Sorry Nicole, but no intelligent woman fancies being dominated by a young buck with the charisma of an X Factor reject: SAMANTHA REA on why Babygirl gets it all wrong about what women really want in bed
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I've never really 'got' the concept of BDSM relationships or 'sex play' in which one person gives the other person orders. Apparently it's a turn-on for both parties, but I find the concept of someone claiming to be a 'dominant' laughable because they can only 'make' you do what they say if you humour them by going along with it. It's just silly.
![[The film, which was released in the UK on January 10, sees Nicole Kidman's character Romy get into a relationship with the much younger Samuel]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/16/94128819-14287857-image-a-5_1736959376361.jpg)
So I am probably not the target audience for Nicole Kidman's new film, Babygirl, in which we're sold the idea that what women secretly want is a dominant younger guy. The film begins with Nicole Kidman's character Romy having sex with her husband Jacob, played Antonio Banderas. It seems like they've both enjoyed it - but then Romy sneaks off to another room to achieve her climax by watching porn.
![[It's been reported that Babygirl has already surpassed its $20million budget in global sales]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/16/94128823-14287857-image-a-3_1736959263609.jpg)
From the clip that we see Romy watching, it's apparent that she likes a particular dynamic - namely, she seems to get her rocks off by imagining she's a young girl in a sexual scenario with a man who's a 'dominant daddy'. So far, so toxic and vomit-inducing. But it gets stranger still, when, in real life, Romy finds a 'dominant daddy' character in Samuel - an intern at the company where she is CEO.
![[Samuel, an intern at the company where Romy is CEO, is a 'dominant daddy' character in their relationship, issuing instructions that Romy must obey]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/17/94128871-14287857-Samuel_an_intern_at_the_company_where_Romy_is_CEO_is_a_dominant_-m-19_1736961111971.jpg)
It's not only the difference in age and status that makes me struggle to understand why Romy's aroused by this whippersnapper ordering her around. It's the fact that Samuel has the gravitas of an X Factor reject. He's like one of the all-attitude-no-talent contestants from the early episodes, who everyone laughs at because they're ridiculous.
![[Writer Samantha Rea found the character of Samuel, played by Harris Dickinson, completely implausible]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/15/16/94128875-14287857-image-a-6_1736959402045.jpg)
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