The Baby Movie Review
The Baby Review
"The Baby" Overview
Rating: PG
1973
Cast and Crew
Director : Ted PostProducer : Abe Polsky,Milton Polsky
Screenwiter : Abe Polsky
Starring : Anjanette Comer,Ruth Roman,Marianna Hill,Susanne Zenor,David Manzy
Horror at its most bizarre, and PG rated, to boot! The Baby stands as one of
the genre's most perverse pictures, a simple tale about a social worker
(Anjanette Comer) who becomes obsessed with her new case: a 21-year-old boy
being raised as a baby, complete with crib and diapers. No one really thinks
to ask mom (Ruth Roman, a Joan Crawford lookalike) if she's hatched some insane
abuse plot. Rather, our heroine seemingly falls in love with the overgrown
lad, and eventually kidnaps him. The ending is widely heralded as one of the
most surprising in cinema history... and while I was sure I had it figured out,
even I -- cynical film critic that I am -- nearly fell off the couch.
Recommended.
Reviewer: Christopher Null
