Baby Geniuses
| Baby Geniuses | |
|---|---|
| File:Baby geniuses movie poster.jpg | |
| Directed by | Bob Clark |
| Written by | Steven Paul Francisca Matos Robert Grasmere |
| Produced by | Steven Paul |
| Starring | Kathleen Turner Peter MacNicol Kim Cattrall Christopher Lloyd Dom DeLuise Ruby Dee Kyle Howard |
| Cinematography | Stephen M. Katz |
| Edited by | Stan Cole |
| Music by | Paul Zaza |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures |
Release date | 1999 |
Running time | 97 min. |
| Country | U.S.A. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $13,000,000 |
Baby Geniuses is a 1999 action/comedy directed by Bob Clark, rated PG for crude humor and mild expletives and violence.
The film was financially successful, earning US $27 million gross against a US $13 million budget. It was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic Roger Ebert as one of his most hated movies. Despite the negative reviews, the casting of Peter MacNicol and Kim Cattrall was regarded as the savior of the film.
Computer-generated imagery effects were used to digitally superimpose moving lips over baby's mouths, an effect similarly used in Clutch Cargo.
It was followed by a sequel, SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, in 2004; that film now resides in the "top" ten of IMDB's Bottom 100 list. As of April 10, 2007, Baby Geniuses is #38, behind such films as Phat Girlz and Material Girls. Baby Geniuses 3[1] is also currently in the pre-production stages.
Plot
Two scientists, Dr. Kinder and Dr. Heep (Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd) use genius baby studies to fund their Babyco theme park. At age two, the children are due to 'cross over', learn to talk, and forget their universal knowledge. One mischievous toddler, Sly, makes repeated attempts to escape the "Kinder" lab and one night, he actully succeeds. What Sly does not expect is to run into his twin, Whit, in a mall playground. Athough Sly and Whit share a telepathic bond, they have no idea of each other's existence. When the guards from the lab capture Whit, mistaken him for Sly, and take him back to the Kinder lab, Sly is taken home by Whit's adopted mother, who has mistaken him for Whit.
References
- ^ Baby Geniuses 3 is in Pre-Production http://www.crystal-sky.com/renegadefilms.htm.
External links
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