Known for TV series Billions, Eva Victor stars, writes and directs her debut.
Naomi Ackie - Lydie
Louis Cancelmi - Preston Decker
Kelly McCormack - Natasha
Lucas Hedges - Gavin
John Carroll Lynch - Pete
E.R. Fightmaster - Fran
Cody Reiss - Devin
Jordan Mendoza - Logan
Summary
Non-linear dramedy spans five chapters over a four year period, focusing on how an incident affects Eva Victor's protagonist Agnes.
Lamb of God
There is a film called Sorry, Charlie, but this should've been titled Sorry, Audience.
Performances and cinematography deserve praise, but the rest of self-indulgent slow burn sucked harder than a vacuum cleaner.
Agnes goes to Preston's house and after day becomes night, she's sexually assaulted off-screen by mentor's fingers penetrating a very personal area.
We're meant to empathise, but character's obnoxious, one-dimensional nature only succeeded in alienating me.
She begins a sexual relationship with her neighbour Gavin, and wow, it's awkward.
For the most part, dialogue felt artificial and unrealistic.
During opening chapter The Year with the Baby, Agnes and Lydie are discussing sex and penises.
Do women really talk like that?
The dumbest scene is how rude Agnes and Lydie are to a doctor. Frustratingly, he doesn't throw them out and/or tell them to fuck off.
Poster is explained by Agnes finding Olga the cat, used for emotional support.
Cinematic toothache ends by Lydie returning a year later with her wife Fran and baby Jane, with Agnes warning infant that 'bad stuff just happens'.
Finally, Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is referenced, with one of Agnes's students labelling subject matter 'disgusting'. On a much grander scale, classic piece of literature is a primary component throughout American Beauty.
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