150 Word Review: 'Babygirl' (2024)
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The most influential movie about adultery is probably Fatal Attraction, starring Michael Douglas as a married Boomer and Glenn Close as his scorned psycho lover. It's a scary story for horny men.
Babygirl is also about an affair, but it veers from Fatal Attraction’s script—instead of a cautionary tale, it asks, "What if an orgasm from the right person can change your life?" This is a silly and thoughtful soft porno about a powerful CEO fucking an intern, played by Harris Dickinson, a sensitive, confident young hunk who sees sex as consent first, followed by total surrender. Antonio Banderas is the nice, cuckolded husband.
Without Nicole Kidman, Babygirl would quickly collapse under its moral weight. She is stunning as a middle-aged woman whose sexual awakening is slow but rash. Nicole bares it all. Writer-director Halina Reijn understands actors: they are comfortable and uncomfortable with each other on screen. Trusting, flammable.
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"Antonio Banderas is the nice, cuckolded husband." made me cackle
"What if an orgasm from the right person can change your life?"
I mean...can't it?