Sorry, Baby (2025 film)

Sorry, Baby is a 2025 American black comedy drama film written and directed by Eva Victor and produced by Barry Jenkins. Victor also has a starring role alongside Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges.

Sorry, Baby
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Directed by	Eva Victor
Written by	Eva Victor
Produced by	Adele Romanski Mark Ceryak Barry Jenkins Frank Ariza
Starring	Eva Victor Naomi Ackie Lucas Hedges John Carroll Lynch Louis Cancelmi Kelly McCormack
Cinematography	Mia Cioffi Henry
Edited by	Alex O'Flinn Randi Atkins
Music by	Lia Ouyang Rusli
Production companies	Pastel Big Beach High Frequency Entertainment Tango Entertainment
Distributed by	A24
Release dates	January 27, 2025 (2025-01-27) (Sundance) June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27) (United States)
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2025, where it received critical acclaim. It is scheduled to be released by A24 on June 27, 2025.^[2]

Premise

A college professor tries to recover from a sexual assault.^[3]

Cast

• Eva Victor as Agnes
• Naomi Ackie as Lydie
• Lucas Hedges as Gavin
• John Carroll Lynch as Pete
• Louis Cancelmi as Decker
• Kelly McCormack as Natasha
• E. R. Fightmaster as Fran
• Hettienne Park as Eleanor Winston
• Natalie Rotter-Laitman as Claire
• Cody Reiss as Devin
• Jordan Mendoza as Logan
• Liz Bishop as Elizabeth
• Conor Sweeney as Jeremy
• Alison Wachtler as Clerk
• Jonny Myles as The man she thought was Decker
• Pricilla Manning as Andrea Fuller
• Celeste Oliva as Sophie
• Chhoyang Cheshatsang as Thomas

Production

The film is written and directed by Eva Victor and produced by Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak and Barry Jenkins. Victor is also in the lead cast that includes Naomi Ackie, Lucas Hedges, John Carroll Lynch, Louis Cancelmi and Kelly McCormack.^[4]

Principal photography took place in Ipswich, Massachusetts in March 2024.^[5]

Release

The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2025.^[6] In early February, A24 acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film for $8 million after a bidding war with studios including Searchlight Pictures, Neon and Mubi.^[7][8] The film will serve as the closing film of the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 22 May 2025.^[9][10] The film will be theatrically released on June 27, 2025.^[2]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 42 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Carrying off difficult subject matter with a light touch and wry sense of humor, Sorry, Baby triumphantly announces writer-director and star Eva Victor as a formidable talent."^[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 88 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[12]

Eva Victor won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival.^[13]