I remember seeing this film when I was young, and even then I don't remember it being very entertaining stuff, from director Bob Clark (Porky's). Basically doctors Elena Kinder (Kathleen Turner) and Heep (Christopher Lloyd) run the world's leading manufacturer of baby products, Babyco, which doubles as a theme park, but secretly they are working to crack the secret of babies communicating in a their "baby talk" language as they discuss secrets of the universe or whatever. The smartest babies however, Sly (identical triplets Gerry, Leo and Myles Fitzgerald), has managed to escape from the lab, and they need to get him back. At home with his parents, mother Robin (Kim Cattrall) and father Dan (Peter MacNicol), his twin Whit (also played by the three Fitzgeralds) shares a telepathic bond, but they don't realise each other's existence, and of course, they get swapped when the bad guys catch one of them. So now Sly and Whit together, in the neighbourhood and in the lab, recruit all the other babies, to go up against the adults and gain their freedom. Also starring An American Tail's Dom DeLuise as Lenny and Ruby Dee as Margo. The premise of seeing few-month to two-year-old kids talking sounded dodgy from the word "go", and seeing it isn't clever, and then acting like some mini action heroes isn't funny or impressive either, and it's not even that cute. You could say that the makers of this film are infantile, and you'd be correct, it is like crossing live action Rugrats with Spy Kids or something, it is just the most appalling thing you'll see, maybe the toddlers will like it, but for the mature members viewers, avoid it. Poor!
Review of Baby Geniuses
