When Romy, the high-powered executive played by Nicole Kidman, starts cheating on her urbane theatre director husband (Antonio Banderas), it’s not because their sex life has dimished. There’s still significant heat between them, but when he goes to sleep, Romy sneaks out of the room to finish, alone, what she clearly couldn’t achieve with him. When Romy meets Samuel (Harris Dickinson), an impertinent intern at her company who can intuit more about her than she intends to share — and who’s happy to take control — it’s only a matter of time before they find themselves in a seedy hotel together. They wrestle, literally and figuratively, over a twisty power dynamic. Romy’s age and position give her an advantage, but as Samuel reminds her, he could ruin her life with one phone call.
"It’s hard to imagine audiences being more glued to another movie this year, so sexy and stirring the story is from start to finish." -New York Post
"Babygirl is an exhilarating thriller that’s piercingly funny. Its real radicalism comes in its bracingly honest approach to sex, power, and discovering what makes you tick." -The Daily Beast
"Babygirl is the rare adult drama that understands that complicated characters can be likable, even if their behavior is sometimes decidedly unlikable; it addresses power and gender dynamics... and it’s going to lead to some really interesting post-screening date-night discussions." -The Film Verdict
