Casa de los Babys Movie Review 2003

Sayles's quiet, insightful look at adoption, poverty, politics and international trade as five diverse American women wait (and wait) at a local motel nicknamed Casa de Los Babys to adopt children in an unnamed South American country. Each has a particular reason for adoption: Fitness freak Skipper (Hannah) has had three miscarriages while Jennifer (Gyllenhaal) hopes adoption will help her ailing marriage. Rounding out the gang of expectant mothers are the hardened single-mom to be Leslie (Taylor); Steenburgen's alcoholic Gayle; and the extremely disagreeable Nan (Harden), Memorably poignant scene as the Irish Eileen and the Latina Asuncion (Lynch and Martinez, respectively) bond over heartfelt exchanges in a language that neither can understand.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 95 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adoption & Orphans, Female Bonding, South America

Screenplay

John Sayles

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Marcia Gay Harden, Daryl Hannah, Susan Lynch, Mary Steenburgen, Lili Taylor, Rita Moreno, Vanessa Martinez

Cinematography

Mauricio Rubinstein

Director

John Sayles

Music

Mason Daring

Other

Judy Karp, John Sayles, Mayes C. Rubes, Felipe Fernandez del Paso

Producer

Lemore Syvan, Alejandro Sprintgall, IFC Films