Review: 'Baby Mama' delivers a few laughs

 
Tina Fey , Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver -- the cast is in place for hilarity in 'Baby Mama,' but as AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire reports, the script doesn't push them far enough. (April 25) [link]

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