Sorry, Baby

8.8 - A beautiful, personal, authentic, tender & realistic directorial debut for Eva Victor.

One single (I think?) trailer view a few weeks ago did not set me up for what this was. It took me until the second “act” or “year” to fully buy in, but once I did I was wholly moved by the end.

While I can’t directly relate to the “bad thing” that happens to Agnes, I do completely understand the feeling of isolation you get when something bad happens & the world seems to move on around you at lightning speed while you still can’t completely comprehend your own emotions.

Eva Victor is captivating in her quiet but emotional lead, but John Carroll Lynch is my personal MVP. He provides a very small but extremely pivotal piece of the story, delivering a delicate & kind speech to Agnes that is that perfect blend of the right kind of love at the right time that can really help in trauma recovery & rarely comes from where you’d expect.

It probably needs to be said there are heavy themes here, & the style is also quiet and conversational instead of active, which I know I love but isn’t for everyone.

I don’t know if it has a lot of rewatchability for me personally. And I can’t help but expect that the subject matter will sadly make this unapproachable for too many people, but I hope it gets the love & recognition it deserves.

It’s not one of those movies that stun or scare or excite you a lot, but it’s real. It’s got a sort ordinary-ness to it which makes it good. Even if it’s not relatable to all, you can still connect because we’ve all had bad things happen. Not a fav, but im happy I got to connect.

so beautiful

7/10

the movie had me sit in silence, and it made me feel so much. it is so relatable. until Emily Fightmaster showed up and ruined everything.

Simultaneously felt very grounding and calm but also really scary. Very very good. I would put this in the same category as Janet planet and Anne at 13000 feet. Idk what that is exactly but it gave me the same feeling.