Baby Teeth
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Olivia Wilde
Writer: Rosie JoLove
Based on the novel by Zoje Stage
Cast: Margot Robbie, Vivien Lyra Blair, Jack O'Connell, Julia Stiles, Giancarlo Esposito, Glenn Close, Jessica Raine
Budget: $46,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $62,190,066
Foreign Box Office: $38,048,530
Total Profit: $2,105,005
Reaction: The 18th film from writer Rosie JoLove has managed to earn a small profit for the studio despite Margot Robbie's salary inflating the budget of the film more than the studio initially was hoping to spend on this one.
"Baby Teeth is a shockingly long, incredibly unfocused film - a horror-thriller that will leave the audience more frustrated than frightened. The few eerie, creepy moments the story manages to conjure up are quickly undercut by clunky moments and poor pacing. Margot Robbie is decent in the lead role, but the film becomes repetitive with how it focuses on the daughter's manipulative behavior and Robbie's reaction to it." - Gregory Fletcher, Los Angeles Times-Journal
"Margot Robbie delivers an outstanding performance despite being given a poorly developed role. However, the film itself is a chaotic disappointment. It's frequently tedious, with an inconsistent villain and lackluster thrills and scares that fail to make any impact. I found myself questioning why I even bothered to leave my bed to watch it—aside from the paycheck, of course." - Jim Kent, Log Cabin Democrat
"Baby Teeth occasionally develops an appropriately unsettling atmosphere and some tension, but Rosie JoLove's script and Olivia Wilde's direction have no clue how to pay any of it off for the viewer. Plot developments that should take a scene or two in a normal film take 5-10 scenes here, resulting in a bloated and slow-paced thriller lacking the chilling, psychological intensity it is desperately aiming for." - Ken Hammerschmidt, Washington Post
Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and disturbing content involving a child
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