Babygirl has been billed as an erotic thriller: the erotic part is accurate, but it’s hardly a thriller. All up, it’s a much more ambitious movie than expected.

NEWS ANALYSIS. Several recent films, including Halina Reijn's 'Babygirl,' feature blossoming romances between women and younger partners. This is hypocritical at a time when the digital age has erased the very notion of flesh.

Babygirl—an erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—appears to be headed to digital streaming this week. Written and directed by Halina Reijn, Babygirl debuted at the ...