A depiction of a sadomasochistic relationship between a CEO and an intern, Halina Reijn's film keeps its distance and misses the meeting of the characters.

While there have been debates about whether or not the film fully delivered (there are some Twitter truthers who argue it wasn't that kinky), the general public can all agree on one thing: the film's "Father Figure" scene was pure cinema.

The movie, starring Nicole Kidman, operates at the level of the female gaze. Its inversion of erotic thriller tropes leads to fascinating but, at times, tepid results.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the year’s most talked-about movies continues with the Venice Film Festival-premiering Babygirl, A24 ’s erotic thriller from writer-director Halina Reijn that stars Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. It hit theaters December 20.

"Cementing her status as Hollywood's boldest actress, Nicole Kidman bares herself every which way – physically, emotionally and artistically – in 'Babygirl'", Halina Reijn's erotic thriller about a kinky workplace affair, said Tom Shone in The Sunday Times.

This article contains spoilers. Producer Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl” is a not-so-twisted yet triumphant tale of desire. Centering a powerful female lead who seemingly has it all, the movie depicts Romy Mathis (Nicole Kidman) as the CEO of a flourishing robotics company,

Justin Kuritzkes ('Challengers' and 'Queer'), Payal Kapadia, ('All We Imagine as Light'), Mangold ('A Complete Unknown'), Reijn ('Babygirl') and Jason Reitman ('Saturday Night').

The writer and director Halina Reijn narrates a sequence from her film, featuring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson.

"Babygirl"—A24's steamy thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—appears to be coming soon to digital streaming. When and where can you watch it at home?

Nicole Kidman was grateful to join her erotic thriller Babygirl in the early stages and help shape what it became. The Australian actress read one of the first drafts of the script for Dutch director Halina Reijn's thriller and immediately agreed to play Romy Mathis,

Sonically, Perverts is far from its predecessor. Cain replaces the rousing, classic rock-esque riffs of what is arguably her most popular song, “American Teenager,” with a slow drone that thrums through the entire record — all distorted licks and haunting piano melodies.

“Babygirl” was indeed fun, but not quite great. Romy (Nicole Kidman) is our protagonist, a high-powered tech CEO. Antonio Banderas plays Jacob, her husband, whose smothering love she finds irksome. Ultimately, Romy is driven into the arms of Samuel (Harris Dickinson) — an intern at her company many years her junior.