Babies 2010

Babies

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Babies is a joyous celebration of humankind that's loaded with adorable images, but it lacks insight and depth.

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Movie Info

Filmmaker Thomas Balmès criss-crosses the globe to observe and record the first two years in the lives of four infants and their families. Ponijao is the youngest of nine children and lives in a village in Namibia. Bayarjargal's family lives in Mongolia. Hattie is a San Francisco couple's first child, and Mari is the first child of a couple living in Tokyo.
  • Rating:
    PG (Cultural & Maternal Nudity)
  • Genre:
    documentary
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Thomas Balmès
  • Producer:
    Alain Chabat, Amandine Billot, Christine Rouxel
  • Release Date (Theaters):
     wide
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $7.3M
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    Canal+, StudioCanal, Chez Wam

Cast & Crew

Thomas Balmès
Director
Alain Chabat
Writer
Thomas Balmès
Writer
Alain Chabat
Producer
Amandine Billot
Producer
Christine Rouxel
Producer

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Audience Reviews for Babies

  • May 16, 2016
    An experience akin to staring at an aquarium for 80 minutes and observing the fishes in their habitat - which can be something interesting in the case of babies from different cultures, only not for so long. But still, babies are so cute and adorable that they make it worth it.
    Carlos M Super Reviewer
  • Apr 28, 2012
    Watched in Psychology class, interesting documentary, but not great. There needed to have some sort of dialogue or voice over, but there was none.
    Sylvester K Super Reviewer
  • Aug 21, 2011
    "Babies" is a slight documentary that seeks to detail the lives of babies in Namibia, Mongolia, Tokyo and San Francisco in a cinema verite style which works for and against the documentary. On the one hand, there are no annoying judgmental voiceovers which also sadly means we do not get to hear from the parents. That leads to a mostly visual approach which focuses on the most photogenic subjects which are definitely the babies with the parents usually just out of the frame.(The cats would definitely disagree with this assessment as they have a way of finding themselves in the frame in order for them to lobby to be the subjects of the sequel.) So, the movie does not take full advantage of its otherwise global approach and provides little true insight with the exception of Namibia, which unlike the other locations, the father is absent and there is a permanent extended family, which might not be out of necessity as it is out of tradition.
    Walter M Super Reviewer
  • May 16, 2011
    When a sequel comes out I like to go back and watch the previous movies to refresh my memory so I don't miss anything. Well, in June we're having our first child, and what better way to get ready than to watch a documentary called "Babies." This is probably the cutest movie you will ever see. No narration, just four different babies, from different cultures, from birth to year one. Like the babies themselves, the movie is short and very sweet. There are some moments where the babies expressions make you want to cry, and moments where you will almost cry from laughing so hard. There's even some moments, where as Emily would say, "What in the world?" This is a very touching, cute movie, that I think almost everyone will enjoy.
    Everett J Super Reviewer
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