If you are one of those people who are into babies you will love this film. Babies is just that — a film about babies. It focuses on four newborns from four different areas around the world — one being the US of course, one from Japan, one from Namibia and one from Mongolia — and lets us watch as they grow into toddlers. The movie lets the babies speak for themselves: so there’s crying and baby talk, but no narration.
Quite frankly, unlike the promo that says “everybody loves babies,” I’m not into babies. As a woman, I didn’t get that mothering gene, it just missed me completely. When I see a woman in line with a baby in tow, I’m not one of those people who goes: “Oooooh, look at the cute little baby.” I think something like, “just what the world needs, another germ-bag,” and ignore both mother and baby.
So the reason I watched this film is because I am interested in anthropology. And you know what, Babies is a good film well worth watching even if you’re like me and not into babies.
What is especially interesting — and of course it makes senses and is perfectly logically and intuitively we all know this is true, but the movie proves it — that newborns all cry exactly the same no matter what language or culture they’re from. I know, I know…Duh. But I told that to my boyfriend, who didn’t see the film, and he was really surprised, so maybe other people will be surprised at that too.
It was also interesting to watch the mothering in different cultures. And I finally learned how baby poop is taken care of in cultures that don’t use diapers. You’ll have to watch to find out, I wouldn’t want to spoil it for you.
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