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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... 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 brother Whit who can stop them. When their first attempt fails and Sly gets captured, Whit rallies a group of foster babies at the home for special children to rescue Sly and squash the doctor's evil plot. Goofy comedy will appeal to those with a taste for the unusual. Directed by Bob Clark (A CHRISTMAS STORY, PORKY'S.) [More]

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall

Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall, Ruby Dee

Director: Bob Clark

Director: Bob Clark
Producer: Steven Paul

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Reviews for Baby Geniuses

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Michael Dequina

One completely unwatchable piece of bottom-feeding dreck.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 16 2009 04:25 AM

TheMovieReport.com

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Lael Loewenstein

A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2007 07:15 PM

Variety

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F.X. Feeney

There are ticklish moments, but no real laughs.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2007 07:11 PM

L.A. Weekly

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Nathan Rabin

Baby Geniuses' ramshackle plot serves merely as a launching pad for nearly two hours of jokes revolving around the idea of babies who talk and behave like bad stand-up comedians.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2007 06:11 PM

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Sandra Contreras

Formulaic and deeply unfunny.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2007 06:09 PM

TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 05 2007 06:08 PM

Chicago Reader

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David Noh

You can feel your brain rotting as you watch this.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 07 2006 11:05 AM

Film Journal International

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Jeff Millar

If the remainder of this century will bring a lamer film than Baby Geniuses, may I please be in Estonia when it comes.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 21 2005 04:01 AM

Houston Chronicle

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Emanuel Levy

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comment Comment | Jun., 29 2005 11:20 AM

EmanuelLevy.Com

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Mike McGranaghan

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comment Comment | Sep., 04 2003 06:30 AM

Aisle Seat

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2/5

Michael Szymanski

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comment Comment | Aug., 28 2003 12:44 PM

Zap2it.com

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Walter Chaw

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comment Comment | Aug., 12 2003 03:44 AM

Film Freak Central

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1/5

Frank Ochieng

A kiddie comedy that's about as entertaining as treating diaper rash

comment Comment | May., 21 2003 07:21 PM

Movie Eye

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Oz

I'm still clawing out my eyes.

comment Comment | Mar., 25 2003 08:52 PM

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Tony Toscano

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comment Comment | Mar., 13 2003 05:07 PM

Talking Pictures (U.S.)

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Philip Martin

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comment Comment | Feb., 28 2003 09:47 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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John R. McEwen

Thanks to computers, we have seen some dazzling special effects in films lately, but even the best medicines can have unwanted side effects.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:24 AM

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Nell Minow

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comment Comment | Feb., 07 2003 05:30 PM

Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

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Gerry Shamray

Clark has made several terrific films, this is not one of them.

comment Comment | Feb., 07 2003 12:23 AM

Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

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2/5

Ron Wells

You know, usually I expect the studios to dump all their cinematic turds in January but, man, it's March already and I'm still sitting through this stuff.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Dec., 08 2002 08:32 AM

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Latest 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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