Obviously, Max subscribers are looking for something steam - because this erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman is a top selection of HBO and Discovery streaming platform.

According to FlixpatrolThe film breaks the maximum graphs - so, what is it in the first place? For the uninitiated, "Baby" - which struck theaters in 2024 and was written and directed by Halina Rein - centers around Roma Matisse (Kidman), CEO of Newoujork, who has a "happy" home life with her husband Obejkob (Antonio Banderas) deep unfulfilled sexually. Enter Samuel, one of Roma's new interns, as Harris Dickinson plays (known for Projects like a "triangle of sadness" And the "Ironelenic Claws"), with whom Roma starts an affair ... But when Samuel begins to push the boundaries by appearing in the Roma home and communicating with the family as a form of dominance, Roma are in conflict over the elections.

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Despite Kidman's involvement (after all, she is an Oscar performer) And phenomenal performances from her, Dickinson and Banderas, in particular, the "baby" has not attracted any more attention to the awards outside the festival circuit. However, the film is Definitely It is worth looking, especially since Rhein and Kidman have worked so closely together to represent the story of a woman who reveals her own sexuality and at the same time ending her entire life. So how did critics approached the "baby" when he went out to Christmas 2024?

According to the consensus of critics of Rotten tomatoes"Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson are unforgettably smeared at" Babelgar ", with the clinical view of the writer, Halina Rain, maintaining this sexually honest thriller more provocative than purient"-and when you add it to a solid 76%, /Own film BJ Colangelo gave the movie 8 out of 10By concluding, "Bieger" admits that Roma and Samuel have power over each other in many different circumstances, and this is what makes it all so tantalizing. "

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For MashableChristie Pucko soundly praised Rein's film, saying: "Emotionally naked, adamant provocative and defiantly playful, Rein's film joyfully explores the complicated links that bind. In the middle of hard competition, she delivers one of the sexiest, most exciting films of the year." Nick Shager has agreed to Daily AstverAlthough he singled out Kidman and took things a little ... Further: "Baging with an exceptional performance by Nicole Kidman as a woman carelessly looking for who and what she wants - as well as the orgasm she longs for - it's an exciting and entertaining Chinese Viagra shot." Over Rolling stoneDavid Fear pointed out the center of the film of female pleasure, writing: "Kidman makes you feel like this is not just a provocation as much as tantalized that if.

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No Everyone The only critic was totally sold to "Baby", though! NPRSon Powers had a mixed look at the film, writing, "the" Baby "problem is not the desire of Roma to dominate. It makes her erotic release so triumphant that the sex policy of the story is not important. "Writing for The GuardianPeter Bradshaw agreed with that feeling: "Kidman had previously played no different roles in metropolitan locations ... There is no one to play elegantly and sophisticated better. However, it is not denied that Rhein has made this movie spraying, which is exactly what she wanted to do.

Through more interviews between the initial premiere of the Venice Film Festival's film in August 2024 and his widely published Christmas in that year, Halina Rein spoke extensively about the intention behind "Bluebarl", which was supposed to emphasize the complex female sexuality and also help. (Harris Dickinson is 29 years younger than Nicole Kidman, just for calling.) To get even more specific, Rein said. Vanity fair That its true purpose was to emphasize the "orgasm gap" between men and women, which means she wanted to center the female pleasure on the screen. "In the movies, you still see that a woman has an orgasm on the screen that is not possible," Rein noted before using Roma's central conflict in the film: "The more perfect you want to be, the more dangerous they start to decay - and you have to deal with things that are in fact."

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That is imperfection The arrangement of Samuel and Roma-Incentive and flat discomfort present in some of the sex scenes of the film-which sets "Bieiger", except for other erotic thrillers (though Rein also told the exit that he was inspired by films such as "Basic Instinct" and "Designant". As Rhein said, this film is for human sexuality, not highly invented version We often see human sexuality on the screen. "They are trying to play these different, fun roles with each other, but they can also be frightening and embarrassing," Rein told Samuel and Roma - and later in the film, Roma and Jacob. "We do not show this shiny fantasy; it is actually an attempt to show the human side of it all. In my eyes, it is much fierce, because it is not only the perfect end result - which often takes place in the bedroom," Rein added.

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Rain undoubtedly succeeds, even though the "baby" will definitely inspire a discourse because it continues to blow on Max, it's a kind of point ... And that's Definitely It is worth checking. "Babygirl" is now on the field of Max.