
Baby, It's You
1983, Comedy/Drama, 1h 45m
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Jill Rosen
Albert `'Sheik'` Capadilupo
Mrs. Rosen
Dr. Rosen
Mr. Capadilupo
Mrs. Capadilupo
Critic Reviews for Baby, It's You
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (1)
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Arquette and Spano hit exactly the right note.
February 27, 2008 | Full Review… -
A labor of love for everyone involved.
February 27, 2008 | Rating: 4/5 -
As a filmmaker, Sayles still seems more likable than incisive or original, but it's a likability with a certain brilliance.
February 27, 2008 | Full Review… -
Rosanna Arquette has a way about her.
February 27, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
With its dark realism, rock 'n' roll delirium, and gutsy humor, Baby, It's You builds up to the mythic resonance of the finest American coming-of-age films.
September 20, 2019 | Full Review… -
A patchy romance but tough-minded and full of vividly smudged emotions
December 18, 2011 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for Baby, It's You
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Aug 06, 2009Written and directed by John Sayles, "Baby It's You" is on the surface a genuinely heartfelt romance. Like a lot of Sayles' other movies(this is his only studio movie to date), it also works on a political level as it relates to perceptions and class. It is 1967 and Jill Rosen(Rosanna Arquette) is a high school senior in Trenton, New Jersey who is interested in becoming an actress and has auditioned for the lead in the school play. Sheik(Vincent Spano), a new student, asks her out for a date which she at first declines but eventually succumbs to his charm.(I thought Sheik was originally a Rudolph Valentino reference and no doubt he is handsome. I was shocked at the real reason for the nickname which is revealed late in the movie.) He is going in the opposite direction as Jill, rarely attending his own classes and occasionally attending hers. Inside of the cocoon of their high school lives and routines, Jill and Sheik come together but things change as they move out into the wider world and encounter different attitudes and people that have an effect on them. "Baby It's You" starts in a world that still resembles the 1950's in many ways set to a Frank Sinatra soundtrack but ends up in the conflicted 1960's, minus any reference to Vietnam. And to its credit, the movie does end on a truly lovely note.Walter M Super Reviewer
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