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Baby God

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Baby God

2020

1h 18m

Documentary

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80%

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15 Reviews

42%

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For more than 30 years, Dr. Quincy Fortier covertly uses his own sperm to inseminate his fertility patients. When his secret is revealed, his children seek the truth about his motives and try to make sense of their own identities.

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Critics Consensus

Baby God is unavoidably nauseating as it unearths a heinous legacy, but Hannah Olson's sensitive study of the victims gives this documentary a worthwhile poignancy.

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Ashlie D. Stevens

Salon.com

Baby God treats its subjects with dignity and empathy and, unlike Almost Family, doesn't shy away from the wreckage his legacy left behind.

Dec 16, 2020

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Katie Rife

AV Club

Stories like these are why 23andMe has you sign a waiver when you send in that tube of saliva, and after watching it, you'll never think about those tests-or a trip to the gynecologist's office-the same way again.

Rated: B

Dec 16, 2020

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Amy Nicholson

New York Times

Olson's poetic b-roll and Will Epstein's soft, pulsing piano score buff away the lurid shocks.

Rated: B

Dec 3, 2020

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Erick Estrada

Cinegarage

Baby God exposes a system that allows situations like this to happen. A patriarchal system operating at ease. [Full review in Spanish]

Oct 18, 2022

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Audrey Fox

JumpCut Online

A frustrating documentary that fails to capitalize on its incredibly engrossing subject, leaving far more stones unturned than it actually attempts to address.

Jan 3, 2021

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Peter Canavese

Celluloid Dreams

A fascinating, bizarre case which deepens as it goes along in ways that are narratively tricky on the audience.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 13, 2020

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Lorri D

Thank goodness for the 10 second FFWD button, so much "filler" in this documentary. Interesting story but could have been condensed to half the length. What made these doctors think this was okay. Very sad for these families.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/12/24

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Audience Member

The music is absolutely intolerable. I would like to have continued watching this but absolutely could not. It was not interesting enough to endure the assault on my ears.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

Really disturbing story but still felt overly long at 78 minutes as I think viewers will be left with some unanswered questions. I would have been interested to see more digging into of the history and psychology of the type of sociopathic doctor who can internally justify this type of behavior.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Synopsis

For more than 30 years, Dr. Quincy Fortier covertly uses his own sperm to inseminate his fertility patients. When his secret is revealed, his children seek the truth about his motives and try to make sense of their own identities.

Director: Hannah Olson
Producer: Hannah Olson
Screenwriter: CeCe Moore
Production Co: Loki Films, Gap Tooth Films, HBO Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2020
Runtime: 1h 18m

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