AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

VividSimon Simply Perfect

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Bob Hanson So many laugh out loud moments in this film, I was shocked to see the low ratings which is why I felt the need to write this review otherwise you could miss out on a gem of a comedy. Firstly the gags are perfectly executed and all the actors did a fine job. It starts off with a couple who decide to have a baby but soon realize they are having trouble conceiving. All their friends and family get involved some way or another. A third of the way in we are introduced to a thief (played by Jay Chandrasekhar) who just propels the comedy even further as they decide to break into a sperm bank. One of the funniest movies I've seen in ages. Highly recommended check it out.

Tony Heck "When they said you couldn't have your sperm back they robbed you of your future and you have every right to go take it back." On their three year anniversary Audrey (Munn) and Tommy (Schneider) decide its time to have a baby. After months and months of trying they end up going to see a specialist. After finding out that he is the problem he freaks out until his friends come up with a plan. They decide to break in to the sperm bank and take back Tommy's deposit. I had pretty high expectations going in to this one and it's mostly my doing. I have been trying to watch movies without seeing the previews for them first in order to not have any preconceived ideas and I say the preview for this one a ton. I will admit that it was still really funny and worth watching but this is another movie where it seems like the funniest parts are in the previews. I'm not saying there are other funny parts because I did laugh throughout but overall I would have to say I was a little disappointed. This is still very much worth watching though. Overall, funny throughout but I was hoping for funnier. I give it a B.

SnakesOnAnAfricanPlain As a big fan of Broken Lizard I was moderately excited about this film, even though it only included the involvement of two of the members, neither of whom had a hand in the script. The Babymakers sees a young couple trying for a baby but are unable to conceive. Tommy soon finds out that he has slow sperm, but he had donated sperm 5 years ago and everything was okay back then. The sperm bank refuses to give him back his sperm as it is promised to another couple, and so begins a plan to rob the sperm bank. A sperm bank heist movie is a great idea, but unfortunately Chandrasekhar doesn't quite capture the heist element too well. There's far too much time spent on little arguments which don't often add anything the to characters. I also found the film's tone to be very confusing. There were moments when it seemed as though the comedy should be played as very outrageous, but instead, bizarre moments were just sort of passed over. A lot of the film goes nowhere, and the heist doesn't take place until the last 20 minutes. It's a slow ride where nobody on screen seems that interested. There are a few laugh out loud lines, and some rather sweet chemistry between Schneider and Munn which should have taken more of the focus. The very last scene is the tone and humour the film should have aimed for throughout. It was warm, heartfelt, cute, and hilarious.

Christopher Smith Director Jay Chandrasekhar is responsible for some of the funniest movies of the past ten years with Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest all becoming well deserved cult favorites. However, none of those pictures ever received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics and his latest is no exception. With a title like The Babymakers, there is no way that this film is going to ever be considered anything approaching high art. Still, the horrendous reviews and low ratings that this movie has received is, in my opinion, not exactly fair. While the story may be thin and not every joke works perfectly, The Babymakers mostly succeeds in doing what it sets out to do in providing low-brow laughs. Chandrasekhar knows how to stage raunchy gags and does it well without any scenes becoming completely over-the-top or too cartoonish. There is a version of this flick that could have been of sitcom quality yet Chandrasekhar is able to keep things semi-grounded in reality which helps sell the overall premise. Also helping is that leads Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn have nice chemistry together and seem to know exactly the type of film they are making. I know Munn gets a lot of criticism from internet critics, but she gives a solid performance here that may silence some of those critics. Screenwriters Peter Gaulke (co-writer of Strange Wilderness, one of the funniest dumber-than-dumb comedies ever) and Gerry Swallow's script is better than expected even if it isn't the deepest piece of cinema ever written. The script's strongest asset is that it tackles the issue of infertility without treating the lead character as a joke or a punchline. Other characters may make jokes at his expense, but the audience is never made to feel like it should be laughing at the character. Even so, the character of Tommy is never developed to the point he probably should be. For example, little is said about what Tommy does for a living, something that should have been emphasized given the fact that the need for money plays a large part in the story. Had the characters been developed slightly more, this could have been one of the better comedies to come out in years. It's the fact that the movie is so funny that it's easy to forgive the fact that the story and characters aren't exactly 100% there. As it is, it's certainly worth a watch and funnier than most R-rated comedies that have come out in the past few years even if it isn't on par with Chandrasekhar's Super Troopers or Club Dread. 7/10