''The Babymakers'' is a 2012 American

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

film directed by

Jay Chandrasekhar Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken ...

, and starring Paul Schneider,

Olivia Munn Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress. After an internship at a news station in Tulsa, she moved to Los Angeles where she began her professional career as a television host for the gaming network G4, and on the series '' ...

and Kevin Heffernan. Chandrasekhar and Heffernan are both members of

Broken Lizard Broken Lizard is an American comedy troupe that comprises Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan (actor), Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of their films, wi ...

. 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.

Plot

After trying everything to get his wife Audrey (Munn) pregnant, Tommy (Schneider) suspects that he may be

infertile In biology, infertility is the inability of a male and female organism to reproduce. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy organism that has reached sexual maturity, so children who have not undergone puberty, which is the body's sta ...

. He recruits his friend (Heffernan) to help him rob a sperm bank where he once made a donation.

Cast

* Paul Schneider as Tommy Macklin *

as Audrey Macklin *

Wood Harris Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his role as Motaw in the Jeff Pollack film '' Above the Rim'' (1994), prior to portraying high school football player Julius Campbell in t ...

as Darrell * Kevin Heffernan as Wade *

Nat Faxon Nathaniel Wales Faxon (born October 11, 1975) is an American actor and comedian. A frequent presence on comedic films and TV series, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing ''The Descendants'' (2011). He starred in the ...

as Zig-Zag *

as Ron Jon *

Constance Zimmer Constance Zimmer (born October 11, 1970) is an American actress. She rose to prominence playing Dana Gordon on the HBO series ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'' (2005–11) and List of Boston Legal characters#Claire Simms, Claire Sim ...

as Mona *

Aisha Tyler Aisha Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Criminal Minds'' since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two ...

as Karen *

Jude Ciccolella Richard Jude Ciccolella (born November 30, 1947) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing Mike Novick in the television series '' 24'' from 2001 to 2006. Life and career Ciccolella was born in Burlington, Vermont, and spen ...

as Coach Stubbs * Tom Wright as Butcher *

Tommy Dewey Thomas R. Dewey (born August 3, 1978) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He co-starred in the Hulu original series ''Casual (TV series), Casual.'' Early life Dewey was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He went to Mountain Brook High School, ...

as Todd *

Sharon Maughan Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress. She became internationally recognised in the 1980s from the Gold Blend couple television advertisements for Nescafé instant coffee, (Taster's Choice in the United States) along ...

as Dr. Roberts * Tony Sancho as Pedro * Philippe Brenninkmeyer as Dr. Vickery *

Helena Mattsson Helena Mattsson (born March 30, 1984) is a Swedish actress. She began her career appearing in Swedish stage productions before moving to United States. She starred in the 2007 science fiction action thriller film ''Species – The Awakening'' ...

as Tanya * Desi Lydic as Julie *

Bill Fagerbakke William Fagerbakke ( ; born October 4, 1957) is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' franchise, and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom '' Coach''. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom ' ...

as Clark * Jeanne Sakata as Wanda * Hayes MacArthur as Leslie Jenkins *

Marc Evan Jackson Marc Evan Jackson (born August 21, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Some of his roles include Sparks Nevada in the '' Thrilling Adventure Hour'', Kevin Cozner in ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' (he also hosts a podcast based on the sitcom, titled ...

as Jefferey *

Collette Wolfe Collette Wolfe is an American actress known for her roles in films including '' Observe and Report'' (2009), ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), and ''Young Adult'' (2011). Early life Wolfe was raised in Virginia, where she was the King George ...

as Allison * Miles Fisher as Groom *

Noureen DeWulf Noureen DeWulf (née Ahmed) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for her film roles in '' West Bank Story'' (2005), ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009), and ''The Back-up Plan'' (2010). She also starred as Lacey on the sitcom ...

as Bride *

Rick Overton Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include ''Dennis Miller Live'' (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include '' Gung Ho'' and '' O ...

as Officer Raspler * M. C. Gainey as Officer Malloy * Candace Smith as Roxie *

Lindsey Kraft Lindsey Brooke Kraft (born January 23, 1983) is an American actress, model and writer. She is best known for playing Marguerite Macaw on '' Getting On'', Leslie Curry on '' Living Biblically'', and Allison on '' Grace and Frankie''. Kraft has a ...

as Greta

Reception

The film has received largely negative reviews. Review aggregation website

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

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."

Roger Ebert Roger Joseph Ebert ( ; June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013) was an American Film criticism, film critic, film historian, journalist, essayist, screenwriter and author. He wrote for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' from 1967 until his death in 2013. Eber ...

gave the film 1 star out of 4.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Babymakers Broken Lizard American comedy films 2010s English-language films Films scored by Edward Shearmur 2012 films 2012 comedy films Films directed by Jay Chandrasekhar Films produced by Jason Blum Blumhouse Productions films 2010s American films English-language comedy films