The Babymakers | |
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Directed by | Jay Chandrasekhar |
Written by | Peter Gaulke Gerry Swallow |
Produced by | Jay Chandrasekhar Jason Blum Brian Kavanaugh-Jones |
Starring | Paul Schneider Olivia Munn Kevin Heffernan Nat Faxon Aisha Tyler Constance Zimmer |
Cinematography | Frank G. DeMarco |
Edited by | Brad Katz |
Music by | Edward Shearmur |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Millennium Entertainment |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million [1] |
Box office | $475,511 [2] |
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.
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. [3] [4]
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." [5]
Roger Ebert gave the film 1 star out of 4. [6]
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