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Please Baby Please

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United States · 2022
1h 35m
Director Amanda Kramer
Starring Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Karl Glusman, Demi Moore
Genre Drama

Suze and Arthur live a traditional lifestyle in the Lower East Side, until the night they encounter a gang of sadistic, leather-clad greasers known as The Young Gents. This introduction arouses previously unexplored desire, leading the pair to question the confines of gender, monogamy, and the sexual status quo.

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78

Austin Chronicle by

Of those who will seek this out, they’re either going to really dig it or just absolutely loathe it. There is no middle ground here, but Riseborough’s performance deserves to be seen by everyone.

50

RogerEbert.com by Christy Lemire

While it’s drenched in style and features performances from an eclectic cast of actors who are deeply committed to the bit, and its expressions of erotic desire can be quite steamy, director and co-writer Amanda Kramer’s film feels limited and grows tiresome rather quickly.

75

The Film Stage by Dan Mecca

Kramer and Riseborough are clearly on the same wavelength, both understanding that though the representation in Please, Baby, Please is important, it is most vital the film be entertaining. In both respects they find success.

58

IndieWire by Jude Dry

With its bisexual lighting and hyper-designed oddball aesthetic, Please Baby Please looks a lot more polished than its messier camp influences. Aesthetically, the film cobbles together its many cinematic influences with admirable swagger. But film isn’t solely a visual medium — it’s a storytelling one as well.

50

Movie Nation by Roger Moore

A fascinating but frustrating overreach that is never more fun than when it’s most over the top, but never really gets a handle on what it’s supposed to be about.

70

The New York Times by Teo Bugbee

The film’s ironic tone largely defangs the transgressive films it parodies, but Kramer does broaden the scope of the queer leather canon.

80

Screen Daily by Wendy Ide

Any film which features Demi Moore breathily vamping her way through an appreciation for her dishwasher and which permits Andrea Riseborough to deliver a performance as gloriously OTT as this one has plenty to recommend it.

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