★★★★
Eva Victor’s directorial debut presents real gravitas behind the depiction of certain themes which make each laugh painful in a way all the great ‘dramedy’ directors and satirists strive to achieve. But further than that, it’s a film that works wonderfully in flux, with the switch from comedy to drama more serious in tone, to a blend of the two, often feeling smooth and masterful. Sorry, Baby depicts various segments (labelled as different ‘years’ in the film) in the student and adult life of Agnes Ward (played by Eva Victor themself) and the lasting effect of ‘that’ and their relationships with work, sex, and their friends/colleagues. The film is both precisely controlled and unpredictable (at least it was unexpected to me). The construction of the plot, and within that, singular scenes and jokes, has clearly had a lot of thought and effort poured into it through the guidance of personal experience and dedication to portraying (potentially awkward) authenticity. Victor is just one person who has gotten to share their story, but there are undoubtedly many more with varied experiences and thoughts. This is, for me, what the movie is able to portray to its audience very well, that the individual reaction to traumatic events is just that – individual. The film teaches that each person reacts and responds differently and often in a multitude of ways. We see a person who seems to simultaneously be going through infinite flux yet remaining familiar.
★★★★
Eva Victor’s directorial debut presents real gravitas behind the depiction of certain themes which make each laugh painful in a way all the great ‘dramedy’ directors and satirists strive to achieve. But further than that, it’s a film that works wonderfully in flux, with the switch from comedy to drama more serious in tone, to a blend of the two, often feeling smooth and masterful. Sorry, Baby depicts various segments (labelled as different ‘years’ in the film) in the student and adult life of Agnes Ward (played by Eva Victor themself) and the lasting effect of ‘that’ and their relationships with work, sex, and their friends/colleagues. The film is both precisely controlled and unpredictable (at least it was unexpected to me). The construction of the plot, and within that, singular scenes and jokes, has clearly had a lot of thought and effort poured into it through the guidance of personal experience and dedication to portraying (potentially awkward) authenticity. Victor is just one person who has gotten to share their story, but there are undoubtedly many more with varied experiences and thoughts. This is, for me, what the movie is able to portray to its audience very well, that the individual reaction to traumatic events is just that – individual. The film teaches that each person reacts and responds differently and often in a multitude of ways. We see a person who seems to simultaneously be going through infinite flux yet remaining familiar.
