Babygirl
NZ release: 30 January 2025
Sex scenes Rated on: 14 January 2025
What’s it about?
A powerful CEO risks losing her career and family when she begins an intoxicating affair with her younger male intern.
The facts
- Directed by Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
- Starring Nicole Kidman (The Hours), Harris Dickinson (The King’s Man), Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), Esther McGregor (The Kid Who Would Be King), Vaughan Reilly (The Night Clerk)
- English language
- Runtime: 114 minutes
- Produced by A24 (Everything Everywhere All at Once, Lady Bird)
Why did it get this rating?
This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.
Sex scenes
The film contains regular sex scenes and occasional nudity with clear moaning, grunting, and masturbation, some of which is drawn out.
Babygirl features complex portrayals of sex and sexual relationships that might be challenging for younger viewers to fully grasp. Some scenes depict blurred consent, with characters expressing uncertainty about their willingness to engage in sexual interactions. However, both characters ultimately end up giving their consent.
Some of the strongest moments include:
- The film starts with a woman moaning intensely as she masturbates to a pornographic video, with her buttocks seen under her pyjamas.
- Characters are seen in various sex positions, with breasts and buttocks shown.
- A woman is fed candy by hand whilst on all fours and a man masturbates her. Though the camera only shows her face close-up, she moans, and it is a drawn-out scene.
- Characters engage in acts of BDSM, such as when a man holds a woman’s eyes closed and arms behind her back whilst having sex with her.
- A woman is seen nude from behind as she gets on her knees to give a man oral sex, but the scene cuts before we see anything.
Content that may disturb
A needle is shown in close-up entering a woman’s face during plastic surgery.
Offensive language
Words like “motherf*cker,” “c*ck,” and “sh*t” are used. The F-word is used 15 times throughout the film.
When content stays with you:
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