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Critics Review
2.50
Decent Watch, Moderate entertainment
Watching Baby, if I dare say, reminds me also of American Sniper - propaganda masked as a feature film that instils a narrative espoused by mass media into the minds of unsuspecting audiences. American Sniper at least was slickly made. Baby however is just passable. (more)
Source: Ameet Bhuvan, MovieCrow
2.25
Baby is a superficial cinematic condensation of the shrill television images, newspaper headlines and communally-charged political posturing that we are subjected to day in and day out.
Baby is a dreary drama that meanders from one action sequence to another without making the audience any wiser. The only scene that is mildly surprising involves a female agent (Taapsee Pannu) giving a terror suspect a taste of her fighting prowess. It becomes amply clear where Baby is headed when, right at the outset, Indian spy Rakesh is mercilessly pummeled in Istanbul by rogue agent Jamal and his accomplices. But even as our man Ajay sends the Taufiqs, Bilals and Javeds of the world scurrying for cover, there is that token patriotic Indian Muslim hovering in the background - the hero's unwavering superior who calls the shots from Delhi. And there is, for good measure, a contrite Muslim, too. A young engineer, after a stint in a terrorist training camp, has a change of heart and decides to help the cause of the undercover agents.(more)
Source: Saibal Chatterjee , NDTV Movies
3.25
Baby is a definite watch for anyone who likes action thrillers.
It�s an out an out Neeraj Pandey film. Baby hands down comes out as of the best films when it comes to mixing a subject like terrorism. It is like an Indian version of Body Of Lies.(more)
Source: Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi
2.25
Watch Baby for Akshay-Kher-Danny troika
One wonders, how a director like Neeraj Pandey could have overlooked such technicality. Remember Special 26 and A Wednesday? There are lots of instances when you wonder if Pandey is actually the director of Baby. Can you imagine special agent Akshay Kumar and his boss Danny Denzongpa getting down from a car at South Block (Ministry of External Affairs), entering its hallowed precincts and suddenly find themselves inside a tall, glitzy building, with a glass-covered facade? When did MEA undergo this makeover, Pandeyji?(more)
Source: Prasanna D Zore., Rediff.com
2.75
Akshay Kumar's film is fast, entertaining but has a stupid plot
So no matter whether you like the film or not, it�s hard to deem Pandey a thought provoking filmmaker because Baby seems a lot sillier a few hours after you see it. Pandey is a smart, commercial filmmaker though, because Baby basically exists for the singular purpose of filling three hours of your life with slickly-crafted and frequently outlandish thrills. Just like Ajay himself, the movie doesn't stop until its mission is complete. Just plug some cotton in your ears though, the music is loud enough to wake up the dead.(more)
Source: Mihir Fadnavis , Firstpost.com
4.00
BABY IS BOLLYWOOD AND AKSHAY'S MOST GROWN-UP THRILLER!
A top-secret counter-espionage team 'Baby' is born after 26/11. Its officers, led by Ajay Singh (Akshay), have no official records or responsibilities - except to thwart terror attacks. If caught, the government maintains 'plausible deniability' about them. But meanwhile, the trial-basis unit battles threats from Pakistan, within India and multiple global locations. Can 'Baby' bite the bad guys hard enough?(more)
Source: Srijana Mitra Das, Times Of India
2.25
Baby is an opportunity wasted
The problem with Baby is that such massive and dangerous operations of hunting down the biggest terrorists seem like a cakewalk. We can only wish it would be this easy in the real world too. The unit head Feroz (Danny Denzongpa) heads the department but we rarely see him take any major decision. Basically he is the kind of a boss who will leave it to you when you want him to take a big decision. (more)
Source: Rohit Khilnani , India Today
