay, now.

You have a super fruity day.

I want you to start

finding out

what's available between the 1500 block

and 1800 block of West Catherine Street.

Ron, I gotta call you back.

- Angie?

- Hi, it's Angie.

I know. I know.

So, any news?

Well, I peed on one of those

stick thingies, and it said yes.

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Michael McCullers

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