Despite being marketed as an erotic thriller, I was surprised at how funny the film actually was, with it having just as much comedy as anything else.

While Kidman’s character Romy didn’t wear a pup hood or bark in Babygirl, the dog imagery intermixed with the Dom (me)/sub dynamics throughout the film felt at the very least like a nod to puppy play. (She eats that treat out of Samuel’s hand as he literally pets her!)

The erotic thriller Babygirl explores sexuality and workplace power dynamics in an opposite way to Nicole Kidman's 2019 movie based on real events.

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,

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,