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Nicole Kidman’s Baby Girl remains a box office hit following its Christmas release, earning $2 million in its fourth weekend. With $26 million to date, the A24 thriller is on track to gross $30M plus in the U.

Babygirl” is a film that looks at kinks and the shame women often feel with having those kinks/desires in the bedroom.

Writer and director Halina Reijn’s erotic thriller centers on sadomasochism in a relationship where the older partner is a woman. The film’s shrewdness is undercut by a heavy-handed narrative that fails to satisfy.

Director Halina Reijn breaks down the music and inspiration (including her own on-screen nudity) of Harris Dickinson’s sensual shirtless hotel dance.

"Babygirl"—A24's steamy thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—appears to be coming soon to digital streaming. When and where can you watch it at home?

Nicole Kidman was grateful to join her erotic thriller Babygirl in the early stages and help shape what it became. The Australian actress read one of the first drafts of the script for Dutch director Halina Reijn's thriller and immediately agreed to play Romy Mathis,

"Cementing her status as Hollywood's boldest actress, Nicole Kidman bares herself every which way – physically, emotionally and artistically – in 'Babygirl'", Halina Reijn's erotic thriller about a kinky workplace affair, said Tom Shone in The Sunday Times.

Sonically, Perverts is far from its predecessor. Cain replaces the rousing, classic rock-esque riffs of what is arguably her most popular song, “American Teenager,” with a slow drone that thrums through the entire record — all distorted licks and haunting piano melodies.

“Babygirl” was indeed fun, but not quite great. Romy (Nicole Kidman) is our protagonist, a high-powered tech CEO. Antonio Banderas plays Jacob, her husband, whose smothering love she finds irksome. Ultimately, Romy is driven into the arms of Samuel (Harris Dickinson) — an intern at her company many years her junior.

The movie, starring Nicole Kidman, operates at the level of the female gaze. Its inversion of erotic thriller tropes leads to fascinating but, at times, tepid results.

While there have been debates about whether or not the film fully delivered (there are some Twitter truthers who argue it wasn't that kinky), the general public can all agree on one thing: the film's "Father Figure" scene was pure cinema.