A24 'Sorry, Baby' (2025) is Healing & Heartfelt | Film Review

Healing & Heartfelt, 'Sorry, Baby' (2025) | Film Review by Film Probe

Something terrible happened to Agnes. But life goes on for everyone else. When a friend visits on the brink of an important milestone, Agnes realises how stuck she's been, in this bittersweet story of finding your way after your world comes crashing down.

From A24 and Picturehouse, Sorry, Baby (2025) is an exploration of the human experience, the good and the bad. This thought provoking, ultimately heart achingly raw story leaves you a little empty inside, scared of being vulnerable in a cruel world. 

Eva Victor, the lead, writer and director of this feature is a powerhouse performer but more importantly a genius when it comes to dialogue. Sorry, Baby (2025) was effortlessly charming and beautifully light hearted in some of the most upsetting, uncomfortable moments and that is down to Eva’s poetic sense of storytelling and realism through dialogue and character building. 

We watch the characters of Agnes and Lydie transform through this film, one flourishes and one sinks.

This is a slow film and by that I mean it takes every opportunity to let its audience sit with the knowledge of Agnes’ past. ‘Sorry, Baby’ beautifully pieces together trauma, showing us how Agnes’ life has been shattered into a million pieces and how she desperately tries to glue it back together. Agnes is a deeply intelligent character, she is self aware and undeniably funny. 

Before watching ‘Sorry, Baby’ be aware that it is an emotional slap in the face, it takes you through themes of trauma and assault. 

‘Sorry, Baby’ is a non-linear narrative addressing recovery and rebuilding, how an individual can move through something which has utterly destroyed them.  

This film surprised me, it was endearing yet soul destroying. It will leave a sour taste in your mouth, a bitter look onto society and the world in which we live in. A powerless feeling, the reality that we cannot protect the ones we love and shield them from pain. 

At its heart, ’Sorry, Baby’ is a character story. On the one hand we watch Lydie’s life flourish into the idillic wife and mother. One the other, we watch Agnes spiral into a pit of self destruction and isolation. They represent how important communication is, how strong friendship and support can be but most of all how one incident can change your whole outlook on life. 

Eva Victor and Naomi Ackie are faultless, as a pair they ooze chemistry and realism. Individually, they command the screen and brought life to every line of dialogue. Eva Victor was beautiful in the role of Agnes, I was in awe of their effortless delivery, unapologetically raw and memorable portrayal of a character in pain. 

This film is heartbreakingly realistic, this story felt familiar and I understand it will impact a lot of viewers in a variety of ways. Personally, I was blown away by the control of tone and pace. ‘Sorry, Baby’ is Eva Victor’s directorial debut and it was perfectly structured when considering the effortless comedy laced in between the shattering sadness. Films of this nature struggle to bring genuine comedy but Eva delivered time and time again, I was laughing one minute and broken the next. 

‘Sorry, Baby’ (2025) is a film which slowly unravels in front of you, pull on the string but you won’t be prepared for what lies at the end. A story which shows the resilient nature of humans, how we keep going when we have nothing left, how we put on a happy face when we are hurting inside. ‘Sorry, Baby’ is unforgettably moving and heartbreakingly realistic. 

Probe Points

★★★★