My Baby's Daddy 2004

Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News: It feels both forced and mean-spirited, to say nothing of out-of-step with the hip-hop generation. Read more

Christy Lemire, Associated Press: There are some jokes here, and any of these situations could have been funny as skits. Taken together, they're incoherent. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Director Cheryl Dunye (The Watermelon Woman, Stranger Inside) has been fighting the good fight for years as an independent filmmaker, so I guess she's entitled to take the money and run. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: It's not the worst premise for humor dashed with a little wisdom, but the script, written by the film's star Eddie Griffin and others, is less than inspired and tends to blur the line between immaturity and just plain stupidity. Read more

Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly: Births a big litter of bad jokes for every chuckle it manages to squeeze out. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The antic, energetic performances are game, but they're overwhelmed by erratic pacing and disorganized writing. Read more

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: There are lots of cheap, easy gags and some uncomfortably incorrect humor, but the film has a good heart. Read more

Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly: A father wincing at the sight of his baby's green poop is the highlight of this laugh-free comedy. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It shouldn't have been screened at all. Read more

Jack Mathews, New York Daily News: How these guys are broken by their babies is hit-and-miss comedy, but the film's element of truth ... keeps it from sailing off the screen like the gas from its oh-so-many flatulence jokes. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: Cheryl Dunye's comedy follows three bachelor buddies on a journey toward maturity initiated by the simultaneous pregnancy of their girlfriends. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: Maybe the title should have been Three Men and a Turkey. Read more

Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle: It starts with implausible characters and descends into potty jokes (not just involving babies), racial stereotypes and a criminal lack of originality. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: That it took Griffin and three (credited) collaborators to come up with a script this by-numbers only proves once again that too many cooks homogenize the soup. Read more

David Ng, Village Voice: A tired send-up of hip-hop-isms that also aspires to be a Waiting to Exhale for men. Read more