![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The film, while offering some funny moments, is serious as hell. When some in the crowd chuckled, she added, “We can laugh about it, but it’s not funny.” Fest co-founder Jane Rosenthal introduced the film with the straightforward admonition that as the mother of two teenage girls, she feels this doc is “the scariest movie I watched” from the fest program. Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus’ “Sexy Baby” had its world premiere Friday night at the AMC Lowes Village 7 in front of a packed crowd with a predictably female tilt. Launching them at the Tribeca Film Festival, typically strong in its documentary programming, was a smart move not only because a good portion of their content takes place in New York City, but also, at least in the case of “Sexy Baby,” because the setting provides a culturally influential place to start a serious discussion (see: “Bully”). But both films address the impacts and effects of insecurity among women (“Sexy Baby”) and men (“Mansome”) and thus make for an interesting pairing. It may be an unfair comparison, since Morgan Spurlock and Jeremy Chilnick’s latest documentary aims for comedy over substance throughout. The filmmakers make their case via portraits of three memorable subjects: Winnifred, a frighteningly precocious and sexually knowledgeable Manhattan twelve-year-old who can’t stop posting racy pictures of herself on Facebook 22-year-old Laura, a kindergarten teacher determined to get labiaplasty to make her genitals look more attractive (see above reference) and 32-year-old Nichole, a former porn star turned stripper who teaches pole-dancing to women who want to use professional moves on their husbands and boyfriends.“ Sexy Baby” is an important film. While the film is ultimately not particularly informative - unless you count learning the exact meaning of the unfortunate phrase “roast beef curtains” - it does provide a vivid portrait of a modern society seemingly hell-bent on becoming Sodom and Gomorrah. ![]() Parents will want to immediately lock up their daughters after watching Sexy Baby, Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus’ evocative if scattershot documentary about the pernicious effects of pornography and our overly sexualized culture, particularly on women. ![]()
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