Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” has screened at Venice, and the reviews for the A24 title are positive, with many citing Nicole Kidman’s “brave” and “brilliant” performance — she might have just entered the Oscar race. “Babygirl” is currently at 82 on Metacritic (based on 15 reviews). The only perfect 5-star review comes to us from The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin who seems to give them out like candy on a near-monthly basis.
Coming to us from writer-director Reijn (“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”), Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Antonia Banderas, and Sophie Wilde star in a film tackling a high-powered CEO (Kidman) who puts her work on the line when she begins a BDSM-driven affair with her much younger intern (Dickinson).
Reijn, whose debut was 2019’s “Instinct,” helmed last year’s A24 breakout “Bodies, Bodies, Bodies.” There was a lot of style, but very little substance to that film. However, visually speaking, the filmmaking did show some real promise, and it does look now like her third feature has hit all the right notes at Venice.
“Babygirl” will be released theatrically on December 25, via A24.