2024 was truly the year of Nicole Kidman.
The 57-year-old Aussie actress was in countless movies and television shows last year, but critics are dubbing her new age-gap erotic thriller Babygirl her best.
Babygirl debuted at the 81st Venice Film Festival back in August, and the film received a six-and-a-half minute standing ovation.
Not only that, but Nicole Kidman also won the best actress award for her performance.
There’s been plenty of buzz and critical acclaim about the film, but what exactly is it about? Below, we list everything you need to know about Babygirl.
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WHAT IS THE PLOT OF BABYGIRL?
Babygirl, directed by Halina Reijn, follows a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family at risk when she starts an affair with her much younger intern.
Nicole Kidman stars as CEO Romy, while Harris Dickinson (Where the Crawdads Sing) portrays intern Samuel.
Australian actress Sophie Wilde also stars in the film alongside Antonio Banderas, Gaite Jansen, Izabel Mar, Vaughan Reilley, Victor Slezak, Anoop Desai, Bartley Booz, Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Leslie Silva, and Dolly Wells.
Ewan McGregor’s daughter, Esther McGregor, also appears in the movie as Nicole Kidman’s character’s daughter!
Speaking on her role in Babygirl, Nicole said, “This definitely leaves me exposed and vulnerable and frightened and all of those things when it’s given to the world, but making it with these people here, it was delicate and intimate and very, very deep.”
She later revealed that she loves being seen as a sexual being at the age of 57.
“A lot of times women are discarded at a certain period of their career as a sexual being. So it was really beautiful to be seen in this way. From the minute I read it, I was like, ‘Yeah, this is a voice I haven’t seen, this is a place that I haven’t been, I don’t think audiences have been’, she told The Hollywood Reporter,
Babygirl is a steamy, sexy and sweaty film that pushes the envelope.
“All of us carry a little black box filled with taboo fantasies that we might never share with anyone. I am fascinated by the duality of human nature, and this film is an attempt to shine a light, without judgement, on the opposing forces that make up our personalities,” writer-director Halina Reijn said at the Venice Film Festival.
“To me, feminism is the freedom to study a woman’s vulnerability, love, shame, rage, and inner beast.”
WHERE TO WATCH BABYGIRL IN AUSTRALIA
Babygirl released in cinemas worldwide on Christmas Day, 25 December 2024. However, it didn’t hit theatres in Australia until 30 January 2025.
Following its run in theatres, Babygirl will be available to rent or buy on Prime Video as of March 2025.
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