Baby Geniuses

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Baby Geniuses

PG

1999

1h 34m

Kids & Family

Comedy

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Evil partners (Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd) experiment on an infant and send his twin to a reputable research nursery.

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Critics Consensus

Flat direction and actors who look embarrassed to be onscreen make Baby Geniuses worse than the premise suggests.

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Lael Loewenstein

Variety

01/05/2007

A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film.

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

01/05/2007

Baby Geniuses' ramshackle plot serves merely as a launching pad for nearly two hours of jokes revolving around the idea of babies who talk and behave like bad stand-up comedians.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

01/05/2007

The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring.

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

07/11/2020

0.5/5

Aesthetically and morally, I can hardly name a more viscerally repugnant family film from the 1990s.

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Scott G. Mignola

Common Sense Media

01/02/2011

1/5

A bad sit-com of a movie.

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

11/16/2009

0/4

One completely unwatchable piece of bottom-feeding dreck.

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Alessandro B

@ScrinsonScramson Dec 24

Baby Geniuses is a lighthearted family comedy that leans fully into its silly and imaginative concept. The idea that babies secretly communicate in their own advanced language is playful and creative, giving the movie a fun hook that appeals especially to younger audiences. The talking babies and exaggerated humor are intentionally over-the-top, creating a cartoonish tone that never takes itself too seriously. The film’s bright visuals, fast pace, and slapstick comedy make it an easy, carefree watch. It embraces its absurdity with confidence, delivering simple jokes and energetic scenes designed to entertain kids and spark a few laughs from adults as well. As a piece of late-’90s family entertainment, Baby Geniuses has a nostalgic charm and a clear goal: to be fun. For viewers looking for a goofy, imaginative movie that celebrates playful nonsense, Baby Geniuses delivers exactly that.

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Savannah S

@RT78369677 Aug 20

Absolutely appalled to see this in the top 100 worst movies. Fell to my knees, no one gets it like I do. Truly a brilliant masterpiece.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 15

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Leandro I

@RT97242396 Aug 3

I'd rather kick myself in the nuts then watch this again

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Frank C

@RT66336207 Jun 8

I thought this movie was pretty bad, but my friend Brandon said it was his favorite movie growing up. This one's for you buddy.

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Tessa H

@RT43171257 02/10/2025

I thought this movie was pretty fun, it has weird older jokes that may not hit the same... however I think it provides a great fun poke at how kids aren't the answer to life but they can give you a reason to have fun and or cause problems.

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Synopsis

Evil partners (Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd) experiment on an infant and send his twin to a reputable research nursery.

Director: Bob Clark
Producer: Steven Paul
Screenwriter: Bob Clark, Greg Michael
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment, TriStar Pictures
Production Co: Triumph Films, Crystal Sky
Rating: PG
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 12, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.1M
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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