I Used to Be Funny

2024 · 106 min · EN · NR · 6.8 (72 votes)

Dir. Ally Pankiw · Starring Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones, Sabrina Jalees, Caleb Hearon, Ennis Esmer · Music Ames Bessada

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Sam, an aspiring stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, weighs whether to join the search for Brooke, a missing teenage girl she used to nanny. As she fights to recover from her trauma and return to the stage, memories of her deep bond with Brooke rush back—making it impossible to ignore her disappearance.

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This film offers a deeply melancholic and intimate character study, exploring the quiet weight of trauma and the struggle for recovery. It's an earnest, understated journey through memory and identity, blending moments of raw emotion with a disheartening yet compassionate lens on healing. A reflective slow-burn.

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