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... [More]
Starring: Carroll Baker, Karl Malden, Eli Wallach, Mildred Dunnock
Director: Elia Kazan
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Reviews for Baby Doll
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Wickedly funny salacious black comedy. Full Review |
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4/4 |
An explosive, provocative black comedy from Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan. Full Review |
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One of Elia Kazan's most underrated movies is his only pure comedy. Full Review |
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B+ |
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 |
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4/4 |
The movie hasn't aged a day in fifty years. Full Review |
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7/10 |
I love this stuff; it's remarkably silly, yet the actors play it so straight you'd think it was Hamlet. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
an impressively steamy story for its day with some moments of true greatness Full Review |
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The grotesquely caricatured performances and the evocation of the baking, dusty, indolent homestead make for witty and compelling viewing. Full Review |
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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 |
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3/5 |
Mr. Kazan keeps the courtship bouncing between the emotional and the ludicrous. Full Review |
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Baby Doll (1956) has been called notorious, salacious, revolting, dirty, steamy, lewd, suggestive, morally repellent and provocative. Full Review |
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