Babygirl

"Get exactly what you want."

2024 1h 55m EN

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5.7

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76%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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5.8

IMDB

★5.7TMDB · 1,307🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●79Metacritic★5.8IMDB · 79,489

RomanceThriller

Synopsis

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A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

“Get exactly what you want.”

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Cast

Nicole Kidman
Romy
Harris Dickinson
Samuel
Antonio Banderas
Jacob
Esther-Rose McGregor
Isabel
Sophie Wilde
Esme
Vaughan Reilly
Nora
Victor Slezak
Mr. Missel
Leslie Silva
Hazel

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Halina Reijn
Writers: Halina Reijn
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Netherlands

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Netherlands.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Halina Reijn, shot by Jasper Wolf. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cristóbal Tapia de Veer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Matthew Hannam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson and Antonio Banderas carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Get exactly what you want.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Halina Reijn directs. Jasper Wolf behind the camera. Cristóbal Tapia de Veer scores. Matthew Hannam cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America, Netherlands. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 3.0× over at the box office.
2Released 2 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United States of America, Netherlands.
4Directed by Halina Reijn, shot by Jasper Wolf. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Cristóbal Tapia de Veer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Matthew Hannam shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson and Antonio Banderas carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Get exactly what you want.".
9IMDB entry: tt30057084 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 28 themes, including "infidelity", "new york city", "husband wife relationship", "sexual frustration".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Jasper Wolf
Original score: Cristóbal Tapia de Veer
Editing: Matthew Hannam
Production design: Stephen H. Carter
Costume design: Bart Mueller
Makeup / hair: Mandy Lyons
VFX supervisor: Brian Budak
Sound: Jacob Ribicoff
Stunt coordinator: Chris Cenatiempo
Runtime: 115 min · 1h 55m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $60,934,894
Return: 305% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Babygirl (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 79/100
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 · 79,489 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

10 wins & 24 nominations total

Volpi Cup for Best Actress

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nicolascaramella2024-08-30
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.
CinemaSerf2025-01-11
★ 6/10
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.
r96sk2025-01-24
★ 5/10
<em>'Babygirl'</em> is sex and bugger all else. It features two of the more freaky characters in cinematic history, they both kinda creeped me out I'm not going to lie - I will never look at a tie in the same way again, or a glass of milk for that matter. Kudos for creativity, I guess! Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson do commit to their respective roles, some of the noises coming out of the former were quite something to witness. In fairness, if this is what they were going for then both actors do a fine job. Antonio Banderas is at least there to add sort of normality. Impressively, aside from a few nips, there isn't much nudity in this, how you show so much without showing barely anything is actually quite the thing. I'm not against seeing films of an erotic nature, I just personally need a bit more substance attached to it. I'm fascinated to see the reception this got, I've no idea.