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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March 5, 2010
#1
“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.
March 5, 2010
#2
REELING FILM FEST 2009 A closer look at ‘Baby Formula’
by Tracy Baim
2009-11-04
Mockumentary-style filmmaking is among my favorites, but it has been over-indulged and not true to its form in some recent TV shows and movies. However, The Baby Formula is among my new favorite lesbian films.
I had a chance to meet the film’s director, Alison Reid, and her partner, Cheryl Izen, at San Francisco’s Frameline Film fest this summer, when Hannah Free premiered, and they were very generous in offering advice about their road so far with their first feature film. I had loved the trailer for Baby Formula but, as with a lot of lesbian films, I feared the trailer would not live up to my expectations. It does, and I highly recommend this comedy for your Reeling viewing pleasure.
The Baby Formula, made in Canada, follows the exploits of a lesbian couple who are on the sci-fi fertility cutting edge, in a perhaps not-too-distant future when lesbians can actually have each other’s babies rather than need an outside donor. Holy hormones, Catwoman! Watch out as the tears and laughter begin.
Angela Vint ( Athena ) and Megan Fahlenbock ( Lilith ) are well-cast as these partners in parenting, and you have a real sense of their screen partnership. In real life, director Reid managed to shoot this film timed to the actor’s real pregnancies. The water breaking? That was happening in real life the same day. I can’t even imagine how difficult this shoestring budget was with the added dimension of real pregnancies.
The science in Baby Formula has the spark of reality because Reid did her research, speaking to scientists and bioethicists.
“Until recently, it has been impossible for gay couples to conceive of the idea of being able to combine their genetics and have their own biological children,” Reid writes in her press kit. “That has always struck me as sad. When I read an article about some science that made it possible to create offspring from two female mice, it resonated with me, and inspired me to make this film.”
The two leads are wonderful, but Jessica Booker is particularly great as Grandma Kate, who steals the scenes she is in. Each of the family members have their own troubles, and the actors are allowed to seem human, not stereotypes. And wait for the credits, because the scene with the stars singing Black Eyes Peas’ “My Humps” is not to be missed.
March 5, 2010
#3
I saw the film at OUTFEST in Los Angeles. I really enjoyed it. Had no idea what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. it has it all. A feel good film. A lot of good Canadian humor and some tears… a great film for movie night with the girls, or family..It has something for everyone.. You will walk away thinking about how precious life is and walk away with a smile on your face feeling good…
March 5, 2010
#4
A perfect example of fresh, creative, enjoyable independent cinema. I truly laughed and I truly cried. I highly recommend it.
March 5, 2010
#5
“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.