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Baby Doll (1956)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:13

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Still controversial, this adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play (by the playwright) caused an outrage upon its release. From this vantage point, Kazan's claustrophobic depiction of the sweaty... Still controversial, this adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play (by the playwright) caused an outrage upon its release. From this vantage point, Kazan's claustrophobic depiction of the sweaty competition between a dim cotton mill owner and his business rival for the attention of the mill owner's simpering child bride is less shocking than harrowing. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actress--Carroll Baker, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. [More]

Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock

Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock, Lonny Chapman

Director: Elia Kazan

Director: Elia Kazan
Composer: Kenyon Hopkins

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May 2, 2006

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  • Baby Doll
  • Scandalous in its time, still steamy today: Tennessee Williams' ribald tale of Mississippi child bride (Carroll Baker) and the men (Karl Malden, Eli Wallach) who lust after her.
  • Year: 1956
  • Director: Eli Kazan
  • Starring: Carl Malden, Carroll Baker, Eli Wallach
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    10/06/08
    Variety
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    Wickedly funny salacious black comedy.

    Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment Comment
    11/20/07
    Dennis Schwartz
    Dennis Schwartz
    Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    An explosive, provocative black comedy from Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan.

    Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
    11/01/07
    TV Guide's Movie Guide
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    One of Elia Kazan's most underrated movies is his only pure comedy.

    Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
    11/01/07
    Jonathan Rosenbaum
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    Chicago Reader
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    No review available.

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    03/24/07
    Brian Tallerico
    Brian Tallerico
    UGO

    Tennessee Williams adapted his one act play in this provocative black comedy, directed with expected intensity by Kazan, and acted by a great ensemble, headed by Carroll Baker in her best (Oscar-nominated) performance as the child-bride.

    Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
    01/04/07
    Emanuel Levy
    Emanuel Levy
    EmanuelLevy.Com

    The movie hasn't aged a day in fifty years.

    Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
    05/29/06
    Walter Chaw
    Walter Chaw
    Film Freak Central

    I love this stuff; it's remarkably silly, yet the actors play it so straight you'd think it was Hamlet.

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    05/09/06
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
    DVDTown.com

    an impressively steamy story for its day with some moments of true greatness

    Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
    04/25/06
    Christopher Null
    Christopher Null
    Filmcritic.com

    The grotesquely caricatured performances and the evocation of the baking, dusty, indolent homestead make for witty and compelling viewing.

    Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
    01/26/06
    Geoff Andrew
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    Time Out

    No review available.

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    08/14/05
    Philip Martin
    Philip Martin
    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Regarded as scandalous when it was first released, Baby Doll has lost its shock value but retains a strong, sweaty Deep South sensuality.

    Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
    08/03/05
    Channel 4 Film
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    Mr. Kazan keeps the courtship bouncing between the emotional and the ludicrous.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    08/03/05
    Bosley Crowther
    Bosley Crowther
    New York Times
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    Baby Doll (1956) has been called notorious, salacious, revolting, dirty, steamy, lewd, suggestive, morally repellent and provocative.

    Full Review Source: Tim Dirks' The Greatest Films | comment Comment
    08/23/01
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