Review of Baby Doll (1956) by Bridget H — 23 Sep 2007

A personal and psychological movie. Genius.

This review of Baby Doll (1956) was written by Bridget H on 23 Sep 2007.

Baby Doll has generally received very positive reviews.

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Never heard of this one before but caught it on TV....and I never thought of Eli Wallach as the loverboy type but he's pretty young here and…

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By Ray J (665) on 23 Aug 2009

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By Brian W (1,331) on 06 Mar 2009

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By Rick Q (325) on 16 Jul 2012

The performances are good, but elia kazan's baby doll is so slow and doesn't really go anywhere when it's all said and done…

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By Laura H (446) on 02 Jul 2009

Okay, first off--the MPAA (or CARA or whoever the hell they're known as now) needs to pull their heads out of the sand and re-rate this movie…

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