Baby Geniuses (1999)

Director:

Bob Clark

Writers (WGA):

Steven Paul (story) and
Francisca Matos (story) ...

Release Date:

12 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Think innocent. Think helpless. Think again. Naps are history.

Plot:

Scientist hold talking, super-intelligent babies captive, but things take a turn for the worse when a mix-up occurs between a baby genius and its twin.

Plot Keywords:

Baby | Toddler | Family Relationships | Mad Scientist | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Kathleen Turner	...	Elena Kinder
Christopher Lloyd	...	Heep
Kim Cattrall	...	Robin
Peter MacNicol	...	Dan
Dom DeLuise	...	Lenny
Ruby Dee	...	Margo
Kyle Howard	...	Dickie
Kaye Ballard	...	Mayor
Leo Fitzgerald	...	Sly / Whit
Myles Fitzgerald	...	Sly / Whit
Gerry Fitzgerald	...	Sly / Whit
Connor Leggett	...	Basil
Griffin Leggett	...	Basil
Megan Robbins	...	Carrie
Gabrielle Robbins	...	Carrie

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude behavior and dialogue.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | France:U | Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/6 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #35551) | Philippines:G | Finland:K-8

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Company:

Crystal Sky Worldwide

Trivia:

The combination for Sly's alarm system at the beginning of the film is "1973."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious stunt double when Goon Bob falls down the stairs.

Quotes:

Sly: We have to use our secret weapon.
Basil: And what's that?
Sly: Duby - What's the one thing grown-ups fear most about us babies?
Duby: Dirty Diapers!
Sly: You're wrong!
Duby: Well they make those stupid faces when they change our diapers!
Sly: Its our Intelligence everyone, Our Intelligence... Dirty Diapers... that's funny though.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Tracey Fragments (2007)

Soundtrack:

Puttin' on the Ritz

I wanted to feed these babies one by one to a Great White.

The guy that gave us the wonderful "Christmas Story," the absolutely terrifying "Black Christmas" and the rollicking "Porky's"offers up a big piece of post-holiday sludge about experimental babies and the evil high-tech scientists that are raising them. The premise is that babies speak a language that if deciphered would provide the answers to the universe. While the adults on the screen are spared the thoughts and clever dialogue of the little tykes, the movie audience isn't afforded the same luxury.

Movies about babies aren't supposed to make you hate the babies, but in Bob Clark's new comedy that combines the worst elements of "Look Who's Talking" and "Home Alone," I began to truthfully despise the wise-cracking karate-kicking diaper-clad little urchins within three minutes of the opening credits. In all fairness it's not the babies fault that they're about as lovable as a hang-nail, it's an absolutely inane script filled with stupid dialogue, tired slapstick and over-driven campy performances by the likes of Kathleen Turner, Ruby Dee and the always exciting Dom Deluise. Those factors and digitized little mouths spewing cliched movie dialogue, statements like "ooh...diaper gravy!" and yes even some bad words, makes for the most agonizing 94 minutes I've ever spent in a movie theater. There may be something far more unsettling and scary in the upcoming new millennium than just the Y2K bug..."Baby Geniuse's 2!"'