Variety by Manuel Betancourt
Kramer sketches out a feverish queer manifesto on gender that feels both novel and familiar.
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Director
Amanda Kramer
Cast
Andrea Riseborough,
Harry Melling,
Karl Glusman,
Demi Moore,
Mary Lynn Rajskub,
Ryan Simpkins
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.
Variety by Manuel Betancourt
Kramer sketches out a feverish queer manifesto on gender that feels both novel and familiar.
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.
Film Threat by Alex Saveliev
Those seeking more adventurous, cerebral, inspired stuff will get a helluva kick.
Austin Chronicle
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.
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.
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.
Slant Magazine by William Repass
The film’s unapologetic level of artifice is at once the source of its pleasures and limitations.
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.
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.
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.
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