Sorry, Baby is the debut feature from Eva Victor, who writes, directs, and stars as Agnes, a young, solitary literature professor struggling to move forward after her life was turned upside down three years prior. As the film's official synopsis tells us, "something bad" happened to Agnes (we don't find out exactly what that is until about a third of the way through the film), but this isn't really a movie about the bad thing in question. It's about how life goes on after a bad thing happens, whether you're ready for it or not.
Naomi Ackie puts in a lively supporting turn as Agnes' best friend Lydie, who's known her since graduate school. They met on the same English literature program but, while Agnes stayed put in their New England college town to start teaching after their studies ended, Lydie moved to New York, where she found love, got married, and is now expecting a baby. It's no wonder that Agnes feels like her life is standing still while everyone else's speeds ahead.
