My Baby's Daddy

My Baby's Daddy
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cheryl Dunye
Produced by	Eddie Griffin, Happy Walters, Matthew Weaver
Written by	Eddie Griffin Damon 'Coke' Daniels Brent Goldberg David Wagner
Starring	Eddie Griffin Anthony Anderson Michael Imperioli Method Man
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	January 9, 2004
Running time	86 min.
Language	English

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

Plot

Childhood friends Lonnie (Eddie Griffin), Dominic (Michael Imperioli), and G (Anthony Anderson) have a rude awakening when they find out their girlfriends are pregnant.

Each have their own unique set of problems; Lonnie's girlfriend Rolonda (Paula Jai Parker) is more interested in partying than being a mother; Dominic discovers that his girlfriend Nia (Joanna Bacalso) 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 (Bai Ling).

Throughout the movie, all three men are determined to continue their normal way of living and be a father at the same time. Lonnie is a garbageman, G works in his the store his girlfriend's family runs, and Dominic is managing a pair of white rappers. But 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 Mommy and Me class named Brandy. Dominic's ex-girlfriend reveals she's a lesbian and feels he is too involved in his career to ever be a father. G's cousin No Good (Method Man) robs a store and his girlfriend feels he was in on it and takes her son 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 storms to his ex-girlfriend's house and takes his son with him, while criticizing her for having a baby to get child support payments, and knocks out her cousin "Big Swoll". Dominic goes to his ex-girlfriend and tells her how much he loves his daughter 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 his girlfriend. At the end of the movie it is revealed that Lonnie and Brandy are married and having a baby of their own; 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.

Tagline: They're going from players to playtime.

Selected cast

• Eddie Griffin - Lonnie
• Anthony Anderson - G
• Michael Imperioli - Dominic
• Method Man - No Good (Randall)
• Paula Jai Parker - Rolonda
• Ling Bai - XiXi (as Bai Ling)
• Joanna Bacalso - Nia
• Amy Sedaris - Annabelle
• Marsha Thomason - Brandy
• Bobb'e J. Thompson - Lil' Tupac
• Tommy "Tiny" Lister - Drive-By
• John Amos - Uncle Virgil

Sequel

Rumors of a sequel brewed in 2006 with questions of Anthony Anderson returning. Michael Imperioli and Eddie Griffin have all denied returning as well. Method Man is the only one on board with the project with thoughts about the movie being made with his character No Good as the lead role.

As of May 2010, My Baby's Daddy 2: Playtime's Up was a working title but its been changed to My Baby's Daddy 2: No Good Comes to Wait and the cast stars Method Man, Ice T, and Shawn and Marlon Wayans are rumored to return. The director, Cheryl Dunye has no intentions of being involved.

Reception

This movie has a 4% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 51 reviews of which only 2 were fresh.

See also

• 2004 in film

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived January 12, 2006)
• My Baby's Daddy at AllRovi
• My Baby's Daddy at Box Office Mojo
• My Baby's Daddy at the Internet Movie Database
• My Baby's Daddy at Metacritic
• My Baby's Daddy at Rotten Tomatoes