Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’

2025 / Dir. Eva Victor

☆ 4.5/5

Watch if you like: Reductress humor, Manchester by the Sea, college campuses on overcast days, and having friends that would do anything for you.

There’s just nothing like sitting down for a screening of an unassuming new indie film only to be utterly blindsided and annihilated by what you just saw. Eva Victor’s directorial debut Sorry, Baby may be small in scale, but its emotional impact is bigger than any film I’ve seen in recent time. Deftly balancing the sweet and the sour, it tells its harrowing story with the bluntness it requires and invites you to come in closer and experience it alongside the story’s main character Agnes. Offering up genuine moments of humanity, hilarity, and empathy, you can’t help but walk away feeling as if you’ve made a new friend.

Even as I write this, I have to second guess myself. Was it really that good? But with all elements considered—a remarkable script, knockout performances from Victor and Naomi Ackie, the triumphant return of Lucas Hedges, one of the single most powerful sequences in A24’s arsenal of unforgettable imagery (the house timelapse), and a resounding feeling of warmth and hope that will cling to you like a stray cat—Sorry, Baby is not only one of the year’s best, but one that promises a singular new voice in American cinema that will be gracing movies for years to come.