Synopsis
A gay couple enlists the help of their friend Polly to create a baby. Meanwhile, they must also contend with their homophobic neighbour who becomes a big nuisance.
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Cast
- Sebastián SilvaFreddy
- Kristen WiigPolly
- Tunde AdebimpeMo
- Reg E. CatheyThe Bishop
- Mark MargolisRichard
- Agustín SilvaChino
- Alia ShawkatWendy
- Lillias WhiteCecilia
- Anthony ChisholmMo's Father
- Marsha Stephanie BlakeMo's Sister / Haimy
Recommendations
- 100
IndieWire
By shattering genre conventions, Silva subverts traditional perspectives on modern adulthood and finds no easy answers in the process. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Pleasantly involving and sometimes annoying throughout most of its running time, this is also a vibrant, thoughtful piece about modern life in a very particular gentrified neighborhood. - 75
The Playlist
The film takes a dark turn at the end, and while the two sides of Nasty Baby are interesting, well-made, and well-performed, they feel like two completely different movies. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film is a compelling addition to Sebastián Silva's cinema of compassionate comeuppance. - 70
Village Voice
Nasty Baby isn't satisfying. But on Silva's terms, it makes sense. - 60
Wall Street Journal
I disliked it at first — the camera is as jittery as the characters — and kept disliking it until I realized that I’d been drawn in, if not exactly captivated. The film itself is alive with random energy that foreshadows a surprise ending without blowing the surprise. - 60
TheWrap
Silva does manage to introduce discomfort slowly, but the manner in which things go very, very wrong is dealt with superficially. - 50
Variety
Silva assembles a loosely scripted, raucously nonconformist laffer that looks like it’s going one way, only to arrive somewhere else entirely — a change of heart that’s not at all to the advantage of a film.
