"It should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch and that women have different relationships," filmmaker Halina Reijn says.

Nicole Kidman's 'Babygirl' writer-director Halina Reijn said she believes 'it should completely be normalized that the age gaps switch' in movies that depict relationships between women and younger men.

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Babygirl director Halina Reijn is defending the 29-year age gap between her lead actors, Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson. In an interview with W Magazine published on Wednesday,5, Reijn was asked about adding to the pantheon of romantic movies released this year that feature an older woman and a younger man.

Breaking down the "provocative” sex scenes in “Babygirl” with Nicole Kidman, and why the Christmas movie is the “female answer” to “Eyes Wide Shut.”

Kidman walks a thin line between strength and fragility in an erotic thriller that showcases events through a pointedly female-driven perspective.

Halina Reijn sat down with W Magazine in an interview published on Wednesday and addressed “Babygirl” being a part of the recent trend in movies featuring May-December romances. Kidman is 57 and her lover in the flick, Harris Dickinson, is 28.

Babygirl is incredibly sexy. It’s also funny, and daring. That’s especially true of a key scene, in which two lovers discover their boundaries in a hotel. What’s fascinating about this particular scene in Babygirl isn’t just its length—though it’s a remarkable 10 minutes—but its fearless approach to kink and desire,

Nicole Kidman could be contending for her second lead actress Oscar for her performance as a tech CEO who has an affair with a young intern (Harris Dickinson) in "Babygirl," a film that explores desire and the power dynamics within a consensual relationship.

Babygirl—an erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson—is new in theaters. How are critics responding to the film?