Be My Baby

A must miss
Renee Ashton (and not Lacey Chabert as the packing implies) portrays a woman who was scorned by a married man and as a result, has an ingenious way of making all married men pay. Picking up married strangers in bars then going home with them and making them think they hooked up, she shows up a year later with a toddler from her mom's day care center in tow and demands cash to keep quiet. She has managed to accumulate quite a nest egg until she mistakenly tries to ply money out of a single guy who is on to her (particularly when she keeps showing up with a different kid) and wants to see how far it will go.

With a juvenile script and lots of former television actors in bit roles (a nearly unrecongnizable Julia Duffy plays her mom and the former Mr. J. Lo is the philandering best friend), this is a must miss from the first frame. The production values are cheesy, the acting is kind of second rate, and the heroine is so unsympathetic that it will be hard for viewers to feel...

Hate to admit it, but...
Ok, so I have to say that I was kinda bummed when my girlfriend busted this out for our "movie night." (I had been hoping for a good Jason Statham action flick). But a few minutes into it, I really started liking this movie! Rene was hilarious, and the story was great (twisted, but great). I especially liked how she tried to pass off totally different kids as the same kid, without batting an eye. Still, she's likable and I found myself hoping she could pull her caper off, even though I'd hate to be the guy in her sights!

Pleasant Movie that Falls short of its potential
There is a fun premise behind BE MY BABY that is never fully developed and a potential for a fun and charming story is missed.
It's a typical boy meets girl and find their is sparkling chemistry but a simple misunderstanding quickly breaks them apart. Girl volunteers at a Day Care center run by her mother and "borrows" toddlers in a scheme to make philandering husbands "pay" for their misdeeds. Sounds interesting and it certainly could have been a lot more fun that it actually was. The scheme begins as a misunderstanding that turns into a dedicated plan to get revenge. It's hard relate to a woman who creates elaborate scams to make some money and get revenge.
The movie is pleasant enough to watch but so much potential was lost in story.

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