The Babymakers

The Babymakers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jay Chandrasekhar
Produced by	Jay Chandrasekhar; Jason Blum; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Written by	Peter Gaulke; Gerry Swallow
Starring	Paul Schneider; Olivia Munn; Kevin Heffernan; Nat Faxon; Aisha Tyler; Constance Zimmer
Music by	Edward Shearmur
Cinematography	Frank G. DeMarco
Edited by	Brad Katz
Production; company	Blumhouse Productions; Duck Attack Films; Alliance Films; Automatik Entertainment; IM Global
Distributed by	Millennium Entertainment
Release date	August 3, 2012;
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$475,511[1]

The Babymakers is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, and starring Paul Schneider, Olivia Munn and Kevin Heffernan. Chandrasekhar and Heffernan are both members of Broken Lizard. The film received a limited release on August 3, 2012 in theaters and on video on demand services. It received a DVD and Blu-ray release September 18, 2012.

Synopsis

After trying everything to get his wife Audrey (Munn) pregnant, Tommy (Schneider) suspects that he may be infertile. He recruits his friend (Heffernan) to help him rob a sperm bank where he once made a donation.[2][3]

Cast

Paul Schneider as Tommy Macklin
Olivia Munn as Audrey Macklin
Wood Harris as Darrell
Kevin Heffernan as Wade
Nat Faxon as Zig-Zag
Jay Chandrasekhar as Ron Jon
Constance Zimmer as Mona
Aisha Tyler as Karen
Jude Ciccolella as Coach Stubbs
Tom Wright as Butcher
Tommy Dewey as Todd
Sharon Maughan as Dr. Roberts
Tony Sancho as Pedro
Philippe Brenninkmeyer as Dr. Vickery
Helena Mattsson as Tanya
Desi Lydic as Julie
Bill Fagerbakke as Clark
Jeanne Sakata as Wanda
Hayes MacArthur as Leslie Jenkins
Marc Evan Jackson as Jefferey
Collette Wolfe as Allison
Miles Fisher as Groom
Noureen DeWulf as Bride
Rick Overton as Officer Raspler
M. C. Gainey as Officer Malloy
Candace Smith as Roxie
Lindsey Kraft as Greta

Reception

The film has received largely negative reviews. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives a score of 8% based on 51 reviews, and an average rating of 3.5/10. The critical consensus states: "The Babymakers mistakes raunch for humor and, despite a few sporadic laughs, wastes its otherwise capable cast on gross-out gags and misfired one-liners."[4]

Roger Ebert gave the film 1 star out of 4.[5]

References

"The Babymakers (2012)". Box Office Mojo. 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
Genzlinger, Neil (2 August 2012). "Rob What Kind of Bank?". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
Coyle, Jake (2 August 2012). "Review: Half-baked 'Babymakers' comes up negative". The Times Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
"The Babymakers". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
Roger Ebert. "The Babymakers (R)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

External links

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[1] "The Babymakers (2012)". Box Office Mojo. 2012-08-09. Retrieved 2012-11-15.

[2] Genzlinger, Neil (2 August 2012). "Rob What Kind of Bank?". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

[3] Coyle, Jake (2 August 2012). "Review: Half-baked 'Babymakers' comes up negative". The Times Herald. Retrieved 3 August 2012.

[4] "The Babymakers". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

[5] Roger Ebert. "The Babymakers (R)". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 5 August 2012.