*WICKED rating: 7/10, Wicked Horror*
*Film Threat 2022 Nominee, WTF Indie Horror*
Simultaneously a brutal sendup and a wholehearted celebration of Full Moon's entire moviemaking style...the humor is at its best when wallowing in its tasteless absurdity.
Now look, is 'Baby Oopsie' high art? Is it the best movie I've ever seen? Does it deserve to be shown in film school? YES. That's what I'm saying.
Lydia, the youngest and most wayward sister, is played with bratty exuberance by Madison Pullins, who switches gears later to play imperious dowager Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
- Lisa Jensen Online
*San Francisco Chronicle's Top 10 theatre productions of 2019*
*The Mercury News- Best of Bay Area theatre 2019*
In the original, Austen’s central characters are aspirational — better than we are, more articulate, more virtuous and honorable, in firmer command of themselves, thinking and behaving with more self-respect. In Hamill’s vision, these 200-year-old gentry are a little bit more like us: spilling their punch all over other people’s crotches, attempting to recover their dignity with a sultry pose to Beyoncé’s “Crazy in Love,” not really succeeding but soldiering on nonetheless.
Santa Cruz Shakespeare’s frisky production... is so silly, so laden with sexual innuendo, so lavish in its physical comedy that it almost didn’t seem like “Pride and Prejudice” anymore, but an entirely new and wonderful work.
Pullins portrays Elaine as young, confused, in a complicated relationship with her parents, and not quite ready to defy them. One of Pullins' strongest scenes, and the game changer for Elaine, is hearing what Mrs. Robinson really thinks of her.
- League of Cincinnati Theatres, Laurel Humes
Pullins as Elaine is equal parts innocent and intriguing... such a breath of fresh air compared to her cynical mother.
- League of Cincinnati Theatres, Jack Crumley