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Maybe I'm addled, but I wasn't expecting "Julius Ceasar" and Laurence Olivier. This was hilarious, especially since I have a bunch of baby grandchildren, some in that 'before we cross over' area. Jung thinks we do have a collective unconscious, as there is some idea that pre-literate babies have knowledge that the conscious suppresses once they start to speak. This movie explores that premise, but in a hilarious over the top way. Katheryn Turner makes a great baby abuser, tyrant, villainess: Cruella de Ville of the psychology world.Get it and let the little toddlers watch it. Watch THEIR expressions as the babies talk to one another. That's an event and a great interactive situation in itself. A lot easier than talking with a teen-ager.Just don't expect great writing or great acting and you won't be disappointed. The special effects are GRRRRRREAT, though.

You're watching a very cute, very family, very baby-safe motion picture with your family right now! What a clever idea - Baby Geniuses! Ha! I hope when I have a baby in the future that he is a genius when he's like 10 minutes old! Then, he'd go to elementary school when he's one, middle school when he's two, high school when he's three, and Harvard when he's four! Then he'll go to Cambridge when he's five, and at age six? He'll have all the time and money he could possibly want for all the cartoons and toys in the world! Man, if that dream became a reality...(And for most of you average joes, you'll wish that was the whole premise of this movie!)

"Baby Geniuses" is a movie that can be best described as a live-action cartoon. It's certainly not cinematic perfection. Some people have said it's idiotic. But in my opinion, it's not that stupid. It's just very, very silly. You just have to enjoy this sort of movie to not hate it. There are several big name actors appearing; Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Dom DeLuise and Kim ("Sex and the City") Catrall. There aren't any memorable performances, though. The main characters are the babies, and their cartoonish hi-jinx (even if the hi-jinx doesn't always work). "Baby Geniuses" is clearly not for everyone. It's just for the few who can appreciate it.