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Nasty Baby probably sounded like a great idea on paper, but as a film it left me cold. Partly because the trailer’s so bloody weird, and partly because I’m really not a fan of Kristen Wiig.
The film is about a close-knit trio where gay couple Freddy (Sebastián Silva) and Mo (Tunde Adebimpe) are trying to have a baby with the help of their friend Polly (Wiig). At the same time, they’re being confronted with a brutal scenario that causes them to take a life.
Nasty Baby is written and directed by Silva, it also stars Alia Shawkat, Mark Margolis and The Wire‘s Reg E Cathey, and premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and also screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival, where it was named winner of the Teddy Award for best LGBT-themed feature film. It’s released in the US on October 23rd, but as of yet there’s no UK date.
Check out the trailer below and click on the poster for the full-size image.
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