Movie review
December 25, 2024 · 115 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Review
Babygirl is a 2024 erotic thriller written and directed by Halina Reijn. It follows Romy, a high-powered CEO played by Nicole Kidman, who begins a secret dominant-submissive affair with her much younger intern while trying to hold together her marriage and career. The story examines her hidden desires, shame, and shifting power dynamics at home and work from a female perspective in the years after #MeToo.
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Babygirl.
Woke representation / casting
Casting fits the modern New York corporate setting naturally with no audience-visible diversity quotas, identity signaling, or character mismatches.
Woke political dialogue
No activist speeches, identity lectures, or political messaging appear in the story or marketing.
Identity-driven story themes
The plot centers on one woman's personal sexual desires, workplace power struggles, and relationship conflicts in a post-#MeToo context, but it stays focused on individual experience rather than broader identity politics or group representation.
Western institutional / cultural critique
The film lightly touches on tensions between a powerful woman's public role and private needs, yet it avoids activist-style attacks on patriarchy, capitalism, toxic masculinity, or traditional Western norms.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. This is a fully original story with no changes to established characters or source material.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Public discussion shows almost no right-leaning complaints labeling the film as woke, DEI, or identity-driven; reactions instead center on its erotic content and personal themes.
Creator track record context
Led by Halina Reijn's pattern of feminist explorations of female desire and sexuality; other credited crew have minimal documented activist histories reflected here.
Production
