Premiering at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Nasty Baby gives Kristen Wiig yet another substantial independent dramatic role. Coming from Sebastián Silva (Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus, Magic Magic), the film follows a gay couple who try to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly. The trio navigates the idea of creating life while confronted by unexpected harassment from a neighborhood man called The Bishop. As their clashes grow increasingly aggressive, odds are someone is getting hurt. The first U.S. trailer and poster have now arrived ahead of a release next fall.
We said in our review, “The first two acts manage to balance all these plot lines with a clear focus to this improvised picture. The film never runs in circles or gets lost in ad-libbing. Silva creates a loose, authentic and warm vibe with immensely charming performances. Nasty Baby features Wiig’s most natural and relaxed performance to date, and Silva and Adebimpe match her authentic screen presence. The love Freddy has for Bo and Polly rings loud and clear, and for good reason — these relationships are completely believable.”
Check out the trailer below for the film also starring Sebastian Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis, and Denis O’Hare.
Nasty Baby, centers around a Brooklyn couple, Freddy (Sebastian Silva) and his boyfriend Mo (Tunde Adebimpe) who are trying to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly (Kristen Wiig). Freddy is an artist, and his latest work is all about babies – it’s clear he’s dying to be a father. Polly is a family practitioner who is more interested in having a baby than having a man. Mo is hesitant about the entire idea, especially when Polly isn’t having success with Freddyʼs sperm and the donor responsibility shifts to him. Set almost entirely in the multicultural vibrancy of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the trio navigates the idea of creating life, when they are confronted by unexpected harassment from particularly aggressive neighborhood man, nicknamed The Bishop (Reg E. Cathey). The Bishop is bothersome in small, yet persistent ways, with a hint of danger. As their clashes become increasingly aggressive, someone is bound to get hurt.
Nasty Baby opens on October 23rd and on VOD a week later.