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'Babies' Doc Building Buzz

By IDA Editorial Staff


This just in: babies are adorable.

The buzz around the nearly dialogue-free documentary Babies, which follows four newborns in four corners of the world for the first few months of their cute lives is building louder than, well, a baby's hungry cry.

The trailer was first seen last fall, and even had cranky bloggers like Andy Dehnart of Reality Blurred stating: "I’m not that fond of babies, especially the way some adults respond to them, especially if they’re sitting one row behind me on a five-hour flight, but this documentary looks fascinating."

A recent piece in USA Today proclaimed "Parents, movie fans are cooing over Babies documentary" and spotlighted not only the director (French documentarian Thomas Balmes, father of three), but the babies also in separate pieces.

James Schamus, the head of Focus Features which is releasing the film, said in the article: "It is 80 minutes of jaw-dropping wonder. The great thing about babies is you can never direct them. They never do something fake."

You'll have to wait until the movie's release date of April 16 to be the judge of that. Until then, the trailer will have to pacify your cravings for cuteness.