Nicole Kidman

Harris Dickinson

Antonio Banderas

Sophie Wilde

Esther-Rose McGregor

Vaughan Reilly

Victor Slezak

Leslie Silva

Molly Price

Gaite Jansen

Robert Farrior

Bartley Booz

Anoop Desai

Mary Ann Lamb

Gabrielle Policano

Gabriela Torres

Izabel Mar

Max O'Herlihy

Michael Kirchmann

Mareau Hall

Dolly Wells

Tess McMillan

Skyler Matthews

Maxwell Whittington-Cooper

Maryann Urbano

David Hinojosa

Erika Hampson

Halina Reijn

Zach Nutman

Christine D'Souza Gelb

Jonathan Olson

Frank La Frazia

Jerad Molkenthin

Pam Giangreco

Eugene Hitt

Rachel Koper

Avy Kaufman

Christo Morse

Michael Davidson

Vic Coram

Jimmy Rosario

Ross Citrin

Gregory Cahill

Cayanne Merrill

Cristóbal Tapia de Veer

Matthew Hannam

Stephen H. Carter

Bart Mueller

Kurt Swanson

Jasper Wolf

Christopher Swartout

Wyatt Tuzo

Mandy Lyons

Anouck Sullivan

Julian J. Delacruz

Dustin Neiderman

Emily Pober Higgins

Holly E. McCarthy

Lucy Smith-Williams

Bayley Sweitzer

Mallory Pace

Yuko Sobrin

Missy Cohen

Molly Mikula

Shawnna Thibodeau

Mary Vernieu

Nico Coucke

Paul Quatro

Michelle Cairo

Christopher Bottoms

Brett Heicher

Michele Baker

Nick Noyes

Victoria Frusci

Juliet Breza

Ruby Bowles

Wing Yeong

Christy Guillermain

Manuela Cabanas

Allison O'Shea

Stefanie Flores

Hector Herrera

Ruben Herrera

Angelica Bianca Jimenez

Leroy Prompakdee

Audrey Cicerello

Konnor Ryan

Geoffrey Jean-Baptiste

Joe Striffler

Dan Travis

John Moustakas

Hillary Carrigan

Meghan Currier

Julia Oh

Chris Cenatiempo

Eric Strausser

Matt Rigby

Jacob Ribicoff

Tristin Norwell

Marlena Grzaslewicz

Barry Donnelly

David Briggs

Kera Dacy

Rachel Chancey

Brian Budak

Matthew T. Griffin

Daniel Frankel

Courtney Jarrell

Sky Ferreira

Josh Berger

Greg Joblove

Tonya Smay

Katie McGregor

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Babygirl

Man Up Film

Netherlands

United States of America

English

infidelity

new york city

husband wife relationship

sexuality

eroticism

seduction

workplace

female protagonist

married woman

kinky

character study

woman director

taboo sex

masculinity

female sexuality

innuendo

erotic thriller

unfaithful wife

woman's body

young man seduces old lady

age-gap relationship

woman's story

power dynamics

It's the most anticipated film of this first part of the 81st Venice International Film Festival. And after the first viewing you immediately understand why.
It pushes the boundaries of sensuality, sex, sound, ambition, morality and feminism.
All this is possible thanks to a captivating Nicole Kidman, an intimate script and direction by Halina Reijn and a production by A24, which as always never disappoints.

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Business executive "Romy" (Nicole Kidman) is initially impressed with the dog-handling skills of "Samuel" (Harris Dickinson) but when she discovers that he is to be an intern in her e-packaging company something else starts to draw her to the man. We already know that though happily enough married to "Jacob" (Antonio Banderas) she's not exactly fulfilled in the bedroom department, and "Samuel" seems to sense that it's an area that maybe he can help with. Were not just talking sex, here - oh. no. This is about a lady with fantasy of being dominated. About her surrendering control completely, and if you're going to do that at all, then why not this tall, handsome and mischievous bit of rough? Of course, like any addiction - it starts to get out of control as the relationship dynamic changes quite profoundly and others start to put two and two together. At times this is quite funny, and milk seems to play a central role from time to time, but as a cinematic version of something akin to tantric, it doesn't really work. Neither of these actors are afraid to get naked yet neither do, simultaneously, here. Indeed I'm sure I saw his black Calvin's shining from under the sheet when the intimacy consultant was at their busiest. I didn't need nudity to augment their unique sort of passion, but I did expect something way more natural, visceral even, and I didn't get it. It's filmed in such a disjointed and bitty fashion, there's no attempt to characterise or contextualise either of these people and in the end I felt like this was little better than a titillation for it's stars that didn't really aspire to engage those watching any more than age-related porn might. Dickinson isn't remotely charismatic and the premiss falls flat quickly, especially when the quite aggravating intervention of "Esme" (Sophie Wilde) rather summed the shallowness of the whole thing up. "Eyes Wide Shut" (1999) or "Beach Rats" (2017) showcase both their talents amidst a sexually charged environment far better: this is all forgettable, over-hyped, stuff.

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