Babyteeth

critic Reviews

, 94% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • Powerfully acted and sensitively directed, Babyteeth offers audiences a coming-of-age story that's messier -- and more rewarding -- than most.
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    Tim RobeyDaily Telegraph (UK)
    Mendelsohn and Davis are old pros, but he hasn't been anything like this good since Mississippi Grind five years ago, and it's hard not to credit this partly to her, a scene partner who's one of the best in the business.
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    Kimber MyersCrooked Marquee
    Babyteeth is authentic and unexpected, thanks to both [director Shannon] Murphy's confident style and the nuanced script from Rita Kalnejais ...
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    Wendy IdeObserver (UK)
    The kind of skittish, reckless film-making that makes you want to rush headlong into bad decisions and savour every last messy moment of the fallout.
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    Clarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
    Shannon Murphy's Babyteeth ... makes for a thrillingly subversive work.
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    Larushka Ivan-ZadehMetro Newspaper (UK)
    An inspired, un-schmaltzy antidote to the 'cancer weepie'.
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    Hannah StrongLittle White Lies
    The best kind of surprise - a debut feature with bite.
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    Greg CarlsonVague Visages
    Much of Babyteeth's vitality can be located in the way each of the central characters is so fully realized.
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    Serena SeghedoniLoud and Clear Reviews
    Shannon Murphy’s devastatingly honest, surprisingly fun coming-of-age cancer drama Babyteeth captures the absurdity of life.
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    M.N. MillerReady Steady Cut
    Babyteeth leaves you with the feeling of pure elation and palpable regret. Shannon Murphy’s debut feature will surely be remembered as one of the year’s very best films.
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    Jane FreeburyThe Canberra Times (Australia)
    It's one of the best Australian films we have seen in some time.
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