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I Wasn't sure I was going to like this movie at all when it started, it did have a rough start, amd there were some cringy scenes, but when the story got moving I was engaged and there were some genuinely funny moments. It was interesting to see a realistic view of what pregnancy and motherhood can be like, through the perspective of the two main characters. There where some great side characters, the doctor being especially good. Not my favorite movie of the year by any means, but I liked it a lot more than I would have thought, and although I will likely never watch it again I'm glad I saw it. The music was pretty good as well.

Not really a feel-good movie, hits really hard in the reality. It had several laugh out loud moments and was overall enjoyable but this is not a movie I'll be rewatching when I need a pick-me-up movie.

I thought Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau were an awesome duo. They had great chemistry for a buddy-comedy but I wish there had been more of the comedy aspect to it. A lot of this movie was very heavy which was not what I was expecting based on the trailer and summary.

I will say the heart-felt moments were very deep and moving, and if you're looking for a movie that conveys the harsh reality of parenthood while giving you laughs here and there then this movie will meet those requirements.

The first few jokes were predictable, like the wet seat gag, which was sooo obvious. It felt like it dragged on too long. However, after that the humor was better, great even. It's a movie that rewards you the longer you watch.

Despite the rough start, the funny scenes made the movie for me. I especially liked the twins, the omen bedroom scene, and the big needle scene-my favorite part. There's some profanity and raunchy comedy, which might bother some, but I actually enjoyed it. I say that 'cause the movie deals with themes of pregnancy, sisterhood, and family-the beautiful and difficult aspects, and their impact on mental health. I think some people might watch it for those themes and not like the humor, but I felt the two elements worked well together, making it appealing to different audiences. It reminded me of "Scrambled" from earlier this year, which more people should have seen.

The movie is quite messy and chaotic, which led to some unexpected good scenes like the random plumbing issues. So I liked that chaos. It was strange there wasn't a nurse to help her to the 4th floor, though. I liked seeing Stephan James from "Beacon 23" and the doctor provided great comedic relief.

The chemistry didn't pull you in like the greatest girl-mance or romance ever, but the conversations felt real. The characters felt like actual friends. It didn't have the strongest start, but the movie gets better as it goes, and I'd recommend it. If you like this, you should check out "Scrambled" too.

The about to give birth "Dawn" (Michelle Buteau) is married to the perfectly manscaped "Marty" (Hasan Minhaj) and is best friends with "Eden" (Ilana Glazer) who is keen on having a baby but so far lacks a suitable sperm donor. That all changes, though, when she encounters the charming "Claude" (Stephan James) on the train and, thinking her period is sure fire protection against getting pregnant, they have some fun. She is smitten, but he disappears without a trace and she just chalks it up to experience. A few months later, though, she gets quite a shock and what now ensues sees the friendship she has with "Dawn" quite seriously tested, yada yada. There's nothing new to this at all, and after the first twenty minutes of serious over-acting and a scene where a waiter concerned that the amniotic fluid leaking over the floor of his restaurant might not be that hygienic - and it designated a "woman hater", the stall was set out for this frankly quite puerile attempt at comedy. It's structured just as if it's a couple episodes of a mediocre sitcom interspersed by a stand-up routine style narrative from writer Glazer that rehashes a tired girl-power mentality that stopped being funny thirty years ago. I didn't care if their friendship worked or didn't: there's no effort to develop the characters and frankly I'm not surprised "Claude" took an early bath from these proceedings. I'm not really a fan of these buddy-comedies that take a relationship that supposedly works, break it, then try to put "Humpty" together again for the sake of an ending we could all see from space, and this is another off a conveyor belt completely devoid of originality.

For women who like a good BFF movie---it's cute and has some funny moments. Ilana Glazer is a great actress and it's unfortunate in this world that people like Julia Roberts, with zero range, gets fame and fortune . The movie was a like an episode of HBO's Girls if you like that kind of thing. I do. Sometimes you are sick of violence, vampires, gratuitous sex and you want a fun, innocent movie with some charm. Some criticism is necessary if one only gives a movie a six. How does Eden have such a large/great apartment if she is just a yoga instructor ? Doesn't make sense . And the exit of Claude makes no sense and should have been a different excuse. Many women know the ups and downs of lifelong friendships and sometimes it has a happy ending and many times it doesn't last and you only have your good memories of the person who got you through middle school.

Babes is a new comedy produced by NEON, that centers around a girl and her friend and the journey that is pregnancy. To be honest it didn't really sound like my cup of tea but NEON being attached had me excited, because i've been really enjoying their movies lately. Unfortunately i was right, as an 18 year old male this movie about pregnancy and the struggles that comes with it, was not my thing. This is more of a movie for females and single moms most importantly.

I think the subject matters they tackled are important even though they may not have related to me necessarily. Also the humor was very off and on for me. The opener was pretty funny and had good bits to it, but the rest felt as if it was trying way too hard to be funny, and overall didn't stick the landing in the comedy department. With that being said i think Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau both did great in their roles.

They also had good chemistry with one another. This whole movie felt like a sitcom. It didn't necessarily feel like a movie, i think mainly because of how the plot was laid out, it felt very sitcom tv show-ish. Overall Babes is ultimately not 100% my thing. Nor do i think it was made for people like me. I'm sure people will connect and relate to this movie, hopefully more than i did. But with all the negatives aside, it was still a fine and fun little indie comedy.

Funny but it would be more funny if a i was a girl, its not as fun as bridesmaids like the poster said ok, lets not lie ok producers its bad to lie, so the two main actresses are funny and they have are going to have good careers, both are young and attractive so its a win win for them, the whole premise is simple but effective, she is pregnant and her friend with experience in the matter is helping her, but that friend also has his own struggles and its not easy for her, its a comedy movie about friendship and the struggle to maintain that friendship, everyone has a past experience like this one, overall 6/10 ok little movie.

I really liked this! This movie had me laughing throughout, shocked at times and crying by the end, I'm learning to not always trust the ratings on here, the movie is not for everyone. It's definitely for the Mothers, Aunties and Best friends, might get too real for men who aren't Dads. I can relate to the relationship between the women juggling their conflicting struggles. They showed the loneliness that comes with being a parent of multiple kids and a lot of the more real parts of pregnancy and parenting that we don't often see in films or shows.

The movie was funny, witty, charming and unpredictable.

Ilana Glazer's Broad City spunk was great to see again, coupled with Michelle Buteau's crack up personality. The supporting cast was super complimentary.

I will give any movie a chance but this was so bad. The writing wasn't good, it was terribly overacted, and I can't figure out what the point was. I know we all have our own tastes but I can't imagine anyone liking this. The jokes did not land at all. I think I heard one person laugh the entire movie. I definitely would have loved to see virtually any other movie be made than this. I hate to say it but I didn't find a single performance by any of the actors to be remotely above sub par. I would recommend everyone to save their money, and especially their time, and give it to any other movie that is currently out there.

I have literally never written a review on here, but I'm so shocked by the negative reviews that I feel compelled to do so.

I saw this movie tonight as a part of Cinemark's "Secret Movie" series and I was so pleasantly surprised. This movie was NOT on my radar at all (and I go to the theater every weekend), so imagine my surprise when this movie came on and I absolutely loved it!!

I honestly don't think I would've ever gone to this movie if it weren't for this "secret movie" thing, but it was so funny I would honestly go see it again. I laughed the entire time.

I just saw on a poster for it a critic say something like "Bridemaids for having a baby" and I couldn't agree more. This was a movie about women and women issues, and I'm not a woman, but the humor is so good that none of that mattered.

Maybe it's because I live Broad City, but this movie hit that same exact sense of humor and it was amazing.

It was also surprisingly heartfelt and sweet.

Ignore whatever these other reviews are saying. They're clearly made by boomers who can't handle women being hilariously crude and raunchy. It's rare to find actual comedies these days, and this one does not disappoint. GO SEE IT.

The tone of "Babes" in many ways parallels the personality of its director, Pamela Adlon: smart, profane, irreverent and insightful.

Eden (Ilana Glazer - "Broad City") and Dawn (Michelle Buteau - "Isn't It Romantic," "Survival of the Thickest") have been best friends since they were eleven. They have a variety of rituals that bind their friendship together, including going to a movie every Thanksgiving. Eden is a single yoga instructor. Dawn is a dentist with aspirations of becoming the next spokesperson for Invisalign™. After a meet-cute with Claude, an aspiring actor who has two lines of dialogue in a Martin Scorsese movie, Eden discovers she is pregnant. The twenty-nine pregnancy tests weren't wrong. Turns out, Eden can be a little obsessive. When she decides to keep the baby, Eden expects Dawn to become her one-person support system, even though Dawn's married and has two young kids of her own, including a newborn.

"Babes" is the feature film debut for Director Adlon (acting roles in "Better Things," "Californication," 2018 Emmy nomination for voicing Bobby Hill on "King of the Hill"). She has the self-confidence to let Glazer and Buteau fully inhabit their roles. This hands-off approach offers several benefits as the story unfolds. The result is a film that avoids easy categorization. While it navigates some of the tropes of a romantic comedy and avoids the worst instincts of the genre, the central action is the deep platonic friendship of two women who have been through everything together.

It's ironic that as Co-Writer of this film, Glazer creates the more appealing role for her counterpart. Buteau's Dawn is a consistently appealing character who's also given the opportunity to show her skills at some very funny bits of physical comedy. Eden, on the other hand, is a curious mixture of sassy independence, self-absorption, vulnerability and neediness that never really worked for me.

Full disclosure: this is a film I may not be properly qualified to review. I'm male and I've never had kids. From my perspective, some of the dialogue and content seemed simultaneously smart, skillful and sophomoric. The multiple references to breast pumps were simply mystifying. And while I'm familiar with solids, liquids and gases on the periodic table, I was previously unaware that all three could be expelled - violently and regularly, apparently - from the female body during pregnancy. You live, you learn.

What blindsided me was the catch in my throat and some unusual moisture around my eyes as this film moved to a fairly predictable conclusion. It surprised me to feel so deeply at the end of a film where I never felt fully engaged. Your experience may vary.

We went to a mystery movie night at our local theatre and felt a little forced to sit through and watch the whole thing. After the first 10 cheesy minutes I knew I was in for a long movie. It is a rated R movie that feels like it was made for 15 year olds. The comedy was very boring. Wouldn't watch it again. Although me and my significant other didn't like it. Atleast 50% of the theatre was laughing at almost all the jokes. Had about 5 couples walk out within the first 30 minutes. We almost walked out but thought it might get better but by the time we realized it wouldn't get better we decided we've been here for too long to just leave now.

In debut director Pamela Adlon's bright, brash NY dramedy "Babes" carefree late-twenty-something Ilana Glazer is preggers from a one-night stand (with Stephan James) so bff Michelle Buteau stays by her side full term, having just had her own second kid (with hubbie Hasan Ninhaj). In co-writing it (with first-timer Josh Rabinowitz) Glazer loads up the poop, pee & lady-bits references, but just about stays onside, helped by various fine support performances (especially Ninhaj & John Carroll Lynch, but also small roles for Oliver Platt, Sandra Bernhard & the voice of Whoopi Goldberg). It's not "The Hangover" or "Bridesmaids" (as it clearly tried to be) but is decent fare.

This movie captures the happy, sad, and downright difficult moments of motherhood and pregnancy in a comedic yet engaging way. I had high hopes for this movie following Ilana Glazer's success from Broad City but found several moments of boredom mixed with downright "comedic" cringe. Having said that, it did serve it's function as a feel-good movie which held my attention enough to finish the movie. I appreciated it's dive into some serious topics involving motherhood and absentee fatherhood as well as how it affects the family structure. I do hope that Ilana can break out from her usual goofy comedy into something with a bit more depth but this will have to do for now.

To all the naysayers who took time to try to criticize this movie, I say "Guess what? There are really people like this in the world." Not everyone is the cookie cutter typical rom-com character, action hero or sci-fi alien that Hollywood churns out by the truckload. Do I relate to them? No, not particularly, but do I know some people like these characters in real life? Yes, we all do. Are these characters a bit over the top? Yes, but guess what, it's a comedy and like any good movie or book they are going to be caricature's of real people. And it refreshing to watch a movie that showcases an off beat type of person once in a while. So, sit back, enjoy the slightly absurd take on the situation, laugh at their bizarre approach to life and get a glimpse into the way some people choose to live their lives.

All that said, the movie succeeds mostly due to the excellent direction, clean editing, good script and solid acting.

The blend of off beat humor and the real life personal drama that everyone experience in really is very well balanced. I look forward to more movies like this and less of the CGI blockbusters and silly horror movies that have become cliche.

Babes is almost the same movie as "Knocked Up" but without the humor. In the process of making this "comedy", it seems that everyone involved forgot to make it funny. The characters got into so many potentially comedic situations without actually achieving the desired effect. Although there were a few chuckles in the audience, midway through none of us were laughing. Several audience members even got up and left... and I admired their resolve. I stayed in hopes that there would be a saving grace in this dumpster fire. But no, look elsewhere. On top of all that, Oliver Platt was thoroughly wasted in the two short scenes he was in. Avoid this movie at all costs!

Broad City fans will recognize the friendship bond that anchors this pregnancy and birth centered comedy. Better Things fans can be reassured that Pamela Adlon continues to hone her directing chops with each scene of this film. Michelle Buteau fans will get to see her in a delightful way they never imagined. I enjoyed the characters and heart in this film, and laughed out loud at the OB/Gyn doctor, played with great delight by the ever versatile John Carroll Lynch. New York City is like a character actor in the film, with the cityscape and personality of the cast of extras. Lastly, Ilana Glazer cracks me up. The expressions gestures as she expresses the lines she and co-writer Josh Rabinowitz scripted are simply hilarious.

There were endless opportunities for creative jokes and situations. Unfortunately nothing was funny, and every terrible line was delivered as though it was supposed to be a punchline. Awful script, poorly acted, and I left the theater after a certain point. This was complete cringe. And I had my hopes up that this would be a fun, raunchy comedy in the vein of Knocked Up. As a fan of Broad City, I had certain expectations in terms of comedic performance by Ilana Glazer. I also thought her writing contribution would ensure some laughs. What a complete letdown. I had never seen her co-star before this, but she was also incredibly annoying and very unfunny. Skip it.

Just tried way too hard to be funny and hip. It wasn't very funny your occasional moments but it just was one not very well done grossout joke after another. And even though they tried to make it realistic with the crying kissing felt in fantasy land. How does the single woman even afford health care and the same doctor as her dentist friend whose husband has a fancy job. So what is she going g to live on? They don't answer that.

And while it's being marketed as bridesmaids that had a lot of other incredibly funny moments beyond the bodily fluids jokes. This doesn't even if it drops f words and jokes about great milk every five seconds. It just tries way too hard to be hip.

My wife and I watched Babes (2024) in theaters this evening. The storyline follows lifelong best friends as they transition into family life and motherhood. One of the friends unexpectedly gets pregnant and stumbles into motherhood. This news is almost immediately followed by tragedy, testing the best friends' relationship like never before.

The film is directed by Pamela Adlon (44 episodes of Better Things) and stars Ilana Glazer (Broad City), Michelle Buteau (Zootopia), Hasan Minhaj (No Hard Feelings), John Carroll Lynch (Fargo), and Stephan James (If Beale Street Could Talk).

Babes is a unique and well-written addition to the comedy genre. The characters are authentic and experience realistic circumstances. The dialogue is sharp, and the situations are creative. Some of my favorite moments included the boy milking conversation, the scenes where they are high, the brother doctors at the lab, the ongoing poop references, and the "needle" situation, all of which were hilarious. The birth scenes are also well done. The storyline has a great premise and a rewarding ending. My only complaint is that some conversations felt overdone and there were a few cheesy moments.

In conclusion, Babes is a smart addition to the comedy genre, similar to "Booksmart." I would score it an 8/10 and strongly recommend it.

The brainchild of Pamela Adlon and Ilana Glazer, is a comedy that tackles the messy realities of female friendship and motherhood. Glazer shines as Eden, a free-spirited yoga instructor whose life takes a sharp turn when her best friend Dawn (Michelle Buteau) becomes a mom of two, and Eden herself gets pregnant from a one-night stand.

The film's strength lies in its unflinching honesty. It doesn't shy away from the gross bodily fluids, sleep deprivation, and emotional turmoil that come with pregnancy and early parenthood.

However, where Babes stumbles a bit is in Glazer's signature delivery. While her brand of in-your-face humor perfectly captured the wild energy of Broad City, it can feel a tad repetitive here. Jokes that landed big on television lose some punch on the big screen, and the constant barrage of profanity and awkward bodily functions can become tiresome after a while.

Buteau serves as a fantastic counterpoint. Her portrayal of the overwhelmed yet fiercely loving Dawn provides a much-needed grounding force. The chemistry between the two leads is undeniable, but the film tends to have a few plot holes and shift in time that forces you put together some of the missing pieces.

Ok so yes; profanity but in a nice way if that makes sense. Had Mystery movie night for $5 and was worth it. Very funny and original. No they aren't A-list actors but that's what made it seem real. I'd actually buy this movie. Sweet and funny a little grown in the theme but of you have people in your life like this ?? Then you will relate. IYKYK. Nice job to all cast amd crew.

I think the theme of the movie had a nice message but also came full circle at the end. It takes a bit to get going but again if you know people like this in your life it will make sense.

It's nice for couples who may feel worn out by life and all that it has to offer. So you are not alone. To those single moms out there??? We feel your pain. To those single dads out there holding it down we hear you. To hose Married Dads that help keep wifey happy(even when shes not) we hear you. Shot out to the deadbeat dads that just say hey I screwed up. Great date night film and nice message about family and just being there for each other.

Really really funny. Yes poop jokes but not as many as you think .This movie will test some relationships but that was a nice change of pace.

The problem with this mushy, over ripe, often stale pregnancy comedy isn't the onslaught of suburb leveling, ear splitting "humor" or the insufferably blue collar approach to the filmmaking. No, the worst part of this is that it takes a potentially awesome premise and does so little with it, moms everywhere should feel insulted. It carries on with this "they didn't teach THIS in school" attitude that feels incredibly misguided when the new single mom to-be can casually buy $500 sushi that doesn't even go to the desired person. It's gross and stupidly low effort for a movie that will absolutely have an audience that says, "men can't have opinions about this one."