Laura (Melissa Barrera) is having a horrible year. The soft-spoken actress has big dreams, most of which involve her boyfriend Jacob (Edmund Donovan), a theatre director, and promises of Broadway stardom. But all that seems to go out the window when Laura receives a cancer diagnosis out of nowhere — and, in similar fashion, Jacob suddenly decides to dump her. Laura recovers from the former, but her boyfriend’s departure still leaves her a total wreck.
Throughout the first act of Your Monster, Caroline Lindy’s semi-autobiographical debut feature, Laura’s holed up in her childhood home, replaying the entirety of her relationship in her head and ordering copious boxes of tissue on Amazon. She tries to forget about Jacob, but healing gets harder with the revelation that her ex is about to debut a new musical... and looking to cast someone other than her in the lead role. It’s hell for her, but Laura’s downward spiral is just as frustrating for the roommate she doesn’t even realize she has: the Monster (Tommy Dewey) who once lived under her bed and/or in her closet.
