Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson in “Babygirl.”
A24Babygirl—A24’s steamy thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson— appears to be coming soon to digital streaming.
Rated R, Babygirl opened in theaters nationwide on Dec. 25, 2024. The logline for Babygirl reads, “A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.”
Babygirl is written and directed by Halina Reijn. Kidman plays the CEO, Romy, in Babygirl, while Dickinson plays her intern, Samuel. The film also stars Antonio Banderas as Romy’s husband, Jacob, while Sophie Wilde, plays Romy’s assistant Esme.
According to When to Stream, Babygirl is estimated to arrive on digital streaming via premium video on demand on Tuesday, Jan. 28.
While When to Stream is typically accurate in its PVOD reports, the streaming tracker noted that A24 has not announced or confirmed the digital release date of Babygirl and it is subject to change.
When Babygirl arrives on PVOD, it will be available for purchase or rent on a variety of digital platforms, including Prime Video, AppleTV and Fandango at home.
Per Prime Video, Babygirl will be available for digital purchase for $24.99. Since digital rentals are generally $5 less than the purchase prices, viewers can expect to rent Babygirl for $19.99 for a 48-hour period.
How Was ‘Babygirl’ Received By Audiences And Critics?
According to The Numbers, Babygirl has earned $23.9 million domestically and $5.3 million internationally for a worldwide box office tally of $29.3 million to date. Per Collider, Babygirl had a production budget of $20 million before prints and advertising costs.
Rotten Tomatoes critics gave Babygirl a 77% “fresh” rating based on 213 reviews. The RT Critics Consensus reads, “Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson memorably smolder together in Babygirl, with writer-director Halina Reijn’s clinical gaze keeping this sexually frank thriller more provocative than prurient.”
Audiences gave Babygirl a 48% “rotten” rating on RT’s Pocornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings.
Beth Webb is among the top critics on RT who praises Halina Reijn and Nicole Kidman’s Babygirl. In her review for Empire Magazine, Webb calls Babygirl “an exploration of carnal desire that is at once fiercely erotic, nuanced and raucously funny, with Kidman charging into the breach, flaws bared, taking everything that Reijn hurls her way.”
Kyle Smith of the Wall Street Journal also gave Babygirl a “fresh” review, writing, “Romy has the messy, multifaceted nature of a fully realized character from a literary novel or a memoir, and Ms. Kidman, who is as gifted as she is fearless, is the ideal actress to capture her.”
John Powers is among Babygirl’s detractors on RT. In his review for NPR, Powers writes, “Babygirl’s problem is not Romy’s desire to be dominated. It’s making her erotic liberation so triumphant that the story’s sexual politics don’t matter.”
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian also gave Babygirl a “rotten” rating on RT, writing, “Kidman has previously played not dissimilar roles in upscale metropolitan locations … there is nobody better at playing elegant and soignée and sophisticated. But she and Dickinson can’t deliver the erotic thrill of actual danger.”
Babygirl is expected to debut on PVOD on Jan. 28.
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