Babygirl: Halina Reijn’s drama, for a film about a steamy affair and sex politics, is curiously devoid of sexiness, insights, or interesting relationships. The film commits the cardinal sin of not making unlikeable characters interesting to watch, so the whole experience becomes a slog; the cold tone doesn’t help. The relationships between the protagonist (a powerful CEO who engages in an affair with an underling of her company) with her family, co-workers, and lover are unconvincing and dull; only one of those has some potential, which is wasted. Nicole Kidman, as the protagonist, gives a serviceable and unremarkable performance; Harris Dickinson, as her young lover, has the domineering posture down pat, but little else; Antonio Banderas, as her husband, has very little to do. Cinematographer Jasper Wolf rightfully keeps the film intimate with the use of a shallow depth of field.