Sorry, Baby
2025
**½
Director: Eva Victor
Cast: Eva Victor, Naomi Ackie, Louis Cancelmi, Lucas Hedges, Kelly McCormack, E. R. Fightmaster, John Carroll Lynch, Hettienne Park, Anabel Graetz, Cody Reiss
A few years after being sexually assaulted, Agnes, a young literature professor, is still dealing with the emotional aftermath. When her best friend Lydie gets pregnant, she attempts to reconnect with herself and move forward. Eva Victor's directorial debut draws on personal experiences, and the story is told in a darkly comedic tone. Although the film has a few poignant scenes, I never warmed to its awkward, cringey humour, and found Agnes, played by Victor, overly flippant and not entirely believable. Where the film finally lost me was with the amateur-theatre-level performances and abysmal dialogue, the low point being Lydie's reaction to the traumatic event: "That sounds like...that. That is, that's the thing."
