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- BABY GENIUSES. This car crash of a film, directed by Bob ("Porky's") Clark, is so extremely bad on so many different levels, it's difficult to decide what to address first. Should we start with the concept, about an evil corporation named BABYCO, led by a fascistic doctor named...

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Published inChicago tribune (1963)
Main Authors (JP = John Petrakis, MC = Mark Caro, MR = Maureen Ryan, MW = Michael Wilmington) Catherine Bell
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago, Ill Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 12.03.1999
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Summary:- BABY GENIUSES. This car crash of a film, directed by Bob ("Porky's") Clark, is so extremely bad on so many different levels, it's difficult to decide what to address first. Should we start with the concept, about an evil corporation named BABYCO, led by a fascistic doctor named Kinder, that is conducting questionable experimentation on very young children, especially twins? Should I go right to the structure, which borrows the aw-shucks talking babies idea from "Look Who's Talking" and mixes it with the mischievous antics of "Home Alone," so that we have bad guys getting their comeuppance at the hands of cackling genius babies? But the most notable emotion one is left with is sorrow, that such stalwart actors as Kathleen Turner, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall and, yikes, the great Ruby Dee have found their way into this bomb. PG. No stars. -- J.P.
ISSN:1085-6706