Showtimes February 14 - 17:
When Romy (Nicole Kidman) starts cheating on her husband (Antonio Banderas), it’s not because their sex life has diminished. It’s because she’s met Samuel (Harris Dickinson), an impertinent intern at her company who can intuit more about her proclivities than she intends to share. In her professional life, Romy is a high-powered executive, and she’s thrown at first by Samuel, who’s happy to take control of their interactions together. Secretly wishing for a more submissive role in the bedroom, it’s only a matter of time before the duo finds themselves in a hotel together. As they wrestle, literally and figuratively, over a twisty power dynamic, Romy’s age and position give her an advantage while Samuel reminds her that he could ruin her life with a phone call. With a sense of humor and playfulness that keep it from feeling preachy or self-serious, Babygirl is an enjoyable liberation story of a kind. And with Kidman at its center, as gifted as she is fearless, it’s a fascinating, messy, multifaceted watch.
(US / 2024 / Directed by Halina Reijn)
R / 1 hr 48 mins