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Babies (2010)

11 Ratings: 3.7

A movie directed by Thomas Balmes.

The babies in Babies are four newborns, photographed in their natural habitat in distinctly different parts of the world. Hattie is in San Francisco, Mari's in Tokyo, Baryarjargal lives out in the Mongolian steppes, and Ponijao is born amid the simple … see full wiki

Tags: Movies, Movie, Parenting, documentaries, Social & Cultural

Director: Thomas Balmes

Genre: Documentary

Release Date: May 07, 2010

MPAA Rating: PG

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review by KellyKlepfer. November 02, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

Slow, Simple, Fascinating Look at Culture and Babies

If you've seen the previews, what you see is what you get. Babies is a look at four different cultures, four different places and four different babies. The "story" begins with two babies fighting, then moves into "A Few Months Earlier" and the Namibian mother's very pregnant belly and her rubbing brick dust into her skin. The film then moves on to each of the babies first hours after birth, slowly following each family as they live their lives, one developmental … more

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review by rmurray847. May 21, 2010

posted in Movie Hype

BABIES is cute, funny and sometimes moving.

BABIES is a feel good movie that arguably has absolutely no point, or is very profound. It is a documentary that essentially films the first year or so in the lives of 4 babies from vastly different parts of the globe. We simply observe them eating, evacuating, smiling, discovering their toes, learning to crawl, learning to play, and so on. Certainly babies are cute, and it's easy to get an adult audience to smile with and laugh at these silly little creatures. That could … more

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review by FreeDom4. November 02, 2010

Being a baby

Usually, babies just burp, poop, and sleep. Yet, Babies still manages to be an entertaining movie. It follows four babies, one from Namibia, Mongolia, Japan, and the U.S. each. At a certain point, the movie isn't so much about watching cute little babies (although there is plenty of that), but rather gaining an appreciation of just how differently some kids are raised. The sleek daycare in Tokyo is contrasted with the farm animals in Mongolia and the dusty abandonment of rural Namibia. Thus, the … more

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