Babygirl

 THE hype of the end of last year, Babygirl is an erotic thriller described as the next big Basic Instinct and has won a ton of awards.

 

 

And it is just a pile of rubbish, as the audience scores tell a totally different story from the critical acclaims...

 

Nicole Kidman stars as Romy, the CEO of a robot company, and dissatisfied with her sexlife with Jacob (Antonio Banderas).  One day, an encounter with a young man, who turns out to be one of the new interns at her company, stirs something inside her.  His commanding, dominating personae (sorry, he was just a creep to be honest), they meet in a hotel where he let's her be a dog, showing he is the one in power.

 

Their affair gets ever more sexually intense, even with him turning up at her country home, much to her chagrin.  He plays the power game with her, and starts dating Romy's secretary to be able to get back in her house, who knows about her affair.  She confesses it to her husband, though toning it down to a one-night stand after Esme threathens to tell if she doesn't get a promotion.  Jacob runs in on Romy and Samuel, but as he suffers a panic attack, Samuel calms him down.

 

 

He takes on a new job in Japan, and she rekindles her relation with Jacob, though she only able to orgasm by thinking back on the doggy play in the hotel with Samuel.

 

And honestly, this wasn't much of a thrill, barely erotic, and frankly a paperthin pile of rubbish, especially compared to Basic Instinct.  And I'm not talking nudity for that, but there just isn't any suspense or sense of dread in the movie for a thriller...