"Friends with Kids" - or Friends with Benefits

In this hilarious and touching comedy, two long time best friends who maintain a platonic relationship, decide to have a child together (the old fashioned way,) without the ties of couple-hood and split the expense & work 50:50.  The audience is geared for: chicks 30 and over (which just puts me into that category.)  However, guys, if you're looking for brownie points, or get dragged to the film, there is plenty for you to enjoy, but maybe not 50:50.  First, the ensemble cast brings together many from the Bridesmaids cast, including Kristin Wig, Maya Rudolph, Cris O'Dowd and Jon Hamm.  The female lead is winningly played by the talented actress and screenwriter, Jennifer Westfield, who also directs on this film.  The couple pairings are skewed from those in Bridesmaids.  Maya Rudolph is married with kids to Cris O'Dowd and Kristin Wig and Jon Hamm are happily and then very unhappily married with kids.  In real life, Jennifer Westfield and Jon Hamm have been a long time couple (at least by Hollywood standards - maybe because they do not have kids.)   Although this is a familiar scenario: best friends of opposite sex take too long to figure out what the audience already knows, that they are perfect for each other.  This time, however, the scenario balances humor, angst and love with perfect proportions.