Babygirl | Film Review

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A successful CEO (Nicole Kidman) risks her career and family when she begins an affair with a younger intern (Harris Dickinson).

I was really looking forward to seeing this. The trailer blew up online and it was so highly anticipated that I had really high hopes for it, even though I didn't see as many people talking about it after it came out.

Unfortunately, I ended up being a bit disappointed with this one, though I did enjoy watching it.

All of the actors had great chemistry and worked really well together.

I thought the film did a good job of making Remy (Kidman) a morally grey character that we don't root either for or against, despite not agreeing with her actions.

A comment I put in my notes was that it was erotic without being sleazy or uncomfortable, but after sitting with it for a bit, it wasn't really as erotic as you'd think by watching the trailer. And I don't really think the erotic scenes are the best or most defining parts of the story.

From beginning to end not much happens, and I felt like I spent a lot of the film waiting for something to happen, waiting for the 'thriller' aspect to kick in, waiting for something to shock or surprise me, and nothing really did.

Going into the film I thought Samuel (Dickinson) would have been a much stronger character than he was. It looked like he was going to drive events and hold all the power and he just... didn't.

I ended up getting a bit bored with the back-and-forth between the characters, and didn't really care how they ended up.

Overall this film could have been a lot better if it leaned more into what they showed in the trailer. It ended up being a bit lacklustre, a bit boring and not as erotic as it seemed to suggest.

5.5/10



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