Please Baby Please

Released Oct 28, 2022

1 hr. 35 min.

Musical

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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61 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Big issues, packaged in flamboyantly witty dialogue, are addressed amidst hyper-stylized decors with a theatrical 1950s feel (think a rather dark, campy twist on West Side Story (1961) as directed by John Waters). How should one be a 'real' man or woman? And, what does the institution of marriage have to do with it? Suze and Arthur are the ideal Lower East Side bohemian couple. He earns a modest living as a clarinetist, she is a stylish housewife, dutifully doing the washing up. One evening, they witness a murder, committed by a rough gang of greasers in leather jackets, on the sidewalk in front of their house. This introduction to the intimidating Young Gents arouses previously unsuspected emotions and feelings of sexuality in both Arthur and Suze.

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Critics Consensus

It'll be too campy for some, but Please Baby Please benefits from an artful aesthetic that's just as striking as Andrea Riseborough's performance.

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westly l

love it this kind cuff movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/23

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Jeff B

This was a middling play full of warmed over monologues and mugging that someone decided counts as a film if you simply film it. There was nothing cinematic about this, the neon lighting looked atrocious, and every attempt at a joke fell flat. The musical numbers are deeply unmemorable and, for all the themes and talk about queerness, this is far less queer than the Michael Ian Black subplot of Wet Hot American Summer. It desperately wants to be compared to a John Waters movie but there isn't a single character with dimension in this movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/23

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Tai J

oh baby my baby i love u baby

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/19/23

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Cristina B

I think director Amanda Kramer is one to watch but I don't think this will be her best film. She can't get great marks for the acting. I can also see how stylistically, this was a bit of a flop. But as concerns the scriptwriting and depiction of the complex topic of sexuality, and female submissiveness especially, Kramer shot the ball out of the park. This film struck me as wonderfully exploring new ground. For the first part especially, the disorienting camp of the gang's and Andrea Riseborough's acting is unsettling to the point of being distasteful. In particular, the way Riseborough's stylist did her up was very unflattering, and I say this as a feminist who really enjoys depictions of women onscreen. While she was perfect in the (slightly too self-indulgent and long) dancing sequences, she hammed it up too much, particularly in the parts where her character is supposed to be struggling with some kind of internal dilemma which should make her a little more withdrawn. Relative to Riseborough, the male gay sequences with Teddy and Arthur are subtle, bold and compelling. Arthur is a perfect analogue for today's younger generations, struggling with sexual expression and gender representation. On the whole, I would say that while it carried way more substance and ingenuity, with well-timed cultural significance, than Pulp Fiction, but the replication of Pulp Fiction-style dance sequences and Lynchian costumes, was too derivative and overdone.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/23

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Erin K

I absolutely adore this movie. It is so thoroughly, delightfully queer in every sense of the word. It so perfectly blends the cinematic influences it's drawing from (obviously Anger and Fassbinder, but also cult camp classics like "Absolutely Beginners" and "Crimes of Passion") while also being utterly singular. It's "not for everyone," but what percentage of cinema really is "for" anyone?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/22

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ruby d

What a total bore. It certainly lacked of originality, depth, substance, drive and not to mention humor. The entire plot was only focused on the pretty imagery and not the bulk of it, with the characters being quite too unpleasant and self-deprecative to please the audience. Please take notes from Bros, a hugely successful LGBTQ+ film with all of its positive accolades and ratings.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Amanda Kramer

Director

Demi Moore

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Andrea Riseborough

Actor

Harry Melling

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Teddy

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

It’s monumentally tedious, devoid of humour and, worst of all, sanctimonious.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 30, 2023

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Demi is a marvel, Riseborough has never been better or scarier, and we wouldn’t have missed Cole Escola sobbing Since I Don’t Have You, through mascara, on the phone to an unseen rotter, for all the fetishwear in Cruising.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 30, 2023

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Marina Ashioti

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One hell of a glossy, sexy, pastiche-fueled ride.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 30, 2023

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Marya E. Gates

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The horniest film I’ve seen all year.

Feb 13, 2024

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Hector A. Gonzalez

Loud and Clear Reviews

Please Baby Please is an imaginative and visually entrancing feature by Amanda Kramer, who showcases her directorial playfulness and genre-bending antics in full effect.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 4, 2024

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Carmen Paddock

TAKE ONE Magazine

Andrea Riseborough, somehow ageless, always fascinating, is impossible to look away from. She makes Suze both an active participant and a confused, lost observer, opening up a world she never knew existed.

Nov 30, 2023

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Synopsis

Big issues, packaged in flamboyantly witty dialogue, are addressed amidst hyper-stylized decors with a theatrical 1950s feel (think a rather dark, campy twist on West Side Story (1961) as directed by John Waters). How should one be a 'real' man or woman? And, what does the institution of marriage have to do with it? Suze and Arthur are the ideal Lower East Side bohemian couple. He earns a modest living as a clarinetist, she is a stylish housewife, dutifully doing the washing up. One evening, they witness a murder, committed by a rough gang of greasers in leather jackets, on the sidewalk in front of their house. This introduction to the intimidating Young Gents arouses previously unsuspected emotions and feelings of sexuality in both Arthur and Suze.

Director: Amanda Kramer
Screenwriter: Amanda Kramer, Noel David Taylor
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Rivulet Media, Silver Bullet Entertainment
Genre: Musical, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 28, 2022, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $24.9K

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