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{{Infobox Film
{{dablink|This article is about the Fatal Frame series. For the first installment in the series, see [[Fatal Frame (video game)]].}}
| name = Baby Mama
'''''Fatal Frame''''', known as '''''Project Zero''''' in [[Europe]] and [[Australia]] as {{nihongo|'''''Zero'''''|零|Zero|this is a pun; this kanji is normally read ''rei'', which can also mean "ghost"}}<ref>The [[kanji]] used here is [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/零 零], normally read ''rei'', which is homophonic with the kanji [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/霊 霊] ''rei'', for "ghost".</ref> in [[Japan]], is a [[survival horror]] [[video game]] series, so far consisting of four games and a [[spin-off]]. The first and second games in the series were released for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[Xbox]], the third game is only available for the PlayStation 2, and the fourth game has been released exclusively for the [[Wii]]. The series deals with [[ghost]]s, [[exorcism]], and dark [[Shintoism|Shinto]] [[ritual]]s.
| image = Baby mama.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Michael McCullers]]
| producer = [[Lorne Michaels]]<br>[[John Goldwyn]]
| writer = [[Michael McCullers]]
| starring = [[Tina Fey]]<br>[[Amy Poehler]]<br>[[Greg Kinnear]]<br>[[Romany Malco]]<br>[[Dax Shepard]]<br>[[Maura Tierney]]<br>[[Steve Martin]]<br>[[Sigourney Weaver]]
| music =
| cinematography = Daryn Okada
| editing = Bruce Green
| distributor = [[Universal Studios]]
| released = [[April 25]], [[2008 in film|2008]]
| runtime = 99 min.
| country = [[United States]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| budget = $30,000,000
| gross = $60,271,186
| website =
| amg_id = 1:375408
| imdb_id = 0871426
}}


{{otheruses|Baby mama (disambiguation)}}
Created by [[Tecmo]], ''Fatal Frame'' is one of the most well received survival horror games to date.<ref>[http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1210993_1124.html ”PlayStation2 the Best”と”PSP the Best”2007年11月のラインアップを紹介! / ファミ通.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The main object of the game is to solve a mystery which is linked to [[Japanese folklore]]. The player's main enemies are ghosts; a few are friendly, but most are not. The only form of defense is a [[camera obscura]], which allows the player to exorcise ghosts by taking a picture of them and seal their spirit in the film.
'''''Baby Mama''''' is a [[2008 in film|2008]] [[comedy film]] from [[Universal Pictures]] written and directed by [[Michael McCullers]] and starring [[Tina Fey]], [[Amy Poehler]], [[Greg Kinnear]], [[Romany Malco]] and [[Dax Shepard]].


==Main Series==
==Plot==
[[Image:Amy Poehler and Tina Fey by David Shankbone.jpg‎|left|thumb|Fey and Poehler at the premiere.]]
===''Fatal Frame'' (2001)===
{{main|Fatal Frame (video game)}}


Kate Holbrook ([[Tina Fey]]), a successful single businesswoman from [[Philadelphia]], has put her career before her personal life. At the age of 37, 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. Also denied adoption, Kate hires an immature, obnoxious [[South Philly]] girl, Angie Ostrowski ([[Amy Poehler]]), to become her [[surrogate mom]].
Chief producer of Fatal Frame, Makoto Shibata, described the inspiration for the game’s haunted house, "In an area outside Tokyo, there lies a mansion in which it’s said seven people were murdered in a grisly manner. On the same property, there lie three detached residences that surround the mansion, all of which are rumored to have ties to the mansion’s troubled past. It’s said there is an underground network of tunnels that lay beneath the premises, but nobody knows who made these tunnels or what purpose they served. Many inexplicable phenomenon have been reported occurring on the property. Bloody hand prints have been found splattered all over the walls. Spirits have been spotted on the premises… even in broad daylight. A narrow stairway leads to an attic where a spirit-sealed talisman is rumored to be locked away. Men have sought this talisman, only to be found later with their bodies broken and rope marks around their wrists. There’s a crumbling old statue of a woman in a kimono, and then it has no head. If you take a photo of a certain window, a young girl can be seen in the developed picture. These incidents have provoked fear in the people of Tokyo, and many believe that those who live near this area will become cursed. The deaths of those seven people are unexplained to this day."{{Who|date=July 2008}}{{Fact|date=July 2008}}


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]]).
After having received no news for over a week, [[Miku Hinasaki]] goes into the Himuro Mansion to look for her missing brother, Mafuyu Hinasaki. She finds no trace of her brother, save for her mother's old camera. Realizing that she is now trapped within the mansion, Miku continues searching for her brother and a way out. The game was later ported to the [[Xbox]]. The Xbox version included smoother graphics, more ghosts and an exclusive "Fatal Mode" that can be unlocked by completing the main game.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/adventure/fatalframe/news.html?sid=2894837&om_act=convert&om_clk=gsupdates&tag=updates;title;8 |title=Fatal Frame details - Xbox News at GameSpot: |accessdate=2007-08-13 |last=Calvert |first=Justin |coauthors=GameSpot |date=2002-10-16 }}</ref>


What Kate doesn't know is that Angie is feigning the pregnancy and that in fact the in-vitro fertilization did not succeed. Hoping to ultimately run off with her payment, Angie begins to regret the lie but continually puts off confessing until getting an ultrasound wherein she discovers she is actually pregnant. Realizing the baby is her own (and her boyfriend's -- Angie explains she was so distraught after her pregnancy test was negative that she ended up having sex with her boyfriend), Angie is forced to confess at Kate's baby shower. While Kate explains to Angie that the pregnancy test was supposed to be taken two weeks after the procedure, and that the baby could still in fact belong to her, this drives a wedge between the two women.
===''Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly'' (2003)===
{{main|Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly}}
Twin sisters Mio Amakura and Mayu Amakura are visiting a childhood play spot when Mayu follows a mysterious crimson butterfly deep into the woods. Concerned for her twin, Mio follows Mayu and the two girls are led to a lost village. When they reach the lost village they enter a house to find the camera obscura. Mio and Mayu have to uncover the mystery behind the Forbidden Crimson Ritual and why the village is cursed. Originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2003, a Director's Cut edition was later released for the Xbox in 2004. The director's cut added several updates to the gameplay, such as a first-person play mode, a survival mode, a new ending, enhanced graphics, and a greater number of alternate costumes to unlock.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/f/fatalframeIIcrimsonbutterfly/ |title=Xbox.com / Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly DIRECTOR'S CUT - Game Detail Page: |accessdate=2007-08-13 |publisher=Microsoft Game Studios }}</ref>


At the court hearing to definitively determine the maternity of the child, Angie makes an impassioned apology. The baby turns out to be Angie's. Meeting face to face after the proceedings, Angie's water breaks and Kate rushes her to the hospital.Upon arriving Angie is put in a wheelchair and says "It feels like I'm shitting a knife!!!" She then starts pushing people over. During Angie's delivery, Kate passes out. Upon waking she is told that she has become pregnant, the result of her relationship with her new boyfriend. After receiving the news, she goes to visit Angie, who is holding her new baby girl Stefani (named for [[Gwen Stefani]]), aka "Stef".
===''Fatal Frame III: The Tormented'' (2005)===
{{main|Fatal Frame III: The Tormented}}
Released only for the Playstation 2, the game follows Rei Kurosawa, a 23 year old freelance photographer. While on a freelance assignment taking pictures of a supposedly haunted mansion the image of her deceased fiancé appears in the photographs. Afterwards, Rei begins having strange recurring dreams of an old Japanese manor during a heavy snowfall and observes her fiancé entering the house. She follows his figure into the house, where the dream becomes a nightmare.


Angie and Kate raise their children and it appears that they are still friends one year later at Stefani's first birthday party. They continue their lives with their babies and Rob and Kate stay together. Carl stays close to his baby, but he and Angie are not together.
===''Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'' (2008)===
{{main|Fatal Frame IV}}
The fourth installment of the Fatal Frame series was developed for the Wii in co-production with [[Grasshopper Manufacture]].<ref>[http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3163198 Tecmo Planning Next Fatal Frame for Wii news from 1UP.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Tentatively titled ''Fatal Frame IV: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'' and published by Nintendo.<ref>[http://wii.ign.com/articles/848/848539p1.html IGN: Fatal Frame Wii Revealed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==Cast==
10 years prior to the events of the game, five young girls were captured and held hostage by a criminal in a mysterious house on Rougetsu Island. They were eventually rescued by Choushiro Kirishima, a detective pursuing the criminal. Several years after the incident, two of the girls (Marie Shinomiya and Tomoe Nanamura) died mysteriously. The three remaining girls, Misaki Asou, Ruka Minazuki, and Madoka Tsukimori, now 17 years old, return to the island to recover their lost memories and find out more of what happened that day. Choushiro follows the girls at the request of Ruka's mother, Sayaka Minazuki.
*[[Tina Fey]] as Kate Holbrook
*[[Amy Poehler]] as Angela Ostrowski
*[[Greg Kinnear]] as Rob Ackerman
*[[Romany Malco]] as Oscar Priyan
*[[Dax Shepard]] as Carl Loomis
*[[Maura Tierney]] as Caroline
*[[Sigourney Weaver]] as Chaffee Bicknell
*[[Steve Martin]] as Barry
*[[Holland Taylor]] as Rose
*[[Siobhan Fallon Hogan]] as Birthing Teacher this is a horribe movie!


==Critical reception==
===''Real: Another Edition'' (2004)===
''Baby Mama'' received mixed to generally positive reviews from critics. As of [[April 28]], [[2008]], the review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reported that 61% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 100 reviews, giving the film a "Certified Fresh" rating—with the consensus that the film is "a lightweight, predictable comedy with strong performances."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/baby_mama/ |title=Baby Mama Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=2008-04-28 |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 34 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/babymama |title=Baby Mama (2008): Reviews |accessdate=2008-04-28 |publisher=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>
Real: Another Edition is a cellular based [[spin-off]] of Fatal Frame that was released only in Japan in October, 2004. The game made use of a cellphone camera as the [[camera obscura]] and required the players to find ghosts and fight them. The game has more than 70 spirits that can be collected,<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/mobile/adventure/realzeroexperience/news.html?sid=6108757&om_act=convert&om_clk=newsfeatures&tag=newsfeatures;title;1 Real: Another Edition Impressions - Mobile News at GameSpot<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including some from the first two games in the series.


In a review for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, reproductive lawyer Melissa Brisman comments that this movie should be viewed as entertainment rather than as portraying surrogacy in a factual manner. Gestational Carriers are thoroughly screened by most programs and are subject to numerous requirements such as already having their own children, being in a stable relationship or having a strong support system and employment and having a suitable place of their own to live. The biological basis for this movie is also inaccurate. For example, due to close monitoring and medications typically taken to prepare the Gestational Carrier during the embryo transfer procedures, it is not possible for a surrogate to become pregnant with her own biological child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.resolve.org/site/PageServer?pagename=scent_Baby_Mama_Movie_Review |title=Gestational Surrogacy: Dispelling the Myths By Melissa Brisman, Esq. |accessdate=2008-05-27 }}</ref>
==Story background and history==
[[Image:fatalframefinal.gif|thumb|right|The character correlation chart of the first three games.]]
Throughout the series, references are made to Kunihiko Aso, a [[Fiction|fictitious]] Japanese "Occultist" that lived during the late nineteenth century. Using western technology, he developed inventions that would allow him and others to make contact with spirits in the "other world."


== DVD release ==
His inventions include the camera obscura, the primary weapon used to defend against ghosts throughout the series, the spirit stone radio, introduced in ''Fatal Frame II'' as a means to listen to the thoughts and memories of spirits that had been stored in special crystals, and a projector capable of displaying ghostly images captured on film that motion picture cameras could not see.


''Baby Mama'' was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] [[September 9]], [[2008]]. Extras included commentary with writer/director Michael McCullers and cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, From Conception to Delivery: The Making of Baby Mama Featurette, an alternate ending, deleted scenes, and Saturday Night Live: Legacy of Laughter.
According to ''Fatal Frame III'', Aso's various inventions were eventually scattered about Japan and are now heavily sought after by collectors. The camera obscura used by Miku in the first game had once belonged to her mother, and Mio finds a different camera obscura while exploring the lost village.


===Film===
A film was announced to be made by [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]] of [[DreamWorks|DreamWorks SKG]] in 2002.<ref>[http://www.mania.com/39829.html Fatal Frame<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Many fansites tipped [[Courtney Webb]] to play the lead heroine, although she has recently changed talent agencies and has since been led away from the project. Courtney Webb's company said she officially was dropping her interest in pursuing the project <ref>[http://www.cameraslens.com/movierumors.php Beyond The Camera's Lens<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>.


== Video on Demand ==
==References==
{{reflist}}


This film is available on Video on Demand October 8, 2008 through February 28, 2009.
==See also==
*[[Yūrei]]- Japanese ghost
*[[Onryō]]- vengeful Japanese ghosts
*[[Kagome Kagome]]- a children's game, featured in a puzzle in the first game


==Box office performance==
==External links==
In its opening weekend, ''Baby Mama'' grossed $17,407,110 in 2,543 theaters in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]], ranking #1 at the box office and averaging $6,845 per theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=babymama.htm |title=Baby Mama (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results |accessdate=2008-04-28 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref>
'''Fatal Frame'''
*[http://www.fatalframe.com/ Official US Website]
*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero/index2.htm Official Japanese Website]


As of [[July 13]], [[2008]], ''Baby Mama'' has grossed a total of $60.1 million in the United States and Canada,<ref name=mojo>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=babymama.htm |title=Baby Mama (2008) |accessdate=2008-05-26 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> over its $30 million budget.
'''Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly'''
*[http://www.fatalframe2.com/ Official US Website]
*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/zero2/ Official Japanese Website]
*[http://www.projectzero2.com/ Official European Website]


==References==
'''Fatal Frame III: The Tormented'''
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.tecmo.co.jp/product/zero3/ Official Japanese website]


==External links==
'''Fatal Frame IV: The Mask of the Lunar Eclipse'''
*{{imdb title|id=0871426|title=Baby Mama}}
*[http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r4zj/index.html Official Japanese website]
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*[http://www.babymamatrailer.com Baby Mama trailer and videoreview]
*[http://www.kewlbox.com/games/gameDetail.aspx?gameID=286 ''Baby Mama'' - Destination Insemination Game] at Kewlbox


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Baby Mama
Promotional poster
Directed byMichael McCullers
Written byMichael McCullers
Produced byLorne Michaels
John Goldwyn
StarringTina Fey
Amy Poehler
Greg Kinnear
Romany Malco
Dax Shepard
Maura Tierney
Steve Martin
Sigourney Weaver
CinematographyDaryn Okada
Edited byBruce Green
Distributed byUniversal Studios
Release dates
April 25, 2008
Running time
99 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000,000
Box office$60,271,186

Baby Mama is a 2008 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

Fey and Poehler at the premiere.

Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey), a successful single businesswoman from Philadelphia, has put her career before her personal life. At the age of 37, 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. Also denied adoption, Kate hires an immature, obnoxious South Philly girl, Angie Ostrowski (Amy Poehler), to become her surrogate mom.

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).

What Kate doesn't know is that Angie is feigning the pregnancy and that in fact the in-vitro fertilization did not succeed. Hoping to ultimately run off with her payment, Angie begins to regret the lie but continually puts off confessing until getting an ultrasound wherein she discovers she is actually pregnant. Realizing the baby is her own (and her boyfriend's -- Angie explains she was so distraught after her pregnancy test was negative that she ended up having sex with her boyfriend), Angie is forced to confess at Kate's baby shower. While Kate explains to Angie that the pregnancy test was supposed to be taken two weeks after the procedure, and that the baby could still in fact belong to her, this drives a wedge between the two women.

At the court hearing to definitively determine the maternity of the child, Angie makes an impassioned apology. The baby turns out to be Angie's. Meeting face to face after the proceedings, Angie's water breaks and Kate rushes her to the hospital.Upon arriving Angie is put in a wheelchair and says "It feels like I'm shitting a knife!!!" She then starts pushing people over. During Angie's delivery, Kate passes out. Upon waking she is told that she has become pregnant, the result of her relationship with her new boyfriend. After receiving the news, she goes to visit Angie, who is holding her new baby girl Stefani (named for Gwen Stefani), aka "Stef".

Angie and Kate raise their children and it appears that they are still friends one year later at Stefani's first birthday party. They continue their lives with their babies and Rob and Kate stay together. Carl stays close to his baby, but he and Angie are not together.

Cast

Critical reception

Baby Mama received mixed to generally positive reviews from critics. As of April 28, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 61% of critics gave the film positive reviews based on 100 reviews, giving the film a "Certified Fresh" rating—with the consensus that the film is "a lightweight, predictable comedy with strong performances."[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 34 reviews, indicating mixed or average reviews.[2]

In a review for RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, reproductive lawyer Melissa Brisman comments that this movie should be viewed as entertainment rather than as portraying surrogacy in a factual manner. Gestational Carriers are thoroughly screened by most programs and are subject to numerous requirements such as already having their own children, being in a stable relationship or having a strong support system and employment and having a suitable place of their own to live. The biological basis for this movie is also inaccurate. For example, due to close monitoring and medications typically taken to prepare the Gestational Carrier during the embryo transfer procedures, it is not possible for a surrogate to become pregnant with her own biological child.[3]

DVD release

Baby Mama was released on DVD and Blu-ray September 9, 2008. Extras included commentary with writer/director Michael McCullers and cast members Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, From Conception to Delivery: The Making of Baby Mama Featurette, an alternate ending, deleted scenes, and Saturday Night Live: Legacy of Laughter.


Video on Demand

This film is available on Video on Demand October 8, 2008 through February 28, 2009.

Box office performance

In its opening weekend, Baby Mama grossed $17,407,110 in 2,543 theaters in the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office and averaging $6,845 per theater.[4]

As of July 13, 2008, Baby Mama has grossed a total of $60.1 million in the United States and Canada,[5] over its $30 million budget.

References

  1. ^ "Baby Mama Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  2. ^ "Baby Mama (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  3. ^ "Gestational Surrogacy: Dispelling the Myths By Melissa Brisman, Esq". Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. ^ "Baby Mama (2008) - Weekend Box Office Results". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  5. ^ "Baby Mama (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-05-26.

External links

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