Baby Geniuses is a 1999 action/comedy directed by Bob Clark, rated PG for crude humor and mild expletives and violence.
The film made a profit, earning US$27 million gross against a US$13 million budget. It was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic Roger Ebert as one of his most hated movies. Despite the negative reviews, the casting of Peter MacNicol and Kim Cattrall was regarded as the savior of the film.
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Baby Geniuses is a 1999 action/comedy directed by Bob Clark, rated PG for crude humor and mild expletives and violence.
The film made a profit, earning US$27 million gross against a US$13 million budget. It was critically panned; it was ranked by leading film critic Roger Ebert as one of his most hated movies. Despite the negative reviews, the casting of Peter MacNicol and Kim Cattrall was regarded as the savior of the film.
Computer-generated imagery effects were used to digitally superimpose moving lips over baby's mouths, an effect similarly used in Clutch Cargo.
In 2004 it was followed by a sequel, SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, which resides at #4 on Internet Movie Database's Bottom 100 list. Another sequel, Baby Geniuses 3, is also currently in the pre-production stages.
Two scientists, Dr. Kinder (Kathleen Turner) and Dr. Heep (Christopher Lloyd) use genius baby studies to fund their Babyco theme park. At age two, the children are due to 'cross over', learn to talk, and forget...
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