Babies

Current Ranking: #23 out of 33
Date Watched: 05/11/10
Original Ranking: #11 out of 18

Nic says:

As a newlywed looking forward to having children of my own, nothing frightens me more than the prospect of having to take care of a baby. Don’t get me wrong, I also couldn’t be more excited to have kids; but, the idea of taking care of an infant scares me to death. The documentary Babies really puts things in to perspective. However, raising a kid in San Francisco is a cake walk compared to raising a child in Mongolia or Namibia.

The movie is a bit like a National Geographic special, meaning it does not hold back. Everything from breastfeeding to baby poop is featured in this film (it does, however, spare you the miracle of childbirth itself). Nonetheless, you can never go wrong with displaying the adorable wonder of four babies in their first year on this planet. It’s practically 80 minutes of “Awwwwww!”

Amy says:

I love the 80 minutes of “Awww!” I thoroughly enjoyed watching the babies grow and learning about how raising a baby is so diverse based on where you live in the world. This unique real life story was hard to rank because it is so different than the other movies we review. We loved it, but it is one of those movies we feel we only would watch once, which is why it is not closer to the top of the list.