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'Sorry, Baby'

Eva Victor is a true triple threat. Too often when one takes on the big three filmic hats, they show weakness in at least one of those cinematic challenges. Writer-director-lead actor Victor proves keen, comfy, and wildly talented in all three creative positions. The script is witty, charming, engaging, and disarming. Her direction shows a great ease with the camera and framing, as well as pacing. And as the lead, Agnes, a young grad student who has a traumatic experience with a respected professor, Victor delivers a heartfelt, devastating portrait of a woman trying to understand what has happened to her, never feeling too sorry for herself but showing bits of vulnerability and even bafflement.

Victor surrounds herself with a crackerjack ensemble, beginning with Naomi Ackie as Agnes's gay bestie, fab indie prince Lucas Hedges as her fuck buddy neighbor, a wicked Kelly McCormack as her jealous classmate, and a hilarious John Carroll Lynch as a wise, if gruff, sandwich shop owner who has all the best lines.

What makes "Sorry, Baby" such a wonder is how sincerely funny the film is, while also being a truly authentic take on rape and its aftermath. Agnes is healing, on her own terms and in her own time.

"Sorry, Baby" won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: U.S. Dramatic.