We have officially entered the time of year when some of the best films from this year’s Sundance Film Festival begin their theatrical rollouts. And that includes the offbeat dramedy “Before You Know It.”
As seen in the new trailer, the festival standout from earlier this year features the fairly typical family dramedy tropes, but with a couple of additional quirks. Two sisters are trying to keep their lives together, while also dealing with a father that is quite possibly a man-child and the sudden re-emergence of their estranged mother, who happens to be a soap opera star.
“Before You Know It” saw its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. We caught the film at the festival and in our review, we said the film “sets a high bar for first-time feature filmmaking” and called it “something truly special.”
The film stars Judith Light, Mandy Patinkin, Hannah Pearl Utt, Jen Tullock, Mike Colter, and Alec Baldwin. Not only does the film star Hannah Pearl Utt, but she also serves as the writer and director of “Before You Know It.” Her previous work behind the camera includes the 2016 film “Disengaged.”
“Before You Know It” arrives in theaters on August 30.
Here’s the synopsis:
Stage manager Rachel Gurner still lives in her childhood apartment—along with her off-kilter actress sister, Jackie; eccentric playwright father Mel; and deadpan preteen niece Dodge—above the tiny theatre they own and operate. Level-headed and turtleneck-wearing Rachel is the only thing standing between her family and utter chaos. Then, in the wake of a sudden family tragedy, Rachel and Jackie learn their presumed-deceased mother is actually alive and thriving as a soap-opera star. Now the sisters’ already-precarious balance turns upside down, and Rachel must figure out how to liberate herself from this surreal imbroglio.
