Christopher Lloyd, Dom DeLuise, Kathleen Turner

Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.

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PG, 1 hr. 24 min.

Directed by: Bob Clark (III)

Release Date: March 12, 1999

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DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999

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  • July 8, 2009
    This movie was not geniuse at all.
  • May 22, 2008
    "You look like Mt. Pepto Bismol erupted."


    Baby Geniuses is every bit as terrible as the critics made it out to be, and then some. Admittedly this film has some feeble potential, but the idea of talking babies has been toyed with so recurrently that it's growin

    ...( read more)g old. It's apparent that the filmmakers simply wanted to make a guilty pleasure with a few laughs for the kids and adults. The kids might find some entertainment here. As for anyone over the age of 5...you'd have better luck finding a three-legged ballerina than finding anyone remotely interesting in this putrid mess of a movie!


    Basically there are a bunch of babies being held for scientific experiments. Two scientists (Turner, Lloyd) who manage the world's leading manufacturer of baby products secretly plan to crack the code of baby talk. Then one troublesome young child named Sly (played by all of the Fitzgerald triplets) escapes from the facility and runs into his twin Whit (played by the same bunch of triplets) with whom he has a telepathic bond. Then some massive mix up occurs when guards from the scientific facility accidentally capture Whit who's mistaken for Sly, and Sly is mistaken for Whit and taken home by Whit's mother.


    Apart from some preposterous other sub-plots that emerge, there is nothing else holding the film together. It's a string of stupid, notoriously unfunny childish lines of dialogue that some people actually regard as funny. Now that's a shock! No laughs, hideously embarrassing acting, bad storyline and no redeeming features at all. Whoever decided to green-light this project deserves to be kicked out of the industry forever! Think about it...they spent of millions of dollars financing this film. With that money they could have done two or three low budget movies that could have been decent. That's two or three movies we will never see. If crap like this is being created in Hollywood I wonder what stuff they must be rejecting... I don't think any possible film projects that have been rejected could possibly be worse than this.


    Everyone on the cast should be ashamed of themselves. With names like Christopher Lloyd and Kathleen Turner one would expect something that is at least entertaining. Instead we have dreadful acting with even poorer source material. I can't believe how bad this so called "comedy" (I believe the film is incorrectly placed in the genre of comedy) turned out to be. The script is so terrible...I cannot even conceive a word to describe it. Directing is usually uneven and awkward. I don't recall any scenes that are memorable. Each and every second is instantly forgettable. In a sense this is a good thing. I'd rather forget I ever saw this movie.


    Baby Geniuses marks one of Hollywood's lowest points. The whole film is the furthest thing from entertainment. Every aspect of the filmmaking falls flat. Script, directing, performances...they act as repulsive faeces in a grotty toilet. The screenwriter must've been a 1-year-old baby...and not a genius.
  • November 13, 2007
    awwww
  • August 20, 2007
    A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
  • April 24, 2007
    interesting idea, well done too
  • September 21, 2009
    "You don't mess with the Sly Man."
    - Sly

    They may look innocent, but if you think babies don't know what's going on, they're going to give you an education. Dr. Kinder and her partner in crime, Dr. Heep, are set to rule the world by running a lab to crack the code...( read more) to a hidden baby language. The two-year-old Sly escapes from the labs and, with his twin brother Whit, fights to expose the nefarious plot. Mistaken for his twin, he is taken back to his uncle and calls the other babies to invade the secret lab and thwart the evil plot as a commando rescue.

    Directed by Bob Clark, Baby Geniuses features very good acting performances from the following cast:
    1.) Kathleen Turner (Dr. Elena Kinder)
    2.) Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Heep)
    3.) Kim Cattrall (Robin)
    4.) Peter MacNicol (Dan)
    5.) Dom DeLuise (Lenny)

    With its maturity and intelligence expressed by the infants, Baby Geniuses is like a cute, live-action version of Rugrats. And as I was watching this, I asked myself: how did the babies talk grown-up? They're probably preschool kids who could really act, as I never heard of a two-year-old speak at a 30-year-old level. Aside from their language abilities, they even fight bad guys and save people...for real! I can think of them as some of Super Commando Diaper Babies, really, and they were really good. For these elements I can say that Baby Geniuses is very good and worth a watch.
  • September 19, 2009
    Add a review (optional)...ANYONE WHO OWNS THIS MOVIE....I have hundreds of DVD's and i am desperately wanting a copy of this. I would be willing to swap or burn a few movies for even a burnt copy of this one. Please message me xoxox
  • August 24, 2009
    This movie is pretty bad...
  • August 6, 2009
    Funny but a bit cheesy Lol.
  • July 9, 2009
    move over "plan 9 from outer space" this is the worst movie ever made

Critic Reviews


March 19, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The movie is about as endearing as unanesthetized gum surgery. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Bad films are easy to make, but a film as unpleasant as Baby Geniuses achieves a kind of grandeur. full review

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Comments


  • nohalobaby
    August 3, 2008
    I like it. Scratch that love it! it is a must see flim. I mean it is just "Genius!" really good.
  • mertenpyc
    July 30, 2007
    Its a good movie,you should put parts of the movie to this page
  • dbkwindsor40
    May 2, 2007
    " I seen this a few yrs ago..laughed alot..a must see for families
  • inky981
    June 26, 2006
    Who ever knew babies could be so smart? When you look at them, you never know, they could be planning something.

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