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Avg. Critic Score: 6 out of 100 Overwhelming dislike Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
9 Iffy for 9+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 38
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

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

  • 30
    TV Guide |

    Formulaic and deeply unfunny. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    The laughs are few, far between and pretty darn faint in this comedy. Read full review

  • 10
    L.A. Weekly | F. X. Feeney

    There are ticklish moments, but no real laughs. Read full review

  • 10
    Variety |

    A thoroughly misguided, unfunny film that proves you shouldn't beat a dead horse. Read full review

  • 0
    Austin Chronicle | Steve Davis

    Trying to encapsulate the movie's storyline is not possible; it doesn't appear to have one. Read full review

  • 0
    The Onion A.V. Club | Nathan Rabin

    A horrible, horrible film that wears out its welcome before its opening credits. Read full review

  • 0
    San Francisco Chronicle | Peter Stack

    A stupid comedy with toddlers talking like hip '90s grown-ups. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly |

    The worst movie of 1999. Read full review

  • 0
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    One way to get through Baby Geniuses is to think about whether it really is the worst movie you've ever seen. Probably not, but pretty darn close. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 9+ A bad sitcom of a movie.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that the humor here centers around children using salty adult language, repeated groin-bashing and -- you guessed it -- diaper activities. And though this is a film that would seemingly appeal to young children, the sexual innuendo and roughhousing make it appropriate, inexplicably, only for tweens. Some kids may enjoy the diaper gags, but overall the humor is too crass and misguided to recommend to them. And even among tweens, those who feel insulted by bad TV sitcoms shouldn't risk it.
  • Families can talk about how not to behave or treat girls.
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: One of the "genius" babies roughs up a homeless man and steals his clothes.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: Karate kicks, Three Stooges-type mayhem, and gratuitous groin trauma.
  • sex false3 Sex: Innuendo between toddlers.
  • language false3 Language: A few mild expletives.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue
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