{"id":1432,"date":"2006-09-21T11:00:37","date_gmt":"2006-09-21T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2020-11-25T21:44:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T04:44:12","slug":"baby-love-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1432","title":{"rendered":"Baby Love (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The poor bitch, she had nothing &#8212; no one to turn to, only me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Poster.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter her mother (Diana Dors) commits suicide, 15-year-old Luci (Linda Hayden) goes to live with her mother&#8217;s former lover (Keith Barron) and his family. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Catalysts<\/li>\n<li>Femmes Fatales<\/li>\n<li>Lesbianism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary&#8217;s review of this rarely seen British film focuses on the &#8220;mischievous, manipulative&#8221; nature of its lead character (nubile Linda Hayden), whose very presence turns her new family &#8220;against one another&#8221; and wrecks their &#8220;once happy home.&#8221;  Indeed, he refers to it as a &#8220;weird little potboiler&#8221;, and calls it &#8220;fascinating in a perverse sort of way&#8221;.  My take is different, however: I was impressed by director Alistair Reid&#8217;s attempt to show the history behind Luci&#8217;s behavior, with flashbacks and nightmares clearly revealing the source of her confusion and manipulation. She comes across as a sympathetic victim of a dysfunctional home rather than a ruthless vamp; this is a girl who has learned to exploit her body simply because that&#8217;s all she&#8217;s ever seen. The most interesting subplot by far focuses on the sexual awakening of Barron&#8217;s wife (Ann Lynn), who finds herself enormously attracted to Luci. Their scenes together are handled with grace, and could easily have carried the entire film.  Unfortunately, the movie turns unnaturally melodramatic and contrived by the final scenes; as one IMDb contributor writes, &#8220;the ending is an anti-climax and suggests a loss of interest in the story&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ann Lynn&#8217;s performance as a woman coming to terms with her lesbian attractions<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"365\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-1024x584.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-1536x877.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn-473x270.png 473w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Lynn.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Linda Hayden as the sexy young catalyst who turns an entire household upside down<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-1536x868.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden-478x270.png 478w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Hayden.png 1793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creative direction<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-1024x582.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-54882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-1024x582.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-1536x873.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction-475x270.png 475w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/09\/Baby-Love-Direction.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s a good little film worth seeking out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0062693\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/03\/20\/archives\/chilling-baby-love.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The poor bitch, she had nothing &#8212; no one to turn to, only me.&#8221; Synopsis: After her mother (Diana Dors) commits suicide, 15-year-old Luci (Linda Hayden) goes to live with her mother&#8217;s former lover (Keith Barron) and his family. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Catalysts Femmes Fatales Lesbianism Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary&#8217;s review of this rarely seen British film focuses on the &#8220;mischievous, manipulative&#8221; nature of its lead character (nubile Linda Hayden), whose very presence turns her new family&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1432\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1432"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54886,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1432\/revisions\/54886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}