Agnes, a young literature professor in New England, is thrown off course after a traumatic experience. While those around her carry on with their daily lives, she struggles with the feeling of being stuck. In five chapters spanning several years, the film follows her journey back to herself—supported by sharp humor and the unconditional support of her best friend.

With calm images and a keen sense of nuance, Sorry, Baby tells the story of the search for direction when one's life falls apart and of the immeasurable power of friendship. A comforting film that leaves a lasting impression.

In many ways, this languid, lived-in debut about a grad student in stasis feels like a revolt against this digital immediacy – a film of confident, Reichardt-slowness that keeps its ‘inciting incident’ behind closed doors, and takes sweet time figuring out how it wants to feel about it. Using the recognisable beats of a deadpan American indie comedy about mid-20s malaise, Victor takes an expansive view of sexual assault and its life-stalling aftermath. Victor wrote the film during lockdown with encouragement from Barry Jenkins (who became the film's producer), sequestered with only their cat for company in a friend’s home in snowy Maine, and the private melancholy of that time seems to inhabit the entire film. -Sight and Sound