Outerlands

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Outerlands

2025

1h 41m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Asia Kate Dillon stars as Cass, a 30-something who hustles jobs as a server, nanny, and party drug dealer to make rent on their tiny San Francisco apartment. When Cass agrees to babysit Ari (Ridley Asha Bateman), the 11-year-old daughter of Kalli (Louisa Krause), their crush from work, Cass hopes it might lead to romance. When Kalli fails to return, Cass's memories of their own difficult childhood begin to resurface. Feeling alone yet bonded together, Cass and Ari race to find Kalli and the power to heal.

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Siddhant Adlakha

Variety

Nov 4

Simple in its presentation, but disguises numerous layers to its story... which eventually unravel, and build to an emotional wallop.

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Manuel Betancourt

FilmWeek (LAist)

Dec 31

What a lovely, lovely, small film -- and I say "small" as a compliment.

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Olivia Popp

Purple Hour

Nov 18

Oxman’s ability to reframe a city many of us might know so well—and, by proxy, imbue it with the feeling of wondrous limbo—is a cinematic feat in and of itself.

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Tina Kakadelis

Film Obsessive

Nov 4

Outerlands is a truly special piece of filmmaking— immersive, intuitive, and illuminating, a reminder of the empathy that should be at the forefront of all storytelling.

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Daniel Allen

Loud and Clear Reviews

05/22/2025

3.5/5

What’s notable about Outerlands is how writer-director Oxman turns San Francisco into a character of its own, and a deeply complex one mirroring the gentrification that has ramped up in recent years in real life.

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James Kleinmann

The Queer Review

05/21/2025

4/5

It is an affectingly understated, delicate film and Dillon, with their beautifully expressive face and underlying emotional intensity, proves to be a perfect fit for Oxman's style.

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David B.

@bellekvirgo Feb 8

Slow and self-indulgent.

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Matt

Feb 1

Excellent writing and acting. Felt like it captured a part of SF that isn't usually covered.

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Asia Kate Dillon stars as Cass, a 30-something who hustles jobs as a server, nanny, and party drug dealer to make rent on their tiny San Francisco apartment. When Cass agrees to babysit Ari (Ridley Asha Bateman), the 11-year-old daughter of Kalli (Louisa Krause), their crush from work, Cass hopes it might lead to romance. When Kalli fails to return, Cass's memories of their own difficult childhood begin to resurface. Feeling alone yet bonded together, Cass and Ari race to find Kalli and the power to heal.

Director: Elena Oxman
Producer: Marc Smolowitz, Elena Oxman, Asia Kate Dillon, Allison Estrin, Henry Russell Bergstein
Screenwriter: Elena Oxman
Distributor: Wolfe Video
Production Co: 13th Gen
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 26, 2025
Runtime: 1h 41m