Overview
- Critics describe Matthew Shear’s feature debut as a small, performance-led character study with warm notices for Amanda Peet.
- The film follows Sam, an anxious former law student who becomes a nanny and grows close to Dianne, an out-of-work actress.
- Reviewers single out Peet, Shear, and Alessandro Nivola, while noting an ensemble that includes Judd Hirsch, Andrea Martin, Bob Balaban, and Jessica Harper.
- Assessments vary on tone and originality, with Film Festival Today calling it low-key and But Why Tho praising its genre subversions, while FandomWire finds it charming yet familiar.
- Peet draws added attention for her first film credit in about a decade and a producer role, with coverage noting she recently said she is in remission from breast cancer as the film begins a select-theater run.