Babes (2024)
Directed by Pamela Adlon
Written by Ilana Glazer, Josh Rabinowitz
Starring Ilana Glazer, Michele Buteau, Hasan Minhaj, John Carroll Lynch
Release Date May 17th, 2024
Published May 28th, 2024
Babes stars Ilana Glazer as Eden and Michele Buteau as Dawn. Best friends since forever, the two are so close that their share photos of their bowel movements. You know you're close when a significant bowel movement is a subject of your text chats, am I right? No, no one does that? Awkward. Well, Eden and Dawn do that and the dialogue that introduces the concept goes a long way to setting up the bond of friendship that will be tested by the story about to unfold.
The friendship of Eden and Dawn is tested on multiple fronts. First, Dawn is having her second baby. It's Thanksgiving and she and Eden are at the movies when Dawn's water breaks. A rush to the hospital and some very gross, and quite funny jokes about the process of giving birth, leads to Dawn having a healthy baby. This will further tax the time she gets to spend with her closest friend, Eden, who has no children or family to occupy her time.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
