The script of Babygirl is a razor-sharp exploration of power, control, and gender dynamics, weaving psychological tension with biting social commentary. Halina Reijn crafts dialogue that is both provocative and unsettling, pulling the audience into a world where ambition, desire, and manipulation blur the lines between dominance and vulnerability. The film’s conversations oscillate between corporate coldness and raw intimacy, revealing a battle for control that extends beyond boardrooms into the deeply personal. Themes of female leadership, societal expectations, and the seductive allure of power make Babygirl a script that is as thought-provoking as it is uncomfortable. It challenges conventional narratives, forcing the audience to question who truly holds power and at what cost.

Quotes from the movie Babygirl by Halina Reijn (2024) with Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, and Antonio Banderas.

– How does Daddy use you?
– Any way he pleases.
– Louder.
– Any way he pleases.
– What do you do for his cum?
– Anything he wants me to do.

As more and more artificial intelligence is entering into the world, more and more emotional intelligence must enter into leadership.

Do you really think automation can provide a path to sustainability or is that just something people say to make you like robots?

– You shouldn’t drink coffee after lunch. How many do you drink a day?
– None of your business. Seven.

Don’t use “weakness” to describe yourself.
It’s a positive to be vulnerable, not a negative.

– Am I relevant to you as a director?
– We are all irrelevant.

We have to pay more attention to the avalanche that is gonna cover us all very soon.

– I spent a week trying to solve it. I couldn’t. So I went back in and I told them they could go fuck themselves.
– Did you? What did they say?
– They hired me.
– Because you were bold?
– I guess because they were looking for certain personalities.

– Power hungry personalities?
– You think that’s what I am?
– No. No. I think the opposite.
– You think I don’t like power?
– No, I think you like to be told what to do.

A respectful workplace is an efficient workplace.

Are you gonna drink that? Don’t drink that…

Good girl.

– Your behavior is unacceptable.
-What behavior?

– Leaving me notes. Texting me. Calling me. Sending me milk. Are you fucking insane?
– You drank it all.

– You’re very young. I don’t want to hurt you.
– Hurt me? I think I have power over you.

I don’t want a girlfriend, if that’s what you’re afraid of.

– I see it as this thing where we’re like… you know, we’re two children playing and that’s natural.
– Come on, you’re not a fucking child.

I have never had an orgasm with you.

– Do you want to lose everything?
– What?
– You give that impression.

The way you look at me. As if you’re expecting me to do that. To take it all away.

– Well, it’s about giving and taking power, no?
– Come on. What did you do? Go to a library, look that up?
– Oh no. It’s– I’m just saying it has nothing to do with your business or your family. It’s between us.

Just to be safe, if we’re going to do this, we need to set some rules that you and I both agree on.

Like, I don’t know, starting with… I tell you what to do and you do it.

The dynamic. It’s about trust.

– I need you to just say it.
– Okay. What do you want me to say?
– I will do…
– I will do whatever you tell me to do. Whatever you tell me to do. I will do whatever you tell me to do.

You’re my babygirl.

– You think I’m a bad person?
– No, I think you’re a lovely person. And I think you know things. You sense things about people. What they want. What they need.

– What star sign are you?
– I don’t believe in that shit.

I don’t want you seeing other women. I don’t want– You’re mine. You’re mine.

I don’t want to dramatize this, but, uh you’re in a position of power over him.

– You know that cuckoo birds, they lay eggs in others birds’ nests?
– What?
– The cuckoo chicks, they grow up thinking… they’re in a different place. And they create chaos. Total chaos.

I genuinely believed that women with power would behave differently.

You will never see Samuel again.
You will be a good leader.
You will create more opportunities for women within this company.
And you will be a good example and role model to us all.

You’re confusing ambition with morality. They’re very different.

Fuck, you’re one of the few women who actually made it to the top. My interest is in keeping you there. Not as you are now, but as a version of you that I can look up to.

It’s not about a safe word, or a safe place, or consent, or– or the kink, kind of. It’s not that. It has to be–
There has to be danger. Like, things have to be at stake.
Really at stake and it’s obscene.
And it’s as if this monster is just sort of there.

I don’t give a shit about your– your pathetic, banal sexual fantasies because it’s not about that!
You jeopardized the most important thing.
Our children!

– Did I mess with your head?
– Yeah. Yeah, you did, but, um but I messed with yours too, so we’re equally responsible.

– Female masochism is nothing but a male fantasy. It’s a male construct.
– No. No, you’re wrong. It’s, uh… That’s a dated idea.

Who are we, as women?
Modern leaders aren’t afraid to take chances embrace change, and usher a team into the unknown.
Sincerity, vulnerability, and radical self-honesty will create a work environment of shared learning, compassion, and true connection.

Now, how do we do that?
By making changes from top to bottom to support women at every level across the company.
If we dare to let go of expectations and move towards what scares us, we can often find unexpected strengths.
Today, we celebrate genuine authenticity and true uniqueness in every individual that works at Tensile.

I’m not afraid of you, whatever the fuck you’re capable of.
Of what you know, of what you don’t know. I don’t give a shit.
Just don’t ever talk to me like that again.

If I want to be humiliated, I’m gonna pay someone to do it.
Now get the fuck out of my office.