Baby Geniuses
TriStar Pictures | Release Date: March 12, 1999 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
7
METASCORE
Overwhelming dislike based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
0
Mixed:
2
Negative:
12
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
50
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Formulated on an idiotic idea and develops a predictably lackluster motion picture from it. Read full review
40
Film ThreatRon Wells
This movie wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It's still not that good though. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Bad films are easy to make, but a film as unpleasant as Baby Geniuses' achieves a kind of grandeur. Read full review
30
TV Guide MagazineSandra Contreras
Formulaic and deeply unfunny. Read full review
25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam Lacey
About as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery. Read full review
20
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
The laughs are few, far between and pretty darn faint in this comedy. Read full review
10
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
The hokey dialogue and witless physical gags keep everything painful and hectoring. Read full review
10
L.A. WeeklyF. X. Feeney
There are ticklish moments, but no real laughs. Read full review
10
VarietyLael Loewenstein
A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film that proves you shouldn't beat a dead horse. Read full review
0
Entertainment WeeklyMichael Sauter
The worst movie of 1999. Read full review
0
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
One way to get through Baby Geniuses is to think about whether it really is the worst movie you've ever seen. Probably not, but pretty darn close. Read full review
0
San Francisco ChroniclePeter Stack
A stupid comedy with toddlers talking like hip '90s grown-ups. Read full review
0
Austin ChronicleSteve Davis
Trying to encapsulate the movie's storyline is not possible; it doesn't appear to have one. Read full review
0
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
A horrible, horrible film that wears out its welcome before its opening credits. Read full review
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