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Would highly recommend! Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020 Verified Purchase We have wanted to watch this since it was in the theatre. Yes there were cute shots of the babies in different cultures but that's all it was. There was no explanation of what you were seeing. I was expecting some cultural information explaining the traditions surrounding birth and infant care. I want to know the significance of what I was watching. It was dissapointing so glad I didn't pay to watch when it first came out! Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2013 Verified Purchase Don't expect any is none. any at all. I watched this for a psych class. Human Growth and Development. This was perfect. It compares and contrasts pregnancy, child birth, and child rearing in different cultures. My own cultural beliefs caused my jaw to drop in some scenes but literally laugh out loud in others. Seeing how different cultures approach family life is astounding and very interesting. Watching these babies develop was fun.
If you're not as comfortable, preview it before watching with your child. Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2020 Verified Purchase This was a delightful documentary. There were no voice overs, only the voices of the parents or the sounds the babies made. This was about four babies from four very different places and cultures. One baby was from San Francisco, one from Tokyo, one from Africa, and one from Mongolia. This lovely little movie highlights the different cultures and their methods of raising a child. It was endearing, delightful, interesting and extremely well edited. The babies speak for themselves. It was not a Amazon Prime video, but well worth the rental fee. I highly recommend it. Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2019 Verified Purchase This came recommended to me by a friend and I knew I had to watch it!! A beautiful film that contrasts a newborn life across countries. Puts the blessings of U. S. life into perspective and caused me to do alot of thinking about the things that stress out the parents of a newborn.
Language, food, and customs are all unique. When you juxtapose this variable learning space with the innate learning tasks of learning to walk, it just makes everything to do with your culture seem so peripheral and even arbitrary. And absurd - so many moments to do with the individual quirks of your society and customs are hysterically funny! I found myself reflecting, that this journey is something almost all of us have been through. So many first moments are captured on film, that the impression of instinctive self-determination of each baby (that includes you as the viewer) is simply humbling, and deeply moving. By the end of the film, when I saw the Mongolian baby stand up on the open grassy step with distant hills all around, it was absolutely epic. There is much more I can say - the customs of child-rearing in different cultures are fascinating too. I will just add I found the confident patience and trust of the Namibian mother to be exquisitely natural. It's a film for parents to be, for children, for those whose children have grown, for grandparents, and for those who have never had children - because ultimately it's a film about us.
I use it loads as I work with pregnant ladies/new mums and dads. I have let them watch it and they all love it. It is entertaining and beautifully shot, it's set to music and really shows the development of the children in a profound way. I would recommend. Babies, why not? Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2013 Verified Purchase This is a great movie telling the stories of four very different mom's from four different cultures and places around the globe, Here you follow a child from Japan, Mongolia, Africa and the US. Most amazing are the stories from Mongolia and Africa, where you can see that raising kids and how you do it hasn't changed much in decades:)
Top reviews from other countries 5. 0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2013 Verified Purchase This is a marvelous film. Without pretension or dialogue 'Babies' documents the first year of life of four babies in four different cultures - Mongolia, Japan, Namibia and California. While you might assume that the differences in the first experiences of each young human will be what's striking, it's actually the similarities that are so engaging, and in the end, life-affirming. As a baby you start out with a basic goal by the end of your first year - to learn how to stand on your own two feet and walk. To get there, you learn to roll over, learn to get on your hands and knees, learn how to crawl, and learn how to stand and then finally you're away. There is no outside program for you, because the agenda is in-built. On the way you are supported by those around you, and you also start to pick up the specific cultural experiences of the place, the people, the family and parents you happen to be with.