Sometimes bad things happen to good people. Writer-director-star Eva Victor has made a funny, engaging, honest and ultimately upbeat American indie about living through trauma. That is in itself is something to celebrate. But this film is also full of wryly unexpected observations and turns. It’s the debut of a singular talent.
Agnes teaches English in the same small Massachusetts college where they did their post-grad. Professionally, they’re on the fast-track. Personally, they’re still carrying the wounds of a serious betrayal. Their friendship with former roommate Lydie (Naomi Ackie) is the most sustaining thing in their life, and it’s the crux of the film’s resilient mood. Artfully structured across five unchronological chapters, Sorry, Baby says hard things with thoughtful care and wit.
A darkly funny and enormously tender film… both wacky and heartbreaking. What’s perhaps most striking about Sorry, Baby is the thread of genuine humanity and empathy that runs straight through it.
A- Katie Erbland, IndieWire
In its intimacy and naked truth-telling, Sorry, Baby is the kind of independent movie that can seem like a gift… it’s a modest miracle that when it ends, you don’t want to say goodbye — it sticks, beautifully.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Eva Victor
Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Kelly McCormack, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch
USA
2025
English
Best Screenplay, Sundance
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Credits
Screenwriter
Eva Victor
Cinematography
Mia Cioffi Henry
Editor
Randi Atkins, Alex O’Flinn
Original Music
Lia Ouyang Rusli
Production Design
Caity Birmingham
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