It’s full of raunchy humour, but underneath it all is a really emotional core, even if Adlon often fails to bring it forth.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 9, 2024

Achingly boorish and determined to lay any bodily function out on the kitchen table, this sisterhood comedy from director Pamela Adlon sells itself as a cousin of Bridesmaids. It is nothing of the sort, however...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 8, 2024

Babes is a film of two personalities, neither of which it seems entirely confident about leaning into, thereby rendering the final product a little messy and possibly even a bit schizophrenic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2024

We need more pregnancy movies, yes, but this bun could have done with a little longer in the oven.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 5, 2024

Babes might not be as funny as some have claimed, but focuses on how these two friends rely on each other and grow through life's blessings and adversities. It’s an entertaining film aimed at adults.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 21, 2024

...a predominantly grating comedy that strikes all the wrong notes right from the get-go...

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 20, 2024

It does offer us a new vision of growing up, one that rejects the dichotomy between serious adulthood and the joy of friendship—one in which there might be existence beyond exhaustion. This is something to take very seriously.

Full Review | Jun 24, 2024

With Glazer and Buteau, Babes is relatable to anyone who has maneuvered the ups and down from childhood friendships to adult ones.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2024

That’ll do, babes. That’ll do. In all seriousness, Babes is often a very funny movie. Pure and simple. Pamela Adlon knows how to direct comedy better than most.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 10, 2024

Great physical comedy and witty one-liners throughout.

Full Review | Jun 8, 2024

It is so fun. If you loved Bridesmaids, you will love Babes.

Full Review | Jun 8, 2024

Glazer, and especially Buteau, sometimes strike the right note of madcap and truthful. But such hits are mostly overpowered by misfires.

Full Review | Jun 7, 2024

The way (BABES) speaks to the dichotomy of parenthood is astoundingly relatable.

Full Review | Original Score: A | Jun 7, 2024

As long as the jokes are firing, Babes is a welcome arrival on our screens.

Full Review | Jun 6, 2024

The year's best comedy so far.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Jun 6, 2024

Your mileage with Babes will depend almost entirely on whether Glazer’s singularly yelpy approach to comedy works for you. If it does, Babes is a reliably funny hour and a half of R-rated mayhem.

Full Review | Jun 3, 2024

One of those post-Apatow comedies in which likable television personalities stand around ad-libbing and pulling faces over a promising premise that hasn’t been fleshed out into a story.

Full Review | Jun 3, 2024

If coarse humor turns you off, “Babes” isn’t for you. For others, it’s an often funny and occasionally touching look at unshakable female bonds.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 31, 2024

Babes is likely to be best appreciated by those who are already parents, and could terrify those who aren't.

Full Review | May 28, 2024

Adlon displays a very dry wit and a well-tuned sense of the absurdities women endure to be mothers, lovers and friends.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 26, 2024