Dead Babies (Mood Swingers for US release) is a 2000 British film directed by William Marsh. It is based on the 1975 novel of the same name by Martin Amis.

Dead Babies
Directed byWilliam Marsh
Written byMartin Amis
William Marsh
Produced byRichard Holmes
Neil Peplow
Ben Hilton
StarringPaul Bettany
Olivia Williams
Katy Carmichael
Hayley Carr
Charlie Condou
Alexandra Gilbreath
CinematographyDaniel Cohen
Edited byEddie Hamilton
Music byMarvin Beaver
Mark Pember
Distributed byRedbus Film Distribution[1]
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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When a group of young English friends, living together in a bizarre house just outside of London, invite three Americans over for a drug fuelled weekend, things really kick off.

As the two cultures collide and the chemicals take over, it soon becomes apparent that one of the weekend guests is a member of a newly formed net-based terrorist group, The Conceptualists, whose underlying principle is extreme violence for its own sake.

It also becomes apparent that the assembled guests are the next intended victims for the Group's website.

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Reception

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Critical reception

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The film, which was badly received, was reviewed in the British newspaper The Guardian which described it as "boring, embarrassing, nasty and stupid - and not in a good way".[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Dead Babies (2000)". Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Dead Babies" The Guardian
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