My Baby's Daddy (2003)

4% of critics liked it
(51 reviews)
56% of users liked it
(9,762 ratings)

Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three young… More Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three young men's girlfriends get knocked up at the same time, they're forced to take a long, hard look at their lifestyles. For G., who works at the family grocery store of his girlfriend Xi Xi (Bai Ling), that means saying no to criminal temptation and staying on the straight and narrow; for Dominick, it means taking time out from his busy career as a record producer and coming to terms with surprise revelations from his baby's momma; and for Lonnie, it means recognizing ghetto-fabulous girlfriend Rolonda (Paula Jai Parker) as the gold-digger she is and finding a new lady love without sacrificing his individuality. Directed by Cheryl Dunye, whose previous features were low-budget indies, My Baby's Daddy also stars rapper Method Man as imposing ex-con No Good. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 26 min.
Directed By: Cheryl Dunye
Written By: Eddie Griffin, Damon 'Coke' Daniels, David Wagner, Brent Goldberg
Genres: Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 9, 2004 Wide
On DVD: Jun 1, 2004
Studio: Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

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.
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.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
The antic, energetic performances are game, but they're overwhelmed by erratic pacing and disorganized writing.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
Births a big litter of bad jokes for every chuckle it manages to squeeze out.
David Ng, Village Voice
A tired send-up of hip-hop-isms that also aspires to be a Waiting to Exhale for men.
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.
Clint Morris, Brag Magazine
Three Men and a Bomb!
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
My Babby's Daddy can't keep his thingy in his pants but he sure looks good and sounds even better.
Cynthia Fuchs, PopMatters
The movie is overwhelmed by an odd mix of formula, stereotypes, and inconsistency.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
[R]elative to My Baby's Daddy, the actors' recent projects, among them Kangaroo Jack and Double Take, look like comedy gold.
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com
It's offensive, unfunny, badly acted, badly written, badly directed, and remarkably, outstandingly, disturbingly stupid.
Sean Burns, Philadelphia Weekly
There's not a joke in the picture that isn't older than my cat.
Jonathan R. Perry, Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
In all its harrowing witlessness, it ironically proves the healing power of laughter.
Linda Cook, Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
Here's a little stinker with smelly diapers.
Harry Haun, Film Journal International
This tedious, toddling material would have scuttled Dr. Spock.
Mark Bazer, Boston Phoenix
Okay, it's a light comedy, I'll go along with the premise. But what stretches all credibility is that Miramax didn't send this dirty diaper of a daddy movie straight to its room at Blockbuster.
Jim Lane, Sacramento News & Review
This low-budget, low-class stinker rehashes the poop-and-peepee jokes of Three Men and a Baby.
Kimberley Jones, Austin Chronicle
My Baby's Daddy takes an admirable premise -- three best friends and lifelong bachelors go from boys to men when they become fathers -- and undermines that message at every turn.
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.
Christian Toto, Washington Times
This Baby deserves a spanking.

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Coxxie M

yea ill leave this one alone before things get outta hand and say something i regr-- WORST FUC ok nevermind, nevermind
Leigh R

It was okay.
Joseph E

Funny, but overall dumb.
Leo L

Crazy, funny movie filled with tons of laughter!