It’s unfortunate that Nicole Kidman has become almost as famous for her strangely ageless face as for her considerable courage and acting talent when given a good role. It’s a relief then, to see her in the erotic thriller Babygirl, looking all of her 57 years, yet playing a character who undergoes injections and infrared saunas as part of her routine to maintain the undeniably beautiful façade.
Kidman plays Romy, the high-powered CEO of a New York robotics company. Her use of age-defying technologies is not so much about vanity as it is about maintaining power, control and relevance in a competitive and sexist corporate environment. (A bit like the movie business, really …)
