I really had wanted to like this movie, but in the end, I have mixed feelings about it. It’s the year 2026, and so if you’re going to be making a movie discussing the uncomfortable subject of sexual assault and rape, you better come equipped with something that viewers haven’t seen before. Unfortunately, Sorry, Baby failed there. I’m not even exactly sure what they were trying to get at here.

The lead actress, Eva Victor, did an overall OK job here, but that was about it. Everyone else was just meh. I was surprised to learn that she is both the producer and writer of the movie. For it to be picked up by A24 is a big deal, so she must have done something right with Sorry, Baby. I think the biggest issue I have is not really being able to connect with Agnes on an emotional level. She’s portrayed as a pretty goofy and silly person but obviously a very intelligent and smart university student. However, she did a couple of really stupid things that makes her look like an awkward high school teenager. For one, she should have immediately thought it would be a bad idea from the get-go to meet her male professor in his own home to discuss her thesis. Not only was he home alone, but he practically lived only a very short distance from the university. More surprisingly, during her retelling of what happened in the house to Lydie, she actually continued to kiss the professor even AFTER he attempted to pull down her pants and made her extremely uncomfortable? Her reasoning is that she just wanted to do something to distract him or to be just “doing” something? Like uhh, say what? There is no suggestion to lead viewers to believe that Agnes even had any feelings for him. In fact, she even specifically told Lydia that she would not have sex with him if he had asked. There is also no reason to believe she needed his special “help” with her thesis like the other girl. So are we to believe that Agnes, up to this point in her life, has never been with another man before and therefore didn’t know what to do? Did she not know what a guy wants if he’s trying to stick his fingers inside her pants? Because for a few minutes there, it really looked and sounded as if she didn’t.

This is not to say that I am blaming Agnes. She’s obviously the victim, like obviously. But it was just so weird? Agnes’s character, I think, could have been fleshed out a bit more. We don’t know if she has any other family members. We don’t know of her past relationships with other boyfriends. There is literally no other significant other person in her life besides her friend Lydie, who lives in another state. We see that she hooks up with her neighbor Gavin, but it seems like he’s just a distraction for Agnes, and we get the impression that they likely won’t be together for much longer since he wants kids but not her. In fact, we don’t exactly know what’s really driving Agnes. It’s definitely not revenge on her professor. It does seem like she has a thing for kids. She didn’t want to go after her attacker and see him put in jail because she said it was due to him having a kid. She picks up a little stray kitten. And she has a lengthy conversation with Lydie’s baby at the very end. It’s clear that Agnes will forever be haunted by what happened. But this isn’t a story about redemption, revenge, or courage. Agnes will just carry on. Is that what they were trying to go after? I think that’s the saddest part of it all, if it is. A24 is a powerhouse and their movie library is generally rock solid but Sorry, Baby is not one I will be remembering about.