This movie looks and feels like the dutiful labors of a good man who should have vacationed at this gorgeous mythical land rather than filmed a movie at the site.

| Jul 25, 2017

"Casa de los Baby's" is a frustrating and tedious experience to endure.

| Original Score: D+ | May 15, 2009

Didactic rather than dramatic, and schematic rather than realistic, Sayles' femme-driven yarn, set in an anonymous place, lags behind the zeitgeist with little to say about the issue of adoption or First vs. Third World countries.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 1, 2006

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

a political pamphlet not very different from others that come from left-leaning Hollywood these days

| Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 26, 2005

Os poucos momentos de maior inspirao no so suficientes para fazer jus carreira de Sayles, s belas atuaes de seu elenco e tampouco ao importante tema de seu filme.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 4, 2005

Sayles lets the befuddlements and ordinary complications of life take its course like a winding, sunlit stream.

| Original Score: 3 | Dec 9, 2004

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 14, 2004

John Sayles' most recent film, 2003's Casa de los Babys, exemplifies his approach to the intersection of the political and the personal.

| Jun 22, 2004

Sayles' love of and respect for the culture, and his willingness-or eagerness-to leave the viewer with more questions than answers makes Casa de los Babys superlative.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 14, 2004

The story trails off in so many directions that it's hard to follow. After a while, I just found myself losing interest.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 7, 2004

Casa de los Babys isn't a perfect film. It ultimately seems brief and leaves too much of the women's (and children's) fates to our imagination...

| Mar 30, 2004

Goo-goo gag me.

| Feb 9, 2004

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 2, 2004

All in all, the film just tries to do too much.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 11, 2003

Writer-director John Sayles has successfully tackled so many unexpected subjects that one has to wonder if he's got a dartboard in his office to help him pick his next topic.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 4, 2003

The film sags from the weight of too many characters, and its suggestion that the world is nothing but sadness is too much to bear.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 3, 2003

Astute character studies are the point here, rather than a neat and tidy story.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 27, 2003

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2003

Displays a succinct sensitivity making it [Sayles'] best film since Lone Star.

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 24, 2003