Pregnant from a one-night-stand, Eden leans on her best friend and mother of two, Dawn, to guide her through gestation and beyond.
Babes is directed by Pamela Adlon which is her directorial debut.
Look I'm most definitely not the target audience of this film, but even if you aren't I still think there is so much to like about this one.
For starters I do love Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau, the performances the two give are truly exciting and actually quite raw. Especially the two's friendship in the film. You really do buy their friendship throughout the film especially from their characters Eden (played by Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (played by Michelle Buteau), they bounce off of each other incredibly well and really do come off like best friends.
The humor while not every single joke lands is decently funny, there's this whole inside joke type of feel which I do think captures the spirit of what this film is going for. The whole best friend type of feel that you can make so many different type of jokes, that included plenty of raunchy jokes which will be a hit or miss depending on who the viewer is.
The film absolutely does have that Bridesmaids (2011) feel as well, but at the very least the film only borrows from Bridesmaids and puts it's own twist on it. The only major flaws here are the movie running for a bit too long and it does sort of start to become a bit repetitive towards the end which in turn doesn't really allow the film to stick a great landing.
Having that said I enjoyed Babes for what it was, it's decently fun with a charming friendship that does leave the viewer satisfied.
Babes is available on all VOD platforms.
7/10 B
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