| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | A |
| Sexual Content: | B |
| Language: | A |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | A |
| Run Time: | 79 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 28 Sep 2010 |
| MPAA Rating: | |
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Babies is rated PG: for cultural and maternal nudity throughout.
Director: Thomas Balmes
Cast: Bayar, Ponijao, Hattie, Mari
Studio: 2010 Focus Features
Website: Official site for Babies.
Detailed Review
It’s such a simple idea. Film hours and hours of infants growing and playing during their first year of life, pick the choicest moments, and fill the screen with images…
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Why Is Babies Rated PG?
Cultural and maternal nudity in this documentary includes mothers breastfeeding (with some close-up detail). Namibian…
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The four babies shown in this documentary live in a wide variety of economic conditions.…
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
