Desperate to be rid of her toddler, a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife hires a stranger to babysit and ends up getting much more than she bargained for.
Acting
Allison Janney's brittle, heartbreaking Margo steals every scene.
Writing
Heder's script makes terrible decisions feel weirdly reasonable.
Direction
Lo-fi handheld intimacy that never feels indie-for-indie's-sake.
Director
Sian Heder
Elliot Page
Tallulah
Allison Janney
Margo
Tammy Blanchard
Carolyn
Evan Jonigkeit
Nico
Uzo Aduba
Louisa Kinnie
David Zayas
Detective Richards
John Benjamin Hickey
Stephen
Zachary Quinto
Andreas
Felix Solis
Manuel
Fredric Lehne
Russell
Maddie Corman
Vera
Jasson Finney
Tennessee Bar-Goer
Doris McCarthy
Park Lady
Charlotte Ubben
Grad Student 1
Olivia Levine
Grad Student 2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sian Heder expanded this from her own 2006 short film, originally shot in 48 hours for under $5,000. The feature took a decade to finance because studios kept asking 'but what's the hook?'
The hotel scenes were shot at the real Hotel Chelsea during its renovation limbo — that peeling grandeur mirrors Carolyn's crumbling marriage perfectly.
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