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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Film ThreatAlex SavelievFilm ThreatAlex SavelievThose seeking more adventurous, cerebral, inspired stuff will get a helluva kick.
- 80VarietyManuel BetancourtVarietyManuel BetancourtKramer sketches out a feverish queer manifesto on gender that feels both novel and familiar.
- 78Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleOf those who will seek this out, they’re either going to really dig it or just absolutely loathe it. There is no middle ground here, but Riseborough’s performance deserves to be seen by everyone.
- 70The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe film’s ironic tone largely defangs the transgressive films it parodies, but Kramer does broaden the scope of the queer leather canon.
- 63Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSlant MagazineWilliam RepassThe film’s unapologetic level of artifice is at once the source of its pleasures and limitations.
- 58IndieWireJude DryIndieWireJude DryWith its bisexual lighting and hyper-designed oddball aesthetic, Please Baby Please looks a lot more polished than its messier camp influences. Aesthetically, the film cobbles together its many cinematic influences with admirable swagger. But film isn’t solely a visual medium — it’s a storytelling one as well.
- 50Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreA fascinating but frustrating overreach that is never more fun than when it’s most over the top, but never really gets a handle on what it’s supposed to be about.
- 50RogerEbert.comChristy LemireRogerEbert.comChristy LemireWhile it’s drenched in style and features performances from an eclectic cast of actors who are deeply committed to the bit, and its expressions of erotic desire can be quite steamy, director and co-writer Amanda Kramer’s film feels limited and grows tiresome rather quickly.