Plot:4/10
The plot revolves around Baby Doll whose mother has passed away. After passing away, her mother leaves all her possessions and the mansion she lived in to Baby Doll and her sister. Their father then tries to kill both of the daughters but fails as "Baby Doll" grapples with him and ends up firing a shot which kills her sister. She, overcome with grief, becomes mute, and her step father locks her up in a mental asylum. Here is where the plot changes dramatically. In the mental asylum, "Baby Doll" seeks to escape. The mental asylum for women forces the girls to dance and then be whored out to various men of power while the warden conducts illicit activities. She earns the name "Baby Doll" for her youthful appearance and emotionless expression similar to that of a doll. Despite her doll-like appearance, her dancing is so titillating that others are hypnotized by it. It is during her dances that the films shifts into the fantasy world. The first time she enters, she meets her Guardian Angel, who tells her to achieve her freedom she must acquire five things. They are a map, fire, a key, a knife, and an unknown final item that will reveal itself when the time is right for a "perfect victory." Baby Doll recruits the other girls to help her: Rocket, Rocket's sister Sweet Pea, Blondie, and Amber. Baby Doll has a five day time limit as that is when the High Roller will come and rape her. As they go on their quests to gather each of the items to escape the asylum there are many plot twists which involves murder, cigars, the mayor and etc. Ultimately however it has its short comings. You'd think this film would be about these girls overcoming a misogynistic world and escaping from their circumstances but no. The film is very misogynistic from the costumes they wear, the over sexualization, and objectification of women. The film's other shortcoming is the plot. In some parts there is a lack of details in some scenes and characters that are not fully fleshed out. There is little to none character development and the girls after going through this journey are still represented as weak and powerless. I also feel like the plotception of not knowing which plot or what was real and what was dreamt up. It's a film without closure and unlike Inception it doesn't end such as a film to be thought about because there really isn't anything to be thought of when recollecting this film.

Acting: 9/10

As a film catering to the video gamer / nerd popculture audience the actors played their roles quite well. The "guardian angel" archetype played by Scott Glen is pretty much like Cortanna in the Halo series. Baby Doll is played very well by Emily Browning is like Yuki Nagato a girl with tremendous power but expressionless and doll like, very (Moé). Meanwhile the big Disney Star, Vanessa Hudgins, plays a much smaller role as a snitch. The cook, Malcom Scott, is amazing in that he portrays the evil cook like no one else could. The actress Carla Gugino, who plays Dr. Vera Gorski, is really amazing. The rest of the cast including: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgins, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Oscar Isaac, Scott Glenn, Malcolm Scott, et al, do a great job bringing the scenes to life as well. Each character is believable and not effaced by the actors stardom nor is there a break in character despite having to play their parts in two very different environments (the mental asylum/whore house and various fantasy worlds). I give the acting a 9/10 because each played their part well but there was some deficiency in character development, as well as oversimplification of some of the characters.

Graphics and Soundtrack: 10/10

The graphics are well done, with a clear distinction between reality and the fantasy world sequences. The fantasy world action sequences make you feel like you are in a video game with their rich textures and sounds. The music composition is amazing for this film. actress Emily Browning did the vocals for Sweet Dreams (originally by Eurythmics) and Where is my Mind. While actress Carla Gugino took vocal lessons so she could play her role as the dance instructor of the brothel. The music is very important in distinguishing the fantasy world from reality. The music composition was done by Tyler Bates who did the music composition of Moulin Rouge. In Sucker Punch Bates composition of songs complimented the scenes like how past songs were used in Moulin Rouge to match each scene.

Video shown below is the Orc Fight Sequence. Reminds me a lot of The Lord of the Rings siege on Helm's Deep:

Overall impression of the film: 7.67/10

The film is something definitely worth checking out. I highly recommend it to gamers, anime fans, and those who enjoy nerd pop culture. Even if you aren't one of the aforementioned its amazing graphics, soundtrack and acting makes it worth checking out. Despite the misogyny and plot deficiencies the acting, soundtrack, and graphics make up for it.

Here's the trailer: