A refreshing slap in the face to classic movie haters,
Baby Face revels in its pre-Code freedom and presents a morally corrupt woman that lives to seduce men and take from them anything and everything that she wants. From the soot covered speakeasy where she learned of her power as a woman after hearing a few lines of Nietzsche to the phallic monoliths lining the streets of New York, Barbara Stanwyck is incredible as the unsympathetic yet lovable whore that finally learns the true meaning of love after sleeping with, well, pretty much everyone she encounters.