Babygirl (2024)

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   Siskoid

   Sometimes, you just have to commit adultery to save your marriage... A hoary old movie trope (thanks Woody Allen!) that Babygirl also leans into. Not that this movie ever REALLY says anything definitive about anything. On the one hand, it seems to mean to be kink-positive, as Nicole Kidman's high-powered CEO struggles to climax with her objectively hot, loving husband and finds release with an intern who's too easily got her number. On the other, the film also lays in images of neuro-programming (her childhood, that her business is about automation), so masochism is... bad? These elements are so underplayed, they feel orphaned from an earlier version of the script. But this is a movie with characters who need to feel jeopardy to be sexually satisfied, and yet denies its audience any real aesthetic satisfaction. It teases and threatens jeopardy, but deflects it at every turn as if we'd shouted out our safe word any time the going got tough. Ultimately, I just can't believe in Harris Dickinson's motivations - he goes from meeting his boss to almost immediately treating her like a submissive - and he therefore becomes a fantasy thirst object for whatever segment of the audience likes this sort of thing. Babygirl has some good things - I like the sound design and the soundtrack (even if the songs are a bit on the nose), and Antonio Banderas is impeccable - but I don't think it works nearly as well as its more ambiguous trailer. Or much at all. 1 month ago
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   FerasHO

   You can really tell it was written by a woman.. and I don’t mean the sexy parts 1 week ago
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   SweetVanillaFreshness

   I liked it.
   
   The characters I would say were believable. In terms of cinema enjoyment; this was light years ahead of 50 shades (not says much). Great music and cool color and shots.
   
   

   My interpretation of the last scene was that when she finally orgasms from here husband, she is still fantasizing about the guy treating her like a dog

   2 weeks 6 days ago

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