Dead Babies (film)

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 by	William Marsh
Written by	Martin Amis William Marsh
Produced by	Richard Holmes Neil Peplow Ben Hilton
Starring	Paul Bettany Olivia Williams Katy Carmichael Hayley Carr Charlie Condou Alexandra Gilbreath
Cinematography	Daniel Cohen
Edited by	Eddie Hamilton
Music by	Marvin Beaver Mark Pember
Distributed by	Redbus Film Distribution[1]
Release date	2000 (2000)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

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.

Cast

• Paul Bettany as Quentin
• Katy Carmichael as Lucy Littlejohn
• Hayley Carr as Roxanne
• Charlie Condou as Giles
• Alexandra Gilbreath as Cecilia
• William Marsh as Marvel
• Kris Marshall as Skip
• Andy Nyman as Keith
• Cristian Solimeno as Andy
• Olivia Williams as Diana

Reception

Critical reception

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]