Canada:PG (Ontario) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) / USA:R / Germany:16 / Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich)
Aspect Ratio
:
1.85 : 1
Sound Mix
:
Dolby Digital
Language
:
English / Spanish
Filming Locations
:
Mexico
Color
:
Color
Genre
:
Drama
MPAA
:
Rated R for some language and brief drug use.
Runtime
:
95 min
Overwiew :Six American women who planned on travelling to South America to adopt babies are forced, by law, to live there. Adoption / South America / Baby / Bathing Suit / Beach Boy
USA Today - Claudia Puig : ...intellectually stimulating and emotionally stirring... more...
B
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - William Arnold : It's just so much Oprah-esque eye candy, without a point of view, or a plot. more...
B-
San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle : ...Casa de los Babys, while dull, is always watchable. more...
B-
Rolling Stone - Peter Travers : ...the film feels more like a thesis than vivid drama. more...
C
ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...relative to expectations, Casa de los Babys is a disappointment of significant proportions. more...
C+
New York Times - Stephen Holden : ...the film's most poignant juxtaposition contrasts the two cultures' attitudes toward children and motherhood. more...
B+
New York Post - Lou Lumenick : Casa de los yawns. more...
C
Hollywood Reporter - Kirk Honeycutt : Multi-character story gets lost in its digressions. more...
C-
filmcritic.com - Jules Brenner : It's all a touching examination of what adoption means on both sides of the supply-demand equation... more...
B-
E! Online - ...a worthwhile therapy session that all genders can enjoy. : http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Movies/Reviews/0,1052,88229,00.html more...
Cincinnati Enquirer - Margaret A. McGurk : ...Casa de los Babys has the heart and insight his (John Sayles) fans expect. more...
B
Chicago Tribune - Michael Wilmington : ...a compelling story... more...
B
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : Sayles handles this material with gentle delicacy... more...
B
Boston Globe - Wesley Morris : Sayles seems to be trying, single-handedly, to correct centuries of First World self-centeredness in Third World contexts... more...
B
culturevulture.net - Lisanne Skyler's ambitious, in-depth look at painfully dysfunctional family relationships, a : http://www.culturevulture.net/Movies/GettingtoKnowYou.htm more...
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