With the recent popularity of baby-themed shows, this film has perfect timing. Younger patrons will be drawn into the fantasy, while the humor is sufficient to keep adults interested.
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06/05/02
Baby Geniuses (1999)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:1
Rotten:41
Average Rating:1.9/10
Consensus: Flat direction and actors who look embarrassed to be onscreen make Baby Geniuses worse than the premise suggests.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: When two doctors (Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd) set out to dominate the world once they discover they can crack the code to a secret baby language, it is only two-year-old Sly and his twin... [More]
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall
Director: Bob Clark
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Reviews for Baby Geniuses
The film is short -- so short that they tacked a sentimental little music video on the end and still it finishes in plenty of time for you to go find a real baby and appreciate the far more entertaining and exciting reality of babyhood.
01/01/00
Is it possible for a movie to be insulting from beginning to end, without pause at all along the way? As it turns out, yes indeed!
01/01/00
..absolute cinematic torture; a maniacal insult to the foundation that humanity is made upon...
01/01/00
You can feel your brain rotting as you watch this.
12/07/06
By the time the tiresome, surprisingly violent climax began, the last nail had already been hammered in this unfortunate film's coffin.
01/01/00
No review available.
06/29/05
There are ticklish moments, but no real laughs.
01/05/07
The adult performers look genuinely embarrassed on screen. They should be. They might consider firing their agents.
01/01/00
Clark has made several terrific films, this is not one of them.
02/07/03
I'll admit to chuckling a few times during the proceedings, but it's not worth losing 1 1/2 hours of one's life for a few minutes of amusement.
01/01/00
Top Criticshares with most of Clark's other films an utter lack of taste and a genuinely ugly look; not only is the movie less funny than a case of diaper rash, it's even less picturesque.
01/01/00
One way to get through Baby Geniuses is to think about whether it really is the worst movie you've ever seen. Probably not, but pretty darn close.
01/01/00
Top CriticIf the remainder of this century will bring a lamer film than Baby Geniuses, may I please be in Estonia when it comes.
07/21/05
Top CriticBob Clark's direction has no zing. And for a frantic comedy, there's surprising lack of energy.
01/01/00
Thanks to computers, we have seen some dazzling special effects in films lately, but even the best medicines can have unwanted side effects.
02/08/03
The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring.
01/05/07
Top CriticA thoroughly misguided, unfunny film.
01/05/07
Top CriticThe movie is about as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery.
03/19/02
Top CriticLatest News for Baby Geniuses
April 04, 2007:
"Christmas Story" Director Bob Clark Dies In Crash
Bob Clark, director of "A Christmas Story," "Porky's," and many other works in a career that spanned four decades died in a car crash early this morning in... More...
April 26, 2005:
Bob Clark Wants to Revisit His Old "Dead Things"
You know the horror-remake machine is getting a little crazy when a title like "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is being suited up for a revisit, but that's... More...
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