Disfluency

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After flunking her final college class, Jane retreats to her Michigan hometown for one last, carefree summer vacation. She soon rekindles an old friendship with a single mother, teaching her sign language so she can reconnect with her son. Despite her best efforts, however, Jane can't hide the traumatic secret that caused her academic failure.

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Clint Worthington

RogerEbert.com

It’s a testament to “Disfluency”‘s ultimate affect, and the lead performances, that it can successfully overcome the preachiness of Baumgarten’s script.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jan 10, 2025

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Through its sobering effort to present an always-successful-until-now young woman carrying unhealed pain, Disfluency sheds light on an ominous emotional burden far too many people have experienced and far too many people have sought to carry silently.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 20, 2025

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

…the messaging about trauma is secondary to a moving, thoughtful and sensitive film about recovery…

Rated: 4/5

Jan 17, 2025

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Joel Copling

Spectrum Culture

Disfluency gets lost in some of its own distractions, but in this case, they also serve as disfluencies, elevating material that is otherwise simply too rudimentary for the story being told.

Jan 13, 2025

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Travis Hopson

Punch Drunk Critics

While the broad strokes are familiar, it’s in the smaller details where Disfluency feels so grounded, genuine, and intimate.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 11, 2025

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

An Independent Spirit worthy directorial debut from Anna Baumgarten.

Rated: 3.5/4.0

Nov 20, 2023

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After flunking her final college class, Jane retreats to her Michigan hometown for one last, carefree summer vacation. She soon rekindles an old friendship with a single mother, teaching her sign language so she can reconnect with her son. Despite her best efforts, however, Jane can't hide the traumatic secret that caused her academic failure.

Director: Anna Baumgarten
Producer: Danny Mooney, Anna Baumgarten, Elaine Hastings Edell
Screenwriter: Anna Baumgarten
Distributor: Buffalo 8
Production Co: New Moon Flicks, Chicago Media Angels, Vanishing Angle
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 17, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 24, 2025
Runtime: 1h 35m