Nasty Baby
Orchard, The | Release Date: October 23, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireAn BanhFeb 1, 2015
By shattering genre conventions, Silva subverts traditional perspectives on modern adulthood and finds no easy answers in the process. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottOct 22, 2015
Mr. Silva’s accomplishment is not just in pulling off a jarring plot twist, but in handling a change of tone that turns the movie — and the audience’s assumptions about it — upside down. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyFeb 1, 2015
Pleasantly involving and sometimes annoying throughout most of its running time, this is also a vibrant, thoughtful piece about modern life in a very particular gentrified neighborhood. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMark DujsikOct 23, 2015
Writer/director Sebastián Silva doesn't cheat in terms of storytelling, though. Throughout the film, he sets up these characters, and us, for what happens. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineClayton DillardOct 19, 2015
The film is a compelling addition to Sebastián Silva's cinema of compassionate comeuppance. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKatie WalshFeb 1, 2015
The film takes a dark turn at the end, and while the two sides of Nasty Baby are interesting, well-made, and well-performed, they feel like two completely different movies. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOct 22, 2015
In much the way "Crystal Fairy" blossomed when we were snapped out of our chuckling repulsion, Nasty Baby rights itself intriguingly when Silva pushes his characters into unknown territory and lifestyle is imposed upon by life. Read full review
70
Village VoiceAmy NicholsonOct 20, 2015
Nasty Baby isn't satisfying. But on Silva's terms, it makes sense. Read full review
67
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattOct 29, 2015
Subverting expected narratives may have been Silva’s aim all along; still, the turn isn’t just nasty, it’s confounding. Read full review
60
TheWrapTricia OlszewskiOct 22, 2015
Silva does manage to introduce discomfort slowly, but the manner in which things go very, very wrong is dealt with superficially. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternOct 22, 2015
I disliked it at first — the camera is as jittery as the characters — and kept disliking it until I realized that I’d been drawn in, if not exactly captivated. The film itself is alive with random energy that foreshadows a surprise ending without blowing the surprise. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloOct 22, 2015
At long last, Nasty Baby decides what it wants to be: a complete mess. Read full review
50
New York PostSara StewartOct 21, 2015
Wiig and Adebimpe give appealing, naturalistic performances — it’s Silva’s character who grate. Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 1, 2015
Silva assembles a loosely scripted, raucously nonconformist laffer that looks like it’s going one way, only to arrive somewhere else entirely — a change of heart that’s not at all to the advantage of a film. Read full review
37
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanOct 29, 2015
Ultimately, Silva’s uneven command of tone undoes whatever goodwill his actors have managed to generate. They — and we — deserve much better than this. Read full review
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