{{short description|2015 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = Nasty Baby | image = Nasty Baby (poster).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Sebastián Silva | producer = {{Plainlist| * Charlie Dibe * David Hinojosa * Juan de Dios Larraín * Pablo Larraín * Julia Oh }} | writer = Sebastián Silva | starring = {{Plainlist| * Kristen Wiig * Sebastián Silva * Tunde Adebimpe * Reg E. Cathey * Mark Margolis * Alia Shawkat * Agustín Silva * Anthony Chisholm * Neal Huff * Lillias White }} | music = {{Plainlist| * Danny Bensi * Saunder Jurriaans }} | cinematography = Sergio Armstrong | editing = Sofía Subercaseaux | studio = {{Plainlist| * Fábula * Funny Balloons * Versatile * Killer Films }} | distributor = The Orchard | released = {{Film date|2015|01|24|Sundance|2015|10|23|United States|}} | runtime = 101 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 101:02--><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/nasty-baby-film | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307185004/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/nasty-baby-film | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 7, 2016 | title=''Nasty Baby'' (15) | work=British Board of Film Classification | date=March 1, 2016 | accessdate=March 2, 2016}}</ref> | country = {{Plainlist| * Chile * United States }} | language = {{Plainlist| * English * Spanish }} | gross = $79,800<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=nastybaby.htm | title=Nasty Baby (2015) | work=Box Office Mojo | publisher=Internet Movie Database | accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref> }} '''''Nasty Baby''''' is a 2015 Chilean-American drama film written and directed by Sebastián Silva and starring Kristen Wiig, Silva, and Tunde Adebimpe alongside Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis, Agustín Silva, Alia Shawkat, Lillias White, and Anthony Chisholm.
The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Banh|first1=An|title=Sundance Review: Sebastian Silva's Tense 'Nasty Baby' is a Subversive Delight|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-review-sebatian-silvas-tense-nasty-baby-is-a-subversive-delight-20150130|website=Indiewire|date=January 31, 2015|accessdate=February 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Berlin">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_26582.html |title=Panorama 65th Berlinale |accessdate=January 18, 2015 |work=Berlinale |archive-date=February 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214093016/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/panorama/pan-presse-detail_26582.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> where it was named winner of the Teddy Award for best LGBT-themed feature film.<ref>[https://www.faz.net/agenturmeldungen/dpa/nasty-baby-gewinnt-teddy-filmpreis-13428071.html «Nasty Baby» gewinnt Teddy-Filmpreis]. ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung'', February 14, 2015.</ref> The film was released on October 23, 2015, in a limited release, before being released on video on demand on October 30, 2015, by The Orchard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-trailer-for-sebastian-silvas-nasty-baby-starring-kristen-wiig-20150827|title=Watch: First Trailer For Sebastian Silva's 'Nasty Baby' S - The Playlist|author=Kevin Jagernauth|date=August 27, 2015|work=The Playlist|access-date=August 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829194730/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-trailer-for-sebastian-silvas-nasty-baby-starring-kristen-wiig-20150827|archive-date=August 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Plot== The film follows the journey of Freddy and Mo, a gay couple who are struggling to conceive a child. They turn to their friend Polly for help, but despite several attempts, they are unsuccessful due to Freddy's low sperm count. Eventually, Mo reluctantly agrees to be the donor, and Polly successfully becomes pregnant.
As they navigate the challenges of pregnancy and parenthood, the trio becomes the target of a mentally unstable man known as The Bishop. Despite their initial attempts to be friendly with him, The Bishop reveals himself to be aggressively homophobic and begins to harass Polly.
One night, The Bishop violently assaults Polly, and the situation escalates when a police officer becomes involved. In the midst of all this chaos, Freddy's performance art project, "Nasty Baby," is rejected, and The Bishop follows him home.
In a desperate attempt to defend himself, Freddy strikes The Bishop with a six-pack of beer, which results in a fatal injury. Fearing the consequences of their actions, the trio decides to dispose of the body in the woods.
==Cast== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * Kristen Wiig as Polly * Sebastián Silva as Freddy * Tunde Adebimpe as Mo * Reg E. Cathey as The Bishop * Mark Margolis as Richard * Agustín Silva as Chino * Alia Shawkat as Wendy * Lillias White as Cecilia * Anthony Chisholm as David, Mo's father * Constance Shulman as The Bishop's girlfriend * Neal Huff as Gallery owner * Judy Marte as Battered woman * Cara Seymour as Nosy neighbor {{div col end}}
==Production== On August 14, 2013, it was announced Kristen Wiig was in talks to join the film, and that Sebastian Silva would direct the film as well as star alongside Tunde Adebimpe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/kristen-wiig-talks-star-sebastian-silvas-nasty-baby-tv-radio-singer-exclusive-110796/|title=Kristen Wiig in Talks for Indie 'Nasty Baby' With TV on the Radio Singer Tunde Adebimpe (Exclusive)|work=TheWrap|date=August 14, 2013 }}</ref>
Principal photography took place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City.
==Release== The film was originally rejected by Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, since the festival did not like the film's ending.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/sebastian-silva-on-why-toronto-rejected-nasty-baby-and-how-quirk-is-bad-20150218|title=Sebastian Silva on Why Toronto Rejected 'Nasty Baby' and - Indiewire|author=Nigel M Smith|date=February 18, 2015|work=Indiewire}}</ref> The film instead had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/sundance-review-sebatian-silvas-tense-nasty-baby-is-a-subversive-delight-20150130|title=Sundance Review: Sebastian Silva's Tense 'Nasty Baby' is - Indiewire|author=An Banh|date=January 31, 2015|work=Indiewire}}</ref> Shortly after it was announced The Orchard had acquired distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theorchard.com/press_releases/the-orchard-acquires-north-american-rights-to-sebastian-silvas-nasty-baby/|title=The Orchard Acquires Distribution Rights to "Nasty Baby"|work=The Orchard}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The film was released in a limited release on October 23, 2015, before being released on video on demand on October 30, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/things-get-weird-trailer-kristen-wiig-starring-nas-224521|title=Things get weird in the trailer for Kristen Wiig-starring Nasty Baby|work=avclub.com|date=August 27, 2015 }}</ref>
===Critical reception=== The film holds a 66% score on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The critical consensus reads "''Nasty Baby'' juggles an ambitious array of tones, and not always successfully -- but its talented cast and surprising narrative twists leave a lingering impression."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/nasty_baby/ | title=Nasty Baby (2015) | work=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Flixster | accessdate=March 2, 2016}}</ref> On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 64 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/nasty-baby | title=Nasty Baby reviews | work=Metacritic | publisher=CBS Interactive | accessdate=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
Writing for ''The A.V. Club'', Mike D'Angelo gave the film a C for its plodding pacing and the abrupt third act which "neither emerges organically from the skeletal narrative nor thematically dovetails with the other storylines in any way" but praised Wiig's performance.<ref name="avclub">{{Cite web |url=http://www.avclub.com/review/nasty-baby-amiably-aimless-until-its-ruinous-final-227151 |title=Nasty Baby · Film Review |last=D'Angelo |first=Mike |date=October 22, 2015 |publisher=The A.V. Club}}</ref>
==See also== * List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films of 2015
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|3121332}} * {{Mojo title|nastybaby|Nasty Baby}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|nasty_baby|Nasty Baby}} * {{Metacritic film|title=Nasty Baby}}
{{Sebastián Silva}} {{Teddy Award for Best Film}}
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