November 4, 1970
THE DAILY TAR HEEL
Page Three
Leaven Reviews
oy Maker "Pleasant, Thim
The Baby Maker" is a mildly
diverting, anemic motion picture which
makes a virtue of ,ls own thinness of
content and lack of intellectual energy.
II s like a cameo: if it's plastic instead of
ivory, .t still retains clarity of outline and
j polished surface. You can enjoy it
providing you not only do not ask the
film to be something other than what it
is but don't ask it to be much of
anything at all.
In a sense, "The Baby Maker" is below
criticism. You either assent to it or you
don't. It's about a childless, well-to-do
couple who hire a young girl to perform
the offices of the sterile wife, so that they
can have a baby which is at least "half"
theirs. I saw "The Baby Maker" in a party
of four, and the vote was two against the
reasonableness of this situation, and two
for (this critic voting "for"). On that
reaction rests one's appreciation of the
film, because "Baby Maker," unlike
"Junie Moon" or "The Sterile Cuckoo,"
respects its audience's emotions: it
doesn't force itself on you. Its strength is
its restraint.
'I he first confrontation between the
wife and the hired mother-to-be is a key
to the entire presentation of "The Baby
Maker's" plot. Sue and Tish meet, chat
and impress us as equally attractive
characters. Tish has a good idea why she's
been called, and allows the wife to
explain the situation slowly and
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allusively. They -communicate by
indirections, though the audience
understands everything almost from the
first. The result is a dissipation of the,
dramatic impact of the scene. Both
characters are rigidly fixed in their role.
Kach is engaging in her own way; neither
will lose her dignity through
"undisciplined" or indecorous
emotionality: the facade Ls the person.
If this is not gripping, it's not
unpleasant. It's a kind of atmosphere
drama, and it sets the tone for the first of
the film. You assume that underneath
"The Baby Maker's" strenuous decorum,
there must be fairly strong human
emotions. No matter that these would be
incompatible with the thin dramatic line
the film walks; they never surface, and
the hint of them gives the movie the
illusion of depth. For instance: Tish
accepts the commission and, among other
things, has an incipient romance with Jay,
the husband. But it's a romance which
puts her very nearly in the position of a
daughter, because decorum is never
violated. If Jay feels tenderly towards
her, it is never to the exclusion of his
wife. He is, after all, the husband in this
movie.
Hence, "Baby Maker" succeeds
precisely because it consistently fails to
develop its situations dramatically. It
never attempts to be drama, and it never
slips into sentimentality.
The direction of James Bridges, who
also wrote the script, is generally
satisfactory, because it's unimpressive.
The style is an amalgam of cliches
borrowed from "The Graduate,"
"Goodbye, Columbus," and even "The
Sterile Cuckoo." Because they are cliches,
they're seldom noticeable. When they are
detectable, however, they're a little too
precious for so dry a film. The color
photography is too romantically
washed-out; symbols occasionally
obtrude themselves: and rhe
"philosophical" theme song of movie :.
alas! reminiscent of the banalities of "The
Sterile Cuckoo." The lyrics -"People
laugh, people cry. That's the way it is. I
know it is...Dont ask me why. I only
know what I know"-are more than a
little unfortunate. They tend to color the
movie's narrative viewpoint wiih Tish s
Woodstock "wow-beautiful!"
appreciation of life, which is basically a
naive sentimentality.
Barbara Hershey. who starred in one
of last year's best movies. "Last
Summer," turns in a creditable
performance as the baby maker. Her
exuberant Iittle-girlishness is perfect in
the movie's schematic presentation of
reality. Colin Wilcox-Horne and Sam
Groome are excellent as the childless
couple.
If you intend to see "Baby Maker,"
bear in mind that nothing will happen
while you are in the theater. This movie
not only lacks a second act, it lacks a
third, too. It is little more eventful than a
landscape painting. But it's a pleasant,
peaceful way to pass an autumn
afternoon.
NOTES: The Chapel Hill Carolina is
presenting something of a festival this
week. On seven successive days it is
showing "A Thousand Clowns,"
"Phaedra," "The Russians Are Coming,"
"If...," "Barbarella," and "Goodbye,
Columbus." The last will play for two
days.
Most of these films have been in
Chapel Hill three or five times before. "A
Thousand Clowns," "The Russians Are
Coming," and "Barbarella" have played
at the Student Union free flicks.
"Phaedra" is a circa 1963 bit that was
unanimously panned as a tawdry, inept
rewrite of Racine's classic tragedy. "If..."
and "Goodbye, Columbus" are both
interesting, overrated films, which likely
as not will hi! the Union freebies next
year or the year after. Both have been
part of the Super Sunday series already.
They would be worth a viewing if they
were on a first run. But it is inconceivable
to me that the management of the
Carolina was unable to find and book
worthwhile current films. If that
management assumes it can mi'k the
student body by continually serving up
the same, cheap, movie fare, like last
week's left-overs. I hope they're wrong.
Let's make the Carolina off-limits this
week.
LAST WEEK'S column was written by
Jim Charney, to whom all thanks.
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