Nasty Baby - Movie Reviews (2024)

Ridiculous, outrageous and weirdly disjointed but still fascinating to watch, this movie derails in its last 20 minutes, but it’s still a fascinating experiment.

Full Review | Dec 1, 2023

Nasty Baby won't be for everybody, but offers plenty to think about for those willing to be swept along.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | May 16, 2019

Although occasionally trying and failing to balance the array of stories it aims to tell, Nasty Baby's performances and conclusion provide a method to the madness as it reminds us of the constant state of the human condition.

Full Review | Original Score: B- | May 9, 2019

There are layers to this social satire, and the insidious effect of central character Freddy's brazen narcissism unexpectedly draws you in to observe more complex matters of class division, prejudice, and hom*ophobia.

Full Review | Mar 4, 2019

There are moments in Nasty Baby when the light streaming through a window is just too beautiful. And that is what urban life is about.

Full Review | Aug 23, 2018

[Nasty Baby] is designed to pull you out of your comfort zone, and it does. But its often half-baked ideas mean it's more repulsive than thought-provoking.

Full Review | Aug 14, 2017

A certain deadpan lightheartedness, as well as the pleasure of watching pretty people filmed in pretty places, sweeps us into the film. So what occurs in the final half hour comes as even more of a shock than it otherwise might.

Full Review | Jun 16, 2017

Veering off in a totally unexpected direction, it features a key role played by House Of Cards' Reg E. Cathey as a local crazy... but to say more would ruin the pleasures this barbed comedy has to offer.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 2, 2017

Nasty indeed.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2016

This is one of those awkward films that depicts complacent characters while itself looking complacent, and Silva never quite seems in control of his volatile material.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 10, 2016

Silva captures the boho hipster milieu of the Brooklyn setting, but adds a sense of unease ...

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 8, 2016

Nasty Baby is an off-kilter film that alternates between passages of amusem*nt and aggravation, before it suddenly snaps into focus in its final stages

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 8, 2016

Nasty Baby is a one-trick dramedy that bets the house on a daring final-reel twist that arrives far too late to compensate for the sheer bum-numbing agony that's gone before it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2016

This is a strange, unclassifiable piece of work, bordering on craziness and incoherence but acted and directed with such quiet vehemence that it has some interest.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 7, 2016

Builds to a crescendo of debate-sparking ambiguity and a question of whether ends justify all means.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 7, 2016

Wears its brilliant social observations lightly and enjoyably and then with shocking audacity.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 7, 2016

Silva succeeds in keeping his characters sympathetic and their relationships honest, if unconventional, and his approach is bolstered by some terrific performances.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 4, 2016

Wiig strolls the line between adorable and obnoxious with the ease of a pro.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2016

Its character study and performances are accurate and compelling, bringing the desired critique successfully, consummate and credible. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Mar 9, 2016

Like many Rivette films, Nasty Baby is an enigmatic comedy-drama set in a bohemian subculture, with a plot involving the creation of a work of art.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 12, 2016