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After trying everything to get his wife Audrey pregnant, Tommy Macklin realizes to his horror that he may be ''shooting blanks.'' Terrified that his marriage may fall apart, Tommy recruits his friends to rob a sperm bank where he made a deposit years ago.
Starring: Olivia Munn, Paul Schneider (IV), Noureen DeWulf, Aisha Tyler, Collette WolfeComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
English SDH, Spanish
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
We're going to have a family!
Sex sells, there's no denying that, but does a man floundering about on a sperm-soaked floor also sell? Does one man's misadventures for his own
aged sperm
make the cut? In The Babymakers, the answer to both is a resounding "no," but audiences who can tolerate the steady stream of drivel
will
at least
be rewarded with some uproariously funny performances from Broken Lizard (Super Troopers, Beerfest) Comedians Jay Chandrasekhar (who also directed The
Babymakers) and Kevin Heffernan. The
Babymakers crafts one of those stories that gets more ridiculous by the minute, every butt-numbing 96 of them, as bumbling heroes effort to
make things right but only manage to get everything wrong. It's the sort of Comedy that's been done dozens of times over, maybe not with sperm
as
the goal but certainly featuring characters making fools of themselves in various manner of slapstick on their way towards whatever MacGuffin the
filmmakers make the focal point. The Babymakers would have worked as
a short film half or a third of its current length, but as it is it's a classic example of an overexposed plot and a movie drawn out far too much for its
own good.
A whole new definition of cradle robbing.
The Babymakers arrives on Blu-ray with a sharp, good-looking 1080p transfer. The image is balanced and highly proficient in every area. Light grain is visible throughout, providing a pleasing film-like texturing. Colors run slightly warm, but balance is fine and the palette is bright and varied. Natural greens, red shirts, or the myriad of hues visible in a grocery store scene impress with their stability and accuracy. Details are strong throughout. The image is crisp and very well defined, consistently sharp and revealing of complex facial textures, fabric wrinkles, and other odds and ends throughout the movie. Black levels are stable and strong, deep and accurate and never appearing too bright or too dark. The print is clean and the transfer is free of any excess eyesores. This is a very good presentation from Millennium Entertainment.
The Babymakers features a technically proficient but sonically uninteresting Dolby TrueHD 5.1 lossless soundtrack. This isn't the sort of movie to offer a big, wide, explosive soundtrack; Millennium's presentation is more than adequate, conveying the film's meager sound requirements with ease. Dialogue is firm and accurate, grounded in the center and never lost under any surrounding elements. Music is accurate and spreads nicely to the front sides, whether light background notes or the heavy beats blaring from Ron Jon's television. Light natural ambience drifts into the stage in a few scenes, remaining primarily the property of the front channels. The surrounds are never used to any extensive amount; information nicely spreads cross the front, however. This is a routine sound presentation that supports the movie as well as can be expected.
The Babymakers contains three supplements and a trailer collage.
The Babymakers is a sophomoric Comedy that's far too long and far too dependent on filler to reach a desired runtime. It's bloated to a fault, but somewhere inside there's a lean, hilarious movie jut waiting to come out. The lead characters are rather uninteresting, but the supporting cast dominates and defines the picture. The quartet of Chandrasekhar, Heffernan, Harris, and Faxon make the movie worth watching; just be ready to slog on through way too much crud. Millennium's Blu-ray release of The Babymakers features fine video and audio. A few extras are included. Rent it.
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