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Sexy Baby

A Documentary about sexiness & the cyber age

2012 · 1h 23m · N/A Documentary
Directed by Ronna Gradus , Jill Bauer

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The cyber age is creating a new sexual landscape. While doing research for the film, we had intimate and candid conversations with kids in middle school classrooms, suburban shopping malls, nightclubs, college dorms, and even conducted an informal roundtable during a high school house party. While chronicling trends among small town and big city kids, we discovered this: Having pubic hair is considered unattractive and “gross.” Most youngsters know someone who has emailed or texted a naked photo of themselves. Many kids have accidentally or intentionally had their first introduction to sex be via hardcore online porn. Facebook has created an arena where kids compete to be “liked” and constantly worry about what image to portray – much of what was once private is now made public. And the list goes on.

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70%
Tomatometer
Fresh

This raises more issues than it can possibly consider in depth, but the filmmakers' ambition is admirable, as is their refusal to draw simple conclusions about any of the subjects.

Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Rotten

Unevenly structured, the segments differ greatly in length and relevance.

Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Rotten

The reality-cable-style approach tends to overstay its welcome and lessen the impact of each portrait, especially when it comes to New Yorker Winnifred's teen dramatics.

Sheri Linden, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

This scattershot investigation of the effects of Internet pornography on female behavior only ruffles the surface of a complex issue, one that demands a much larger sample than three white, educated women.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh

There might be something new to say about sex after all, and it's said in Sexy Baby, a snazzily edited documentary by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus.

Marsha McCreadie, Village Voice

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