This contemplative film offers up a slice-of-life story, one that focuses on Agnes, who’s played by the filmmaker Eva Victor. Agnes is a professor at the same rural arts college where she and her small group of friends attended. Lydie (Naomi Ackie) has come to visit and reveals some big news of her own. Within their visit, we watch as Agnes’ truth slowly unfurls. We learn that she was the victim of a crime, and that it has changed her.
SORRY, BABY
What’s it rated? R
When? 2025
Where’s it showing? HBO Max
She is now a professor at the college that she attended, and she can’t help but be haunted by the past within those walls. This film feels like its origins were in a black box theater—the moments between Agnes and Lydie are quiet and intimate, and the two are filled with the kind of effortless love that long friendships contain.
Along the way, Agnes finds a kitten, and in that discovery she finds something that needs tending outside of her own delicate heart. This isn’t an action-packed or busy film. Instead, it tucks in like a warm sweater against a cool breeze and reminds us all what a little bit of hope can feel like. (103 min.) ∆
This article appears in Dec 11-18, 2025.