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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 85The Daily BeastColeman SpildeThe Daily BeastColeman SpildeBabes’ benevolent humor skims the great heights of a Nora Ephron film for a modern take on womanhood that feels close to classic on arrival.
- 80Rolling StoneDavid FearRolling StoneDavid FearEven more than the gloriously gross-out stuff, designed for big laughs and OMG body-horror reactions, it’s the blunt, unfiltered way they treat the ties that bind these two women that sticks with you. The humor is hormonal. Everything else is pure heart.
- 80TheWrapMatthew CreithTheWrapMatthew CreithBabes may deal with weighted adult issues like motherhood, friendship, connection and the struggles of moving on, but, rest assured, it is a comedic gold mine of delightful punch lines.
- 75IndieWireChristian ZilkoIndieWireChristian ZilkoWhile Babes begins its approach to domesticity with the same aversion to responsibility that powered “Broad City,” it ultimately settles on a more mature attitude that illustrates the way many of Glazer’s fans are growing up alongside her.
- 75SlashfilmJacob HallSlashfilmJacob HallBabes would be a stressful film if it wasn't such a funny one, if its leads weren't so charming, their chemistry so lived-in.
- 75Slant MagazineRocco T. ThompsonSlant MagazineRocco T. ThompsonBy turns tender and raucous, Pamela Adlon’s feature-length directorial debut, Babes, spins the uneasy, unwelcome, weirdly cool corporeal realities of pregnancy into heartfelt comic gold.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeThe Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeAlthough Babes nails its comedic swings, the film strains to build the narrative tension and stakes needed to land its more serious moments.
- 70VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWith Adlon there to spot them, Glazer and Buteau trust-fall into their respective parts, potentially unlikable qualities and all. At times, the pair get so filthy, you may not believe your ears. But strength, as the saying goes, comes from the mouth of babes.