Baby Done

Baby Done is a 2020 New Zealand comedy film directed by Curtis Vowell, and executive produced by Taika Waititi, written by Sophie Henderson, and starring Rose Matafeo and Matthew Lewis.^[1]

Baby Done
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Directed by	Curtis Vowell
Written by	Sophie Henderson
Produced by	Morgan Waru
Starring	Rose Matafeo Matthew Lewis
Cinematography	Ian McCarroll
Edited by	Richard Shaw
Music by	Amine Ramer
Distributed by	Madman Entertainment & Piki Films
Release date	22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
Running time	91 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Plot

Zoe is a young woman who discovers she's pregnant. But, acting in denial, she tries to live a wild single life before the baby arrives. Her boyfriend, Tim, has the opposite reaction to the baby news and goes into nesting mode.^[2]

Cast

• Rose Matafeo as Zoe
• Matthew Lewis as Tim
• Nic Sampson as Brian
• Emily Barclay as Molly
• Alice Snedden as Antenatal teacher
• Guy Montgomery as Treemasters Official

Production

Married couple Henderson and Vowell made the semi-autobiographical film out of their own fear of growing old and settling down.^[3]

Release

The film premiered in Australia and New Zealand on 22 October 2020.^[4] It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 22 January 2021.^[5]

Reception

The Guardian praised "Matafeo’s wonderful, compulsively affable performance is core to the film’s irresistible good naturedness: its spirit, pluck, bounce."^[6] On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 92% based on 39 reviews, with an average rating of 6.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A lightly humorous look at impending parenthood, Baby Done finds laughs -- and moments of genuine honesty -- in a life-altering event."^[7]