#BabyRuby

[fearsmagazine]

BABY RUBY - Review

DISTRIBUTOR: Magnet

SYNOPSIS:  Jo is a successful lifestyle entrepreneur, happily pregnant and awaiting the arrival of her first child. Soon after Jo welcomes baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off-- even though she's assured it's all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong with Ruby? Why are seemingly perfect neighborhood moms so desperate to befriend her? As Jo fights to protect herself and her baby, she is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems. At last, she must confront the truth of her own darkness and contend with the ultimate human sacrifice: The one mothers make for their children.

REVIEW: Playwright Bess Wohl makes her feature film debut with a psychological horror film about the darkside of becoming a parent and motherhood. As a parent, I can understand and appreciate much of what she presents as the parent of a child whose mother experienced postpartum depression, but as a male I wasn’t aware of the depths of the terror that a woman can experience.

Wohl’s screenplay is as compelling as it is frightening. Like a Hitchcock film, she takes her main character Jo on a downward spiral into madness that begins with subtle, surreal touches. As Jo questions reality she puts the viewer on unsure footing so that we question what we are witnessing. Jo’s interaction with other characters presents conversations where they reveal dark thoughts about their experiences with parenting and Jo comments on how she feels like she is disappearing. These are thoughts and emotions I am positive people experience and often never get an opportunity to discuss and unburden themselves of. Wohl is skilled at mounting terror and dread like an Edgar Allan Poe tale.

Wohl’s location imparts a sense of isolation, yet she is close enough to the town where there is a group of mothers that feels like a homage to “The Stepford Wives.” There is a sequence where the mothers gather for a night out at the local waterhole that becomes this surreal fever dream that feels like a nod to “Rosemary’s Baby.” When Jo and Ruby come home and trying to find their schedule, Wohl builds this sequence where Jo is trying to quiet Ruby where she artistically presents Jo’s stress levels and her fracturing mental state. Pepper throughout the film is this horrifying sound design of Ruby’s cry. At times she presents that cry every parent knows, a nerve straining, gut wrenching, curdling cry that is so painful. Not only was it painful to hear, it ignited old muscle memories within my psyche. Wohl skillfully frames and edits the film to orchestrate the horror and add hairsplitting atmosphere. I think her theatrical vision and her imagination blossoms with the cinematic tools at her disposal.

While this is an excellent ensemble cast, actress Noémie Merlant is the lynchpin of the film. She provides a vast palette for the viewer to hang their emotions on. Likewise, she crafts a character that allows the viewer to never be secure about the reality of her situation.  I felt her French accent added an additional aspect to the character in terms of her being a stranger and isolated. Kit Harington, John Snow of “Game of Thrones” fame, does a solid job as Spencer, Jo’s husband, creating this rounded performance with moments that leave the viewer questioning his intentions. Likewise, actress Jayne Atkinson delivers this compelling and chilling performance as Spencer’s mother. She needs to take it to some dark places as the subject of Jo’s delusions.

Bess Wohl’s BABY RUBY is an outstanding feature directorial debut. It is a deeply disturbing film that is a complex character study brought to life with excellent performances and artistic production choices, including a terrifying sound design. Given what is up on the screen, the screenplay is worthy of a few writing awards and would probably make for an outstanding novelization. Wohl makes fascinating choices as she weaves an intense, shocking, emotional tale. It is sure to dredge up old emotions of parents, send expecting parents screaming up the aisle, and frighten young couples from becoming ones. At least it will spurn some interesting conversations. A couple of times in the film Wohl brings up the mother consuming her placenta. For me, that was the icing on the cake. I can remember some woman from the old country telling my pregnant wife at the time to make sure she got her placenta so she could consume it. Yes, it’s a thing! I wonder if it goes well with fava beans and chianti?

CAST: Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Camila Canó-Flaviá, and Jayne Atkinson. CREW: Director/Screenplay - Bess Wohl; Producers - Brett Beveridge, Lauren Beveridge, Jeffrey Penman & Alex Saks; Cinematographer - Juan Pablo Ramírez; Score - Erik Friedlander; Editors - JC Bond, Arielle Sherman & Jin Lee; Production Designer - Dahlia Galler; Costume Designer - Tilly Grimes; Prosthetic Makeup Designer - Ben Bornstein; Visual Effects Artist - Chris Wells. OFFICIAL: www.magnetreleasing.com/babyruby/ FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/babyrubymovie TWITTER: N.A. TRAILER: https://youtu.be/b34goCcuKdk RELEASE DATE: In theaters and on demand February 3, 2023

**Until we can all head back into the theaters our “COVID Reel Value” will be similar to how you rate a film on digital platforms - 👍 (Like), 👌 (It’s just okay),  or 👎 (Dislike)

Reviewed by Joseph B Mauceri

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[tomorrowedblog]

First look at Baby Ruby

A new trailer has been released for Baby Ruby, which is set to release February 3, 2023.

BABY RUBY tells the story of Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant, awaiting the arrival of her first child. But soon after Jo welcomes baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off-- even though she's assured it's all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong with Ruby? And why are the seemingly perfect neighborhood moms so desperate to befriend her? As Jo fights to protect herself and her baby, she is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems. At last, she must confront the truth of her own darkness and contend with the ultimate human sacrifice: The one mothers make for their children.

[raurquiz]

#happybirthday #kitharrington #actor #jonsnow #gamesofthrones #danewhitman #eternals #pompeii #silenthill #revelation #HowtoTrainYourDragon2 #seventhson #7daysinhell #mi5 #tyger #brimstone #gunpowder #NationalTheatreLive #HenryV #babyruby #BloodforDust #Extrapolations #LotNo249

[performing-personhood]

HEADCANON PREDICTION FANTHEORY

Okay so mavity. Let's talk about it.

They established this during the specials and it's been a background running gag. Like, one mavity drop per episode. If that. If you don't already know what's going on, or if you haven't noticed it recurring, it'd sail straight over your head.

Know what that reminds me of? What other running, quietly recurring background bit suddenly became super important during the season finale?

"VOTE SAXON". Yeah, I said it. They established it immediately at the start of Season 4 (if I recall correctly) and didn't pay it off until the end of the season - if you hadn't noticed the recurring background foreshadowing details, you'd have been completely blindsided.

So my theory is that the season finale is going to involve fixing the mavity thing. Remedying a fucked up timeline. We've already seen timeline fuckery this season when BabyRuby got kidnapped and Grownup Ruby abruptly stopped existing. Considering the level of metatextual detailing that goes into Who, this is an event that absolutely reeks of foreshadowing.

lowkey terrified this will undo fourteen's existence entirely? My lil bb cinnamon roll and his queerplatonic life mate family deserve their happy ending god dammit I will fight a bitch

[rubydicemusic]

This is me as a baby👩🏻‍🚀... in other news we’ll be live streaming from @therustictap tonight 7:30 CT On their FB and IG. Tune in y’all! We have some fun new songs to play for you tonight 💋 • #atxmusic #girlonbass #coolhat #conehead #babyruby #livemusic (at Rustic Tap Beer Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMYModFLY3/?igshid=1crsua70cp41u

[blackberrycreekblog]

Welcome Baby Ruby! One of the newest residents of Blackberry Creek who arrived yesterday with five of her tiny siblings. Their story soon to come! #specialneeds #babyruby #loveoneanother (at Blackberry Creek Farm Animal Sanctuary)

[princesspeeples]

This gorgeous woman is a Mum today! I'm so excited to meet her sweet baby girl! ❤️👶🏽#babyRuby @reine1107 (at Milan, Italy)

[fearsmagazine]

BABY RUBY | Official Trailer, Poster & Image

BABY RUBY tells the story of Jo, a successful lifestyle entrepreneur who is happily pregnant, awaiting the arrival of her first child. But soon after Jo welcomes baby Ruby home, something starts to feel off-- even though she's assured it's all perfectly normal. Is something wrong with her? Is something wrong with Ruby? And why are the seemingly perfect neighborhood moms so desperate to befriend her? As Jo fights to protect herself and her baby, she is plunged into a waking fever dream where everyone is a threat and nothing is what it seems. At last, she must confront the truth of her own darkness and contend with the ultimate human sacrifice: The one mothers make for their children.

Written and directed by Bess Wohl and starring Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington. Magnet Releasing will release BABY RUBY in theaters and VOD February 3, 2023.

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BABY RUBY (2022) Movie Trailer: Kit Harington & Noémie Merlant's Impending Parenthood turns into Waking Fever Dream https://film-book.com/baby-ruby-2023-movie-trailer-kit-harington-noemie-merlants-impending-parenthood-turns-into-waking-fever-dream/?feed_id=124977&_unique_id=63c004cc24f9b

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#happybirthday @kitharingtonig #kitharrington #actor #jonsnow #gamesofthrones #danewhitman #eternals #pompeii #silenthill #revelation #HowtoTrainYourDragon2 #seventhson #7daysinhell #zog #mi5 #tyger #brimstone #gunpowder #NationalTheatreLive #HenryV #babyruby @hbomaxla @marvelstudios @disneyplusla https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmo_uxMuC3s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[instapicsil2]

Missing baby Ruby (and River and Zola). Look at her face though (but not for too long because she is so cute that it is hard to handle). #babyruby #auntiejess #friendsforever #ihavebighands http://ift.tt/2kdZv8X

[nana0807]

BabyRubyマンガ初登場

[girlwiththerandomlife]

Got to meet this little cutie today ❤️ #babyRuby

[codis-escape-blog]

Instantly falling in love with this cherub 😍 #clucky #babyruby #babysitter #simplyperfect

[jamie13horror-blog]

Aunt Jamie came home to a pleasant surprise. Ruby is visiting. ❤️🙌🏻🍼 #babyruby #rubypaige #auntstatus