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Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews
Apr 20, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Creators Robins-Grace and Gaymer are making more than just a feminist statement about the burdons put upon parents (moms). They have also found a smart way to look at the discussions of generational trauma that we’ve also seen on shows like Netflix’s Russian Doll and Prime Video’s Transparent.
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Apr 25, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The Baby isn’t subtle. It isn’t polite. It’s sometimes extremely silly. And its unusual juxtaposition of a darling baby boy and heaps of bloody, gory violence surely will not appeal to everyone. But if you can live with all of the above, it’s more than just fun—it’s also a whole lot smarter and more thought-provoking than most of the shows sucking up all the attention this month.
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Apr 21, 2022
Season 1 Review:
What makes The Baby more than a one-joke story is the empathy it has for people at every point on the parenting spectrum. ... What starts as a surreal, frequently gory comedy evolves, over the six episodes made available for advance screening, into something closer to “elevated horror” in the Hereditary mold. But the change in tone doesn’t make the story any less compelling.
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Apr 22, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The show takes an unfortunate turn at a certain point, when it feels the need to take the themes it has been adroitly finessing and make them explicit and grindingly literal. ... Regardless, there’s pleasure in de Swarte’s portrayal of the dogged, take-no-prisoners Natasha and in the sweetly addled performance of the newcomer Amber Grappy as Natasha’s younger sister. And there’s the baby.
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The Daily BeastApr 25, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Any fan of demonic-kid horror will obviously be a natural mark for this series, as might fans of British horror comedies. That said, it’s hard not to feel as though a lot has been left on the table. Given the premise—again, let me repeat, a demon baby!—one would not expect this series to feel so repetitive and, at times, even restrained, from the costume choices to the disaster scenes. There’s an excellent satire in here and also a blood-curdling horror story, but it seems neither has quite learned how to walk.
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