My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cheryl Dunye
Written by	Eddie Griffin Coke Daniels David Wagner
Produced by	Eddie Griffin Happy Walters Matt Weaver
Starring	Anthony Anderson Eddie Griffin Michael Imperioli Method Man John Amos Paula Jai Parker Bai Ling Joanna Bacalso
Cinematography	Glen MacPherson
Edited by	Andy Blumenthal
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Production companies	Miramax Films Brillstein-Grey Entertainment Immortal Entertainment
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date	January 9, 2004 (2004-01-09)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$18,490,423

My Baby's Daddy is a 2004 American comedy film, directed by Cheryl Dunye.

Plot[]

Childhood friends Lonnie, G, and Dominic have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant. Lonnie and G have sons, Carver and Bruce-Leroy, and Dominic has a daughter, Jasmine.

Each have their own unique set of problems; Lonnie's girlfriend Rolonda is more interested in partying than being a mother; Dominic discovers that his girlfriend Nia is a lesbian and has fallen in love with her midwife; while G, an aspiring boxer, is unable to fully commit to his girlfriend XiXi.

Throughout the movie, all three men, particularly G and Dominic, are determined to continue their normal way of living and be fathers at the same time. Lonnie is a garbage man among other part-time jobs, G works in the store Xixi's family runs, and Dominic is managing a pair of white rappers.

After they momentarily lose their kids during a party they threw, they realize how much their kids depend on them, and gradually become responsible fathers. Lonnie falls in love with a woman from a class named Brandy who he treats badly on date, due to believing she wouldn't like the real him. Nia reveals to Dominic she's a lesbian and feels he is too involved in his career to ever be a father. G's cousin No Good robs a store to help him get the supplies for his son and Xixi feels he was in on it and takes Bruce-Leroy away from him.

After all three are given a talking to by Lonnie's Uncle Virgil, they realize how much they love their kids and what they have to do. Lonnie apologizes to Brandy, but he stays true to himself, and she forgives him, then he storms to Rolonda's house and takes Carver with him, while criticizing her for having a baby to get child support payments, and knocks out her cousin "Big Swoll". Dominic goes to Nia and tells her how much he loves Jasmine and how he needs to be a part of her life. G's girlfriend's father tells him a story of being in the Triads before he had his daughter and realized how much his family meant to him, leading to G proposing to Xixi.

At the end of the movie it is revealed that Lonnie and Brandy get married. Lonnie has also achieved his dream of becoming a successful inventor; Dominic started a children's music album; and G and his father in law open a martial arts/boxing studio called The Mo Fo Dojo. No Good, after learning of organic foods, goes on to become a successful food show personality called The Organic Gangster. They lastly toast to great babies' daddies. In the end, they realize that three little babies turned them into three grown men.

Selected cast[]

• Eddie Griffin – Lonnie, one of the four main characters
• Anthony Anderson – G, the second of the four main characters and the narrator
• Michael Imperioli – Dominic, the third of the four main characters
• Method Man – No Good (Randall), G's ex con cousin, and the last of the four main characters
• Paula Jai Parker – Rolonda, Lonnie's golddigging girlfriend
• Bai Ling – XiXi
• Joanna Bacalso – Nia
• Amy Sedaris – Annabelle
• Marsha Thomason – Brandy
• Bobb'e J. Thompson – Lil' Tupac
• Tommy "Tiny" Lister – Drive By
• John Amos – Uncle Virgil

Reception[]

This movie has a 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 51 reviews of which only two were fresh, with an average rating of 2.82/10. The site's consensus reads, "Full of poop jokes, broad racial stereotyping, and other tired gags, My Baby's Daddy makes the absolute least of a decent premise".^[1] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 23 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• My Baby's Daddy at AllMovie
• My Baby's Daddy at Box Office Mojo
• My Baby's Daddy at IMDb
• My Baby's Daddy at Metacritic
• My Baby's Daddy at Rotten Tomatoes