Sorry, Baby (2025)

When Pain Finds Its Shape - Sorry, Baby review by griggs

Some films tiptoe around sensitive subjects; this one charges straight in, yet somehow never loses its balance. Sorry, Baby is a remarkable piece of work—engaging, disarmingly funny, and deeply unsettling all at once. It’s a story about trauma that refuses to flatten into tragedy, using humour as both a shield and a scalpel.

Eva Victor, who also writes, directs, and stars, comes across as a bold new voice. Her character’s sardonic wit is both armour and weapon, turning comedy into a self-defence mechanism. It won’t sit comfortably with everyone—there’s an edge to the humour that risks feeling too glib—but that tension is precisely what makes the film so striking.

What lingers is how carefully it balances tone. One minute you’re laughing at a barbed one-liner, the next you’re floored by the pain underneath. Few films manage to be this candid without collapsing under the weight of their subject. Sorry, Baby doesn’t just survive the risk—it thrives on it.

Drama With Humour that Really Grips the Main Subject of Trauma - Sorry, Baby review by GI

This is a nuanced and thought provoking study of female trauma following sexual assault presented in a mild darkish comedy but which still manages to hit the spot in highlighting the emotional impact that such a crime has on the individual woman. Eva Victor directs and stars as Agnes, a PHD student in a small New England university who has a mild flirtatious relationship with her tutor and a mutual admiration exists between them. But when he switches a meeting from his office to his home we see Agnes arrive at dusk and leave in the dark in a flustered manner. It's a clever presentation of the rape that Agnes later reveals to her best friend Lydia. The film charts Agnes experience with an unfeeling doctor and a period of panic attacks with also her deciding how to deal with the experience including whether to go to the police. Her decision not to is an interesting one. This is a film that explores rather well I thought the conflictions and confusion of Agnes as a victim whilst showing how she strives to rise above it in her life. An interesting drama that is well worth checking out.