Babes

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Babes

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2024

1h 44m

Comedy

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BABES follows inseparable childhood friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree an single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. BABES delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears and labor pains.

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Critics Consensus

Offering an uproariously unvarnished look at motherhood and female friendships, Babes finds Pamela Adlon making an assured feature-length directorial debut with a big assist from stars Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau.

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Leila Latif

Little White Lies

02/20/2025

4/5

Buteau and Glazer bring a subtle wisdom to the roles, which is only further illuminated by Adlon’s musical direction that enhances both’s comic timing.

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Sophie Monks Kaufman

Time Out

09/11/2024

4/5

Pamela Adlon’s directorial debut deftly juggles fast-paced anecdotal comedy with rich, moving character work, while upending pregnancy myths with the ferocity of a woman stamping on her oppressive breast pump.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

08/13/2024

4/5

[A] deceptively weighty comedy about wisecracking New York besties and the pregnancy that threatens to tear them apart.

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Kyle Amato

Boston Hassle

Jul 31

Babes moves along at a nice clip, careening from yoga mishaps to traumatic sewage disasters without forgetting Dawn and Eden’s relationship among the disgusting realities of pregnancy.

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Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta

07/22/2025

The film’s broad comedy structure holds something a little more specific, its quirky humor and soft heart on full display.

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Maxance Vincent

Film Speak

07/14/2025

B

Babes certainly won’t reinvent the wheel of motherhood comedies – but the core chemistry between Glazer and Buteau is what ultimately makes the movie worthwhile.

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Marshall

10/11/2024

illana can literally just stand there and id die from laughter. fav comedian

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Adrienne

06/12/2024

Clever and touching. Reminds me of my besties

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Elizabeth

06/09/2024

“Babes” was hilarious and even made me cry a little…one of the best movies that I’ve seen in a long time. Loved it

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Rory B

06/06/2024

The plot was completely unexpected, what a wonderful, heart-felt, hilarious film.

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Kelsey

06/06/2024

Hysterical, tastefully raunchy, lighthearted, heartwarming, and everything in between!

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Jennifer O

06/05/2024

Loved the humor, the heartfelt moments, and the story of love and friendship. Was hilarious but also made me emotional. Michelle Buteau and Ilana Glazer had great onscreen chemistry! Shoutout to Hasan Minhaj as well.

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Synopsis

BABES follows inseparable childhood friends Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), having grown up together in NYC, now firmly in different phases of adulthood. When carefree an single Eden decides to have a baby on her own after a one-night stand, their friendship faces its greatest challenge. BABES delves into the complexities of female friendship with a blend of laughter, tears and labor pains.

Director: Pamela Adlon
Producer: Ilana Glazer, Josh Rabinowitz, Susie Fox, Ashley Fox, Breean Pojunas
Screenwriter: Ilana Glazer, Josh Rabinowitz
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: FilmNation Entertainment, Range Media Partners, Starrpix
Rating: R (Sexual Material|Language Throughout|Some Drug Use)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 24, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.7M
Runtime: 1h 44m