{"id":424017,"date":"2025-12-04T11:52:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/424017\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T11:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T11:52:22","slug":"sorry-baby-i-wont-shut-up-about-this-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/424017\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Sorry, Baby\u2019 I Won\u2019t Shut Up About This Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s rare to see an independent director write, direct, and star in their very first film. In \u201cSorry, Baby,\u201d Eva Victor takes her viewers on a journey of healing and hope after a traumatic experience. \u201cSorry, Baby\u201d introduces its viewers to the world of Agnes, a graduate student whose life devolves after her professor sexually assaults her during a meeting. In short, the story is simultaneously raw, hilarious, and tragic. If you\u2019re anything like me, you also ran to Letterboxd to give it a five-star rating. I watched this film for the first time in my critical approaches to media course last month. Finally, I thought after the screening, a film about real people. These days, with the oversaturated market of million dollar franchises and blockbusters in production, it\u2019s hard to find a \u201cJuno\u201d-esque film that feels like people were actually behind creating it. It\u2019s overwhelmingly refreshing to see a part of yourself in a character, even if you don\u2019t relate to their experiences as a whole.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Why is \u201cSorry, Baby\u201d worth your time though? I can\u2019t think of another film that has made me laugh before bringing me to the verge of tears minutes later. The film opens with the touchingly close friendship between Agnes and her best friend, Lydie. Their dialogue and flow sound like an actual conversation between friends instead of cheesy one-liners. Agnes isn\u2019t a perfect character, either. She\u2019s sarcastic, dry, awkward, and depressed, but that\u2019s what makes the film feel more real. Throughout the entire story, there\u2019s a quiet authenticity to how Victor approaches the telling of their character\u2019s sexual assault. It\u2019s not overt or brushed over. The emotion creeps into every shot like the way pain manifests in our daily lives. The most heartbreaking scene is a series of silent, long shots that leave you holding your breath in anticipation for the next scene. Victor doesn\u2019t dramatize or intend to force the audience to feel anything specifically. Instead, it\u2019s just there, the sadness just creeps onto you in the prolonged silence. As an aspiring writer-director myself, I could go on about how much Victor charmed me with this film. If you\u2019re a fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge (\u201cFleabag,\u201d \u201cKilling Eve\u201d), Eva Victor is definitely a director to look out for.<\/p>\n

If there\u2019s one thing I learned from \u201cSorry, Baby,\u201d it\u2019s that I have a special appreciation for films that tell real stories. Sometimes, we find comfort in the small things: kittens, baths, best friends, neighbors, sandwiches, babies. While I love high-budget sci-fi or action movies, it\u2019s always nice to learn more about the world around me through stories like Victor\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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