''The Babymakers'' is a 2012 American
comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or 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. The term o ...
film directed by
Jay Chandrasekhar
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...
, and starring
Paul Schneider,
Olivia Munn
Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and former television host. 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 netwo ...
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, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Erik Stolhanske. They collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of their films, with Chandrasekhar and He ...
. 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
Infertility is the inability of a person, animal or plant to reproduce by natural means. It is usually not the natural state of a healthy adult, except notably among certain eusocial species (mostly haplodiploid insects). It is the normal state ...
. He recruits his friend (Heffernan) to help him rob a sperm bank where he once made a donation.
Cast
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Paul Schneider as Tommy Macklin
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Olivia Munn
Lisa Olivia Munn (born July 3, 1980) is an American actress and former television host. 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 netwo ...
as Audrey Macklin
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Wood Harris
Sherwin David "Wood" Harris (born October 17, 1969) is an American actor. He has portrayed the drug kingpin Avon Barksdale on the HBO crime drama ''The Wire'', cocaine dealer Ace in '' Paid in Full'' and high school football player Julius Campbe ...
as Darrell
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Kevin Heffernan as Wade
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Nat Faxon
Nathaniel Faxon (born October 11, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. A frequent presence on comedic films and TV series, he won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for co-writing ''The Descendants'' (2011) ...
as Zig-Zag
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Jay Chandrasekhar
Jayanth Jambulingam Chandrasekhar (born April 9, 1968) is an American comedian, film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for his work with the sketch comedy group Broken Lizard and for directing and starring in the Broken Lizard ...
as Ron Jon
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Constance Zimmer
Constance Zimmer (born October 11, 1970) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for playing Dana Gordon in the television series '' Entourage'' (2005–2011) and Claire Simms in the television series ''Boston Legal'' (2006–2007). Sh ...
as Mona
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Aisha Tyler
Aisha Nilaja Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of ''Ghost Whisperer'', Tara Lewis (Criminal Minds), Dr. Tara Lewis in ''Crimi ...
as Karen
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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
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Tom Wright as Butcher
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Tommy Dewey
Thomas R. Dewey (born August 3, 1978) is an American actor, producer, and writer. He co-starred with Michaela Watkins in the Hulu original series '' Casual.''
Early life
Dewey was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He went to Mountain Brook High Schoo ...
as Todd
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Sharon Maughan
Sharon Patricia Maughan (born 22 June 1950) is a British actress.
Early life
Sharon Mughan grew up in Kirkby, Lancashire, with her four siblings. She later changed her surname to "Maughan".
Career
Upon graduating from RADA, Maughan gained ...
as Dr. Roberts
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Tony Sancho as Pedro
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Philippe Brenninkmeyer as Dr. Vickery
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Helena Mattsson
Helena Mattsson is a Swedish-American actress living and working in Hollywood.
Life and career
Mattsson was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. She began acting at a young age, performing in plays, musicals and concerts. She studied acting a ...
as Tanya
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Desi Lydic
Lani Desmonet Lydic ( ; born June 30, 1981) is an American comedian and actress who is a correspondent on ''The Daily Show'' with Trevor Noah. From 2011 to 2016, she starred as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series ''Aw ...
as Julie
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Bill Fagerbakke
William Fagerbakke ( ; born October 4, 1957) is an American actor. He voices Patrick Star in the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and played Michael "Dauber" Dybinski on the sitcom ''Coach''. He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitco ...
as Clark
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Jeanne Sakata
Jeanne Sakata (born April 8, 1954) is an American film, television and stage actress and playwright.
Career
Her appearances include supporting roles in episodes of '' Knots Landing'', ''LA Law'', ''Port Charles'', '' Providence'', ''Family Law' ...
as Wanda
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Hayes MacArthur
Hayes MacArthur (born April 16, 1977) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He starred in the TBS comedy series ''Angie Tribeca''.
Early life
MacArthur was born in Chicago to Bruce and Shelley MacArthur. His stepfather is businessman ...
as Leslie Jenkins
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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
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Collette Wolfe
Collette Wolfe (born April 4, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles in films such as ''Observe and Report'' (2009), ''Hot Tub Time Machine'' (2010), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Interstellar'' (2014).
Early life
Wolf ...
as Allison
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Miles Fisher
James Leslie Miles Fisher (born June 23, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, entrepreneur and musician. He made his debut in the CBS adaptation of the book '' True Women'' and had a starring role in the 2000 film ''Lone Star Struck''. In 2001 ...
as Groom
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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 sitco ...
as Bride
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Rick Overton
Richard Overton (born August 10, 1954) is an American screenwriter, actor and comedian. His writing credits include ''Dennis Miller Live'', and his acting credits include ''Beverly Hills Cop'', ''Groundhog Day'' and ''Mrs. Doubtfire''.
Life and ...
as Officer Raspler
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M. C. Gainey
Michael Connor Gainey (born January 18, 1948) is an American character actor best known for his appearances in ''Lost'', ''Con Air'', ''Sideways'', ''Tangled'', and ''Django Unchained''.
Early life
Gainey was born in Jackson, Mississippi. In the ...
as Officer Malloy
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Candace Smith
Candace Elizabeth Smith (born February 1, 1977) is an American lawyer, actress, television personality, life coach, and author from Dayton, Ohio.
Early life and education
Smith was born in Dayton, Ohio and is a graduate of Chaminade Julienne Hig ...
as Roxie
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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 als ...
as Greta
Reception
The film has received largely negative reviews. Review aggregation website
Rotten Tomatoes
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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 gave the film 1 star out of 4.
References
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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