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The Baby Formula

Wolfe Releasing / Year: 2008

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Synopsis

In this feisty, fun and fantastical comedy two women in love become pregnant at the same time (with sperm created from one another's stem cells) and embark on a wild adventure - with a bit of unexpected family drama as their parents respond to the news! Featuring a pair of tremendous performances from co-stars Megan Fahlenbock and Angela Vint, The Baby Formula is a hilarious and unique movie. Amidst all the laughs The Baby Formula is as poignant and uplifting as a newborn babe (or two)!

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Hilarious!
Original and fun!
Multiple award-winner!

Review

One pregnancy for a loving lesbian couple is tough enough, but what if both moms are expecting? Watch the fireworks fly in this quirky and endearing mockumentary that hilariously explores the pitfalls of getting pregnant and bringing up baby(s).

Take a Christopher Guest movie such as Waiting for Guffman, add a couple of strong-willed lesbians with thunderous biological clocks, stir in an extraordinary scientific experiment, and you have the wacky comedy The Baby Formula. Traditional methods of lesbians getting pregnant — sperm banks, turkey basters — are old hat to Athena (Angela Vint) and Lilith (Megan Fahlenbock) as they willingly participate in an experimental process in which sperm is created from women’s stem cells.

To complicate matters, the amorous couple has agreed to be filmed by a documentary crew that becomes increasingly obtrusive to the point that it uncovers hidden secrets, among them that Lilith is also pregnant! During the height of their 9-month journey, a family get-together filled with conservative Canadian-Irish Catholics, alcoholic gay dads, and a closeted brother brings all the chaos to a hilarious yet tender head. This comedy is the feature-length debut of talented director Alison Reid, who took her successful short Succubus to a whole new level. Underneath this brilliant dead-pan mockumentary is a poignant look at the separation of church and state, all while the ultra-sensitive mommies-to-be try not to kill each other, their families, or the film crew

-- Noelle Reilly

Awards

Best LGBT Film — Nashville Film Festival
Best Film — Toronto Inside Out Film Festival
Best Performance — Toronto Inside Out Film Festival

Festivals

Philadelphia Qfest
Outfest Los Angeles
Nashville FIlm Festival
Seattle International FF
Frameline San Francisco
Toronto Inside Out Film Festival
NewFest New York LGBT Festival
Reel Affirmations, Washington DC
Austin Gay & Lesbian International FF
Miami and Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian FF

Media Quotes

Feisty...fun...this sweet-natured 'Baby's' got the goods! — Variety
My new favorite film! ...The two leads are wonderful! — Windy City Media Group
Five stars (out of 5) - Genuinely heartfelt... intelligent comedy that will keep you laughing. — MetroWeekly

Product Format Information

DVD : $19.99

Availability: Usually ships in
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Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 754703763372
Catalog #: DV3006382

Studio : Wolfe Releasing

Languages: English Dolby Digital 2.0 (Primary)
Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
Extras: Trailers
Features:
Short film: Succubus
Featurette: Behind-the-Scenes

Customer Reviews

A Beautiful Mockumentary

Amos Lassen wrote on 12/28/2009:

“The Baby Formula”

A Beautiful Mockumentary

Amos Lassen

Wolfe Video brings us a wonderful new “mockumentary” about two adventurous and in love women who really want to have their own child. They try a new technique and an experimental scientific process and sperm is made from their own stem cells. Not only do they get pregnant but the movie is pregnant with good humor and twists and turns and they eventually get what they desire so much. Althena (Angela Vint) and Lilith (Megan Fahlenbock) are determined to have a child not just together but each other’s. The director, Alison Reid, gives us a very clever, funny film that includes heartwarming and heartfelt scenes. An experimental process lets lesbians manufacture sperm from their own stem cells and this alone lets us have a lot of fun with the plot of the film. There are plenty of big bellies and swollen breast as well as hormonal mood swings and these are a great source for comedy. But the film is also about love, acceptance and advances in science
This is a Canadian film that includes shots of Toronto Gay Pride and a Christmas scene with the newborn children. I won’t spoil the end for you except to say that you must not leave before the final credits especially if you love The Black Eyed Peas. The film is on many levels as it deals with parenting and family as it challenges traditional attitudes about getting pregnant, giving birth and raising children. Quite simply the film is about two people in love and that since they so love each other, they want to have a child. This is just a delight to watch and a film that you will not soon forget.