I don't go to the movie theater as much as I used to, but when I watched Baby Girl, I was glad to be in a big, dark room.

I was also glad I went by myself.

This is a movie about pleasure and sexual experimentation, and also a kind of embarrassment around those things.

And I found myself telling friends after to definitely go see this movie, but maybe go by themselves.

I liked watching it alone, rather than as a date night or something.

It was nice to have a beat to figure out what I thought of it.

Baby Girl is about a married, middle-aged wife and

mother named Romy, played by Nicole Kidman. Life is going her way. She is a high-powered

executive job, a sweet marriage, loving relationships with two daughters, but her sex life

is kind of phoned in, flat.

And then a young intern named Samuel catches her eye, and he is bold.

He flirts with her, and then some.

He seems to intuitively know what Romi really wants,

which is to be bossed around.

In one already infamous scene from Baby Girl,

Samuel orders Romie a tall glass of milk from across the bar

while they're surrounded by coworkers. Did you order?

I didn't order.

Did you order this?

Uh, no, I'll get my ticket away.

No, it's...

At first, Romy doesn't know who sent the milk,

...