Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” with Angelina Jolie, has carved a niche in cool, edgy projects that are that rare combo of popular and prestigious.
His performance here, scary and siren-like, is a smash.And Kidman is a natural fit for Romy, who starts out proper and rigid and then gets wilder — showing up unannounced and drenched in rain at Samuel’s bartending job and dancing at a club.Reijn, who has another scrumptious winner after “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” doesn’t decide whether we should be happy for Romy or not, or if what the exec is doing is liberating or reckless.
Once the film is widely released, I could see it becoming a controversial object of scorn for scolds. By most modern metrics, the relationship here is textbook #MeToo.
Reprehensible, cancelable, black and white.“Babygirl,” however, suggests there is a gray area. Power comes in many forms, the movie seems to say, but doesn’t always come with a corner office..
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