Jay Duplass will get behind the digital camera as a characteristic movie director for the primary time since 2012’s “The Do-Deca-Pentathlon” for 2025 SXSW Viewers Award winner “The Baltimorons.” Set on Christmas Eve, the whirlwind Might-December romance stars Michael Strassner (who additionally co-wrote the movie with Duplass) and Liz Larsen as a dental affected person and his dentist amid an surprising holiday-season disaster. The charming romantic comedy opens in September, and IndieWire shares the unique trailer and extra particulars beneath.
Right here’s the official synopsis courtesy of distributor Unbiased Movie Firm: “‘The Baltimorons’ follows the newly sober Cliff (Michael Strassner) on an surprising Might/December journey by means of Baltimore with Didi (Liz Larsen), his emergency dentist, after he cracks a tooth on Christmas Eve. Whereas they’ll’t appear to unravel their very own issues, Cliff and Didi are uniquely geared up to assist the opposite; Cliff longs to get again on stage together with his improv troupe for the primary time since changing into sober, and Didi would love the arrogance to attend Christmas dinner along with her daughter and insupportable ex-husband. The movie has a beautiful, lived-in naturalism, anchored by terrific performances from each leads and a supporting function from the nice Olivia Luccardi as Cliff’s annoyed girlfriend.”
Right here’s what IndieWire’s David Ehrlich wrote out of SXSW, saying the movie dropped at thoughts “Earlier than Dawn” and “Between the Temples”: “‘The Baltimorons’ tells the breezy, candy, and mega-charming story of what occurs when a wayward ‘sure, and-er’ winds up spending Christmas Eve with a lonely ‘no, but-er’ who doesn’t have anybody else to assist her rejoice the season… Humorous and absolutely plausible, ‘The Baltimorons’ is a small film, however a sensible distributor would do nicely to grab on a Christmas traditional within the making.”
Certainly, the movie does have a sensible distributor: Unbiased Movie Firm opens “The Baltimorons” in New York on September 5 with an enlargement to comply with on September 12.
