You can look at it as a dark comedy, a thriller, a horror movie, or as a psychological study. It gets to a lot of truth about how confused you feel when you're a new mom.

| Feb 15, 2023

[Baby Ruby] operates at a high-pitched melodrama-horror level, and the constant frenzy becomes exhausting.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 3, 2023

Disorienting, tense, funny and scary.

| Feb 3, 2023

Noémie Merlant and Kit Harington's Instagram-perfect life unravels once their bundle of joy arrives in this tense, thoughtful, slightly unfulfilled debut feature from playwright Bess Wohl.

| Feb 3, 2023

Retro visual flair, such as repeat cuts and mirror effects, add some aesthetic interest to Jo’s spiraling. But “Baby Ruby” hardly whimpers, let alone screams.

| Feb 2, 2023

Baby Ruby makes a valuable contribution to the emerging cinematic literature on the unspoken realities of women’s lived experience — with style, disarming honesty, and a steady and intelligent hand.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 2, 2023

Baby Ruby is a fervently uncomfortable and aesthetically compelling depiction of new motherhood, an unsettling horror exploration buoyed by strange imagery and a no-holds-barred lead performance from Noémie Merlant.

| Original Score: B | Feb 1, 2023

Baby Ruby employs a shaky narrative to deliver a rattling good commentary about every parent’s nightmare

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 1, 2023

Whether you’re angered or tickled, it makes for a mesmerizing film.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 30, 2023

The film’s depiction of the fear and uncertainty of motherhood gives in to monotony.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 30, 2023

This movie is exhausting in the best way possible.

| Sep 20, 2022

Writer/Director Bess Wohl’s debut feature uses psychological horror to put viewers in the shoes of a new mother unraveling after giving birth. It’s a fascinating means to open up conversations on postpartum psychosis.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 15, 2022

“Baby Ruby” is an audacious and riveting portrait of maternal life that’ll leave you wailing into the night.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 14, 2022

New motherhood can be a very dark place indeed, both figuratively and, and in this case literally – the film’s lighting scheme goes beyond moodily murky and ends up being frustratingly indistinct.

| Sep 13, 2022