Baby Steps

May 8, 2015

1h 43m

★ 4.7

A non-traditional family with the most traditional values

Overview

Danny, a Taiwanese-American man, and his partner Tate want to have a baby, but the complex world of international surrogacy is further complicated by Danny's well-meaning but extremely meddlesome mother.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Zoom Hunt

School Pictures

Tang Moon

Baby Steps Trailers

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Cast

Danny

Barney Cheng

Tate

Michael Adam Hamilton

Gua Ah-leh

Mickey

Love Fang

Mr. Lin

Tzi Ma

Suzy

Ellyn Jameson

Tekisha

Nadege August

Dr. Gupta

Meera Simhan

Dr. Schwartz

Jason Stuart

Raj

Aalok Mehta

Hiker

Stephanie Garvin

Officer Jones

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