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07/26/02
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... [More]
Starring: Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall
Director: Bob Clark
Reviews for Baby Geniuses
With the recent popularity of baby-themed shows, this film has perfect timing. Younger patrons will be drawn into the fantasy, while the humor is sufficient to keep adults interested.
06/05/02
The movie is about as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery.
03/19/02
The film is short -- so short that they tacked a sentimental little music video on the end and still it finishes in plenty of time for you to go find a real baby and appreciate the far more entertaining and exciting reality of babyhood.
01/01/00
Is it possible for a movie to be insulting from beginning to end, without pause at all along the way? As it turns out, yes indeed!
01/01/00
..absolute cinematic torture; a maniacal insult to the foundation that humanity is made upon...
01/01/00
By the time the tiresome, surprisingly violent climax began, the last nail had already been hammered in this unfortunate film's coffin.
01/01/00
The adult performers look genuinely embarrassed on screen. They should be. They might consider firing their agents.
01/01/00
I'll admit to chuckling a few times during the proceedings, but it's not worth losing 1 1/2 hours of one's life for a few minutes of amusement.
01/01/00
shares with most of Clark's other films an utter lack of taste and a genuinely ugly look; not only is the movie less funny than a case of diaper rash, it's even less picturesque.
01/01/00
One way to get through Baby Geniuses is to think about whether it really is the worst movie you've ever seen. Probably not, but pretty darn close.
01/01/00
Top CriticBob Clark's direction has no zing. And for a frantic comedy, there's surprising lack of energy.
01/01/00
This is a film so completely bankrupt of ideas that the last few minutes are composed entirely of short clips from elsewhere in the film...as if anyone would want to relive this travesty, even in the form of bite-sized none sequiturs.
01/01/00
Story? Who cares. Character development? That's for show-offs. Funny dialogue? Too hard to write. These babies can talk!!
01/01/00
Top CriticThe film has a freak-show quality.
01/01/00
Baby Geniuses doesn't waste any time getting stupid.
01/01/00
Bad films are easy to make, but a film as unpleasant as Baby Geniuses achieves a kind of grandeur.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe target audience of Baby Geniuses is a mystery: the film is too inane for adults, too advanced for kids.
01/01/00
Baby Geniuses is the best argument for stronger child labor laws since the Olsen twins.
01/01/00
Easily one of the worst films in years.
01/01/00
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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