Samantha Schuster Cinéfilo Serial Aug 8, 2025 3/5

An interesting film that raises the questions of what it means to be a man or a woman in a rather direct and marked way, and how, in the face of a tragic event, a person can rethink their life and their tastes. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Christina Newland iNews.co.uk Sep 18, 2024 4/5

Lurid and thought-provoking, Amanda Kramer's poppy conversation starter leaves the audience plenty to ponder.

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Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Feb 13, 2024

The horniest film I’ve seen all year.

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Hector A. Gonzalez Loud and Clear Reviews Jan 4, 2024 4/5

Please Baby Please is an imaginative and visually entrancing feature by Amanda Kramer, who showcases her directorial playfulness and genre-bending antics in full effect.

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Carmen Paddock TAKE ONE Magazine Nov 30, 2023

Andrea Riseborough, somehow ageless, always fascinating, is impossible to look away from. She makes Suze both an active participant and a confused, lost observer, opening up a world she never knew existed.

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Lily Dreven Letras Libres Jul 11, 2023

It examines gender ideals by reframing the vulnerability that underlies masculinity and the rudeness of femininity, thereby embracing queer identities and the LGBTQ+ community. [Full review in Spanish]

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David Bax Battleship Pretension Jun 15, 2023

Riseborough remains unparalleled as a performer, easily in competition for the title of best of her generation.

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Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl May 10, 2023 7/10

This is a film that’s queer in every sense of the word, and it’s one wild ride indeed.

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Christopher Machell CineVue Apr 6, 2023 5/5

Transgression is the lifeblood of Please Baby Please, running through the film’s form in its conflation of the surreal and the grounded.

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Kayleigh Donaldson Pajiba Apr 5, 2023

If you’re a fan of films where the creators think subtext is for cowards then you’re on the right road, but such glibness inevitably underplays the real savvy of Please Baby Please, which surely deserves our attention.

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Alan Jones Radio Times Apr 3, 2023 3/5

Highly theatrical, with dreamy dance routines and a jazz-infused score, the film's deranged chaos of deliberate artifice and heart-on-sleeve emotions are an acquired taste.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) Mar 30, 2023 1/5

It’s monumentally tedious, devoid of humour and, worst of all, sanctimonious.

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Tara Brady Irish Times Mar 30, 2023 3/5

Demi is a marvel, Riseborough has never been better or scarier, and we wouldn’t have missed Cole Escola sobbing Since I Don’t Have You, through mascara, on the phone to an unseen rotter, for all the fetishwear in Cruising.

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Marina Ashioti Little White Lies Mar 30, 2023 4/5

One hell of a glossy, sexy, pastiche-fueled ride.

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian Mar 27, 2023 2/5

The film feels over-determined and self-satisfied.

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Soham Gadre Film Inquiry Mar 26, 2023

The melodrama and comedy are strikingly modern and with an edge that cuts its roots in Douglas Sirk and Billy Wilder to something strange and surreal, but these things added together don’t coalesce.

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Noel Murray Los Angeles Times Mar 3, 2023

Aimed squarely at fans of John Waters and Pedro Almodóvar, the arty oddity “Please Baby Please” is the kind of cinematic fetish object that should entice anyone who shares director Amanda Kramer’s particular fascinations.

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Elissa Suh Moviepudding (Substack) Dec 23, 2022

It evinces a real musicality, but I wouldn't necessarily call it a musical. Andrea Riseborough shows her chameleonic range vamping around...

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Leslie Combemale AWFJ.org Dec 16, 2022 3/5 stars

Imagine a talk-y mash-up of Rocky Horror Picture Show and West Side Story by way of Ed Wood, and you might come close to approximating Amanda Kramer’s theatrical uber-indie Please Baby Please.

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Allyson Johnson Cambridge Day Dec 9, 2022 3/4

Amanda Kramer’s Please Baby Please nearly buries itself in eccentricities. It stays afloat due to the commitment of its performers, a clear-eyed vision and a playful atmosphere that imbues the screen with rich colors and dizzying vibrancy.

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