# Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Released in 2004, **Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2** is an American action comedy for families, with [Bob Clark](https://www.edgepedia.org/bob-clark) directing, Gregory Poppen handling the screenplay, and Steven Paul receiving story credit. It is the sequel to the 1999 film *[Baby Geniuses](https://www.edgepedia.org/baby-geniuses)* and stars [Jon Voight](https://www.edgepedia.org/jon-voight), Scott Baio, and Vanessa Angel. The plot follows a group of talking toddlers, aided by a legendary superbaby named Kahuna, who try to stop the media mogul Bill Biscane (Voight) from using a satellite system to control the minds of the world's children.[1](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Superbabies_Baby_Geniuses_2?hl=en_US&id=CF68E66ABC586047MV)
The film was a critical and commercial failure. It holds a 0% score on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer from 46 reviews and a Metascore of 9 from 19 reviews, and it has an IMDb user rating of 1.5/10 from about 32,000 votes.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_babies_baby_geniuses_2) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/ratings/) Against a production budget of $20 million, it grossed $9,355,369 worldwide.[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | Wide theatrical release August 27, 2004, by Sony Pictures; DVD January 4, 2005[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2) |
| Format | PG rating (action violence and some rude humor); 88-minute running time[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2) |
| Budget and gross | $20,000,000 production budget; $9,355,369 worldwide gross, 97.4% of it domestic[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2) |
| Critical scores | 0% Tomatometer (46 reviews); Metascore 9 (19 reviews); average of rated critic reviews 2.50/10[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_babies_baby_geniuses_2) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/) |
| Audience scores | IMDb 1.5/10 from 32K votes; Rotten Tomatoes Popcornmeter 25% from 5,000+ ratings[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/ratings/) • [2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_babies_baby_geniuses_2) |
| Razzie nominations | 2005 nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay[6](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2/2030048716/) |
| Director's last feature | Bob Clark's final feature film; he died in a car accident in 2007[7](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/) |
## Spoilers
### Plot and cast
The story begins with a group of toddlers in a day care center, where Archie tells his friends Finkleman, Alex, and Rosita a story about a superbaby called Kahuna.[8](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/plotsummary/) Babies in the film communicate with each other in baby talk and possess innate knowledge of the secrets of the universe. The infant geniuses become involved in a scheme by the media mogul Bill Biscane, later revealed to be known as Kane, who kidnaps children and intends to use a state-of-the-art satellite system to control the world's population by brainwashing people into inactivity and lifelong television watching. Kahuna joins several other babies to stop him.[1](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Superbabies_Baby_Geniuses_2?hl=en_US&id=CF68E66ABC586047MV) • [9](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2)
Jon Voight plays Bill Biscane/Kane, with [Scott Baio](https://www.edgepedia.org/scott-baio) as Stan Bobbins, Vanessa Angel as Jean Bobbins, Peter Wingfield as Crowe, and [Justin Chatwin](https://www.edgepedia.org/justin-chatwin) as Zack. The babies were played by young children including Gerry, Myles, and Leo Fitzgerald (sharing the role of Kahuna), with Skyler Shaye as Kylie.[10](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/65408) • [9](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2) The film features a cameo by [Whoopi Goldberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/whoopi-goldberg) and appearances by members of the boy band O-Town.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/) • [9](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2) Late in the film, the babies engage in superheroics for roughly two or three minutes as their alter egos Brain Boy, Cupid Girl, Bouncing Boy, and Baby Courageous.[7](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/)
### Franchise
The commercial collapse and critical reception effectively ended the theatrical *Baby Geniuses* franchise. The first film, released March 12, 1999, had grossed $27,151,490 worldwide on a $13 million budget; the sequel's worldwide gross of $9,355,369 on a $20 million budget reversed that result.[14](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Baby-Geniuses) The franchise nonetheless continued on home video with *Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels* (2013), *Baby Geniuses and the Treasures of Egypt* (2014), and *Baby Geniuses and the Space Baby* (2016).[7](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/) As of recent listings, the film streams free with ads on services such as Xumo Play and Fawesome in the United States.[9](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2)
## Production
Steven Paul produced the film through his Crystal Sky Pictures banner, with financing from the German-based ApolloMedia and Crystal Sky; production companies included Hador and ApolloMedia.[10](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/65408) • [11](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2004-2/superbabies-baby-geniuses/) [Sony Pictures](https://www.edgepedia.org/sony-pictures) distributed the film theatrically through its [Triumph Films](https://www.edgepedia.org/triumph-films) label.[10](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/65408) • [11](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2004-2/superbabies-baby-geniuses/) The film was a German, United Kingdom, and United States co-production.[9](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2) Maher Maleh was the cinematographer, Stan Cole the editor, and Helmut Zerlett and Paul Zaza composed the music.[10](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/65408)
Director Bob Clark had earlier directed *Porky's* (1981), *Black Christmas*, and *A Christmas Story*, and *Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2* was his final feature film; he died in a fatal car accident in 2007, his last two projects being this film and the 2005 television movie *[The Karate Dog](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-karate-dog)*.[7](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/)
## Reception
**Critical response.** The film received uniformly negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes reports 0 fresh reviews out of 46, with a critics consensus describing "a startling lack of taste" and noting that bad jokes are not made funny by coming from the mouths of babes.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_babies_baby_geniuses_2) On Metacritic it scored 9 out of 100 from 19 reviews. Individual critics were blunt: Jean Oppenheimer of the Dallas Observer wrote that the sequel was even worse than the 1999 original and gave it an F, and Dave Kehr of The New York Times described Voight's villain role as descending to the depths of his 37-year career.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/) Variety criticized the film for falling short on nearly every level, from production values to the Goldberg cameo.[3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/) The film received four Golden Raspberry (Razzie) nominations in 2005, for Worst Picture, Worst Supporting Actor, Worst Director, and Worst Screenplay.[6](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2/2030048716/)
**Audience response and reputation.** The film has an IMDb rating of 1.5/10 from about 32,000 votes, and a Rotten Tomatoes editorial notes that it was voted the second worst film of all time by IMDb users at the time of writing.[4](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/ratings/) • [7](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/) Common Sense Media rates it for ages 8 and up, describes it as a sequel to a movie that regularly appears on lists of the worst movies ever made, and calls it possibly the most irritating movie of its year.[12](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/super-babies-baby-geniuses-2)
## Box office
The film opened on August 27, 2004 in 1,276 theaters, grossing $3,251,856 on its opening weekend, 35.7% of its eventual total. Weekly grosses fell steeply, dropping 45% in the second weekend and 83% in the sixth, and the film left theaters after six weeks with a domestic total of $9,109,322.[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2) International grosses were minimal: the film earned $246,047 abroad, a domestic share of 97.4%, with releases in the [United Arab Emirates](https://www.edgepedia.org/united-arab-emirates), Spain, Lebanon, and Egypt in late 2004.[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2) • [13](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0270846/) The worldwide total of $9,355,369 was less than half the $20 million production budget.[5](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2)
## References
1. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Google Play Movies description](https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Superbabies_Baby_Geniuses_2?hl=en_US&id=CF68E66ABC586047MV)
2. [SuperBabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/super_babies_baby_geniuses_2)
3. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Metacritic reviews via IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/criticreviews/)
4. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, IMDb ratings](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/ratings/)
5. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004), The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Superbabies-Baby-Geniuses-2)
6. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, TV Guide (awards)](https://www.tvguide.com/movies/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2/2030048716/)
7. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Is a Slow Descent Into Madness, Rotten Tomatoes editorial (Nathan Rabin)](https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2-is-a-slow-descent-into-madness/)
8. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, IMDb plot summary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0270846/plotsummary/)
9. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 streaming, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/superbabies-baby-geniuses-2)
10. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004), AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/65408)
11. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004), Bomb Report](https://bombreport.com/yearly-breakdowns/2004-2/superbabies-baby-geniuses/)
12. [Super Babies: Baby Geniuses 2, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/super-babies-baby-geniuses-2)
13. [Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0270846/)
14. [Baby Geniuses Franchise Box Office History, The Numbers](https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Baby-Geniuses)
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