Fantasy Life

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Archive - Festival 41

Amanda Peet gives the performance of a lifetime in “Fantasy Life

Variety
  • Archive - Festival 41
  • Director: Matthew Shear
  • USA 2025
  • 91 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The girls' mother, Dianne, is an actor whose once-promising career has stalled; she's in a difficult marriage to David, a rock bassist. When David goes abroad on tour, Dianne and Sam discover an easy rapport - as well as a shared history of mental illness. Sam joins Dianne's family to babysit for the summer on Martha's Vineyard, and he ends up in a house with the woman he pines for, her husband, the three kids, and all four grandparents - including his psychiatrist.

Filmmaker Matthew Shear makes what Variety terms “an auspicious beginning” with his feature debut, Fantasy Life, a New York comedy inspired by his years working as a “manny” for Manhattan families and his mental health struggles. The fantastic cast adds depth to this lightly comic drama.

Feature Debut


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  • Director Matthew Shear
  • Production Charlie Alderman, Chris Dodds, Phil Keefe, Amanda Peet, Emily McCann Lesser, David Bernon, Sam Slater
  • Script Matthew Shear
  • Cinematography Conor Murphy
  • Editing Ian Blume
  • Music Christopher Bear
  • Festivals SXSW (Special Jury Award, Audience Award)
  • Actors Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban
  • Source New Cinema