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Critic Reviews for Babies
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The kids are absolutely charming, and each scene is beautifully shot. But there is no narrative thread, and the minimal social observations are blindingly obvious.
April 27, 2020 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
A simple idea, but very nicely done by French documentarian Thomas Balms.
March 3, 2011 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review… -
For all the care put into its images, Babies is startling unreflective, a series of elegantly shot drive-bys devoid of insight or empathy.
May 11, 2010 | Rating: C- | Full Review… -
The movie is pleasing -- who doesn't love gurgling babies? -- but as anodyne as a series of episodes from America's Funniest Home Videos.
May 10, 2010 | Full Review… -
Presents itself as an ethnographic meditation on the first year of life but is better approached as an "oooooh" and "awww" fest...
May 10, 2010 | Full Review… -
Who needs heavy analysis when all you want is a cute fix?
May 7, 2010 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
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May 16, 2016An 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
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Apr 28, 2012Watched 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
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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
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May 16, 2011When 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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