Review of The Babadook (2014) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 24 Nov 2014
No male director would have put so much as a toe inside this trouble zone, although Kent does borrow a helpful domestic hint from “Shaun of the Dead”: rather than vanquish our worst nightmare, why not tame it, lock it away, and hope?
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This review of The Babadook (2014) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 24 Nov 2014.
The Babadook has generally received very positive reviews.
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