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Babies, also known as Baby(ies) and Bébé(s), is a 2010 French documentary film by Thomas Balmès that follows four humans through their first year after birth. Two of the babies featured in the film are from rural areas: Ponijao from Opuwo, Namibia, and Bayar(jargal) from Bayanchandmani, Mongolia, and two are from urban areas: Mari from Tokyo, Japan, and Hattie from San Francisco, U.S. The film was released in the United States by Focus Features on May 7, 2010. The movie has grossed over a million dollars, entering at the box office at number ten.
Babies received generally positive reviews. 69% of ninety-one reviews on the site Rotten Tomatoes favored the film. The site's consensus is that "Babies is a joyous celebration of humankind that's loaded with adorable images, but it lacks insight and depth." The film received a score of sixty-three on Metacritic. Owen Gleiberman, a reviewer for Entertainment Weekly, called Babies a crowd-pleaser and gave it a "B". Katey Rich of Cinema Blend called the film "brilliantly simple." This film is rated PG for cultural and maternal nudity.
Actors: John Gallino (editor), John Gallino (producer), John Gallino (writer), John Gallino (director), Eric Miller (actor), Heather Ferris (producer), Rob Talalai (composer), Richard Shultis (actor), Nolan Stone (actor), Sean Valverde (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Lorelei King (actress), Lorelei King (actress), Annie Kocur (editor), Jonathan Oliver (actor), Simon Whiteside (composer), Andy Robb (actor), Anna Patrick (actress), Karen Craig (actress), Margaret Allison (miscellaneous crew), Peter Hurle (actor), Ange Palethorpe (director), Steven Lawrence (actor), Debbie Musman (miscellaneous crew), Kenny Ingrams (actor), Ian Jeffs (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Seymour Kneitel (director), Jack Mercer (actor), Jack Mercer (actor), Jackson Beck (actor), Mae Questel (actress), Sam Buchwald (producer), Seymour Kneitel (producer), Izzy Sparber (producer), Larz Bourne (writer), Winston Sharples (composer), Alan Shay (actor),
Genres: Animation, Short,Actors: Treg Brown (editor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Alan Reed (actor), Bernice Hansen (actress), Bernice Hansen (actress), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Frank Tashlin (director), Joe Dougherty (actor),
Plot: The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future with her, which doesn't seem very appealing.
Keywords: bossy-wife, candy, cartoon-pig, dog, dream-sequence, family-relationships, honeymoon, husband-wife-relationship, large-family, looney-tunesActors: Bernice Hansen (actress), Bernice Hansen (actress), Bernice Hansen (actress), Bernice Hansen (actress), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Norman Spencer (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Old King Cole marries the Woman in the Shoe. As soon as they get home, the babies show up from every drawer and closet, much to the king's chagrin. As the singers keep informing us (until the king shuts the window on them), it's the end of his happiness. We spend most of the picture watching his baby assembly line, as he washes them, sends them through the rinse line, dries them with a roller towel, powders them, sends them floating along with balloons, diapers them with paper towels stapled in place, and finally flips them into sleep suits and into their cradles. Time to catch up on the sewing; the machine is connected to the cradles and rocks them as he sews. Once everyone is asleep, the king rests, until two babies run the machine at warp speed, sending everyone flying, ultimately into the king's lap.
Keywords: anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphic-spoon, anthropomorphism, automation, babies-on-conveyor-belt, baby, brat, cartoon-horse, cartoon-sheep, chorusActors: Mae Questel (actress), Mae Questel (actress), Max Fleischer (producer), Sammy Timberg (composer), Dave Fleischer (director), Adolph Zukor (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,After you're gone, babies
ride the soft machine
threading the warm children
down the space between
into a slow heaven
hanging by a thread
leaving the still living
for the walking dead
It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear
After you're gone, babies
crawling on the world
touching the souls of all the lonely
carefree boys and girls
daddy needs you
mamma feeds you
and they come until they go
but if I'm lonely, I'm the only one who knows
It took so long
to find my way out of here
out of the warm night, to the hard light
shivering with fear
after the slow lonely waiting
I'm all alone, alone and free
If you see me, please believe me
I wannna be
After you're gone, babies
screaming at the rain
hanging a slow heaven
in the wind again
She's been waiting
270 days
sick of waiting
when you see me
please believe me
I'm the only one who cares at all
After the slow lonely heaven
I'm all alone, alone and free
if you see me
please believe me
I wanna be