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‘Don’t Worry Baby’ is definitely a film to share and re-visit. This unique indie comedy is a high-concept translation of the gushing drama of daytime talk shows, basking in the candor of it’s complex characters. From start to finish, ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ hooks the audience with it’s authenticity and innovative concept. The visual aesthetic is brilliant and ideally juxtaposes against the complexity of the personal dynamic between the characters as they feel their way through a unusually and trying situation. The ensemble of new and veteran talent paint a modern talbot of familial dysfunction at it’s finest, meanwhile endearing audiences in a way that leaves them hardly batting an eye. ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ may have a highly-unusual, and to some, perhaps even off-putting subject matter, but it’s really well done. Tom Lipinski as Lenny | ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ From the opening scene McDonald sets the narcissistic tone of the character, while also exposing the loose threads of redemption for Branciforte to use come the film’s climax. While ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ could easily conceptually go astray, Magaro provides enough subtlety and nuance to bring a realism to this floundering young man in pursuit of his self-identity.Ĭhristopher McDonald, who famously played Shooter McGavin opposite Adam Sandler in the golf-comedy ‘Happy Gilmore,’ drops the over-the-top dramatics and brings an equally subtle and authentic character to screen with Harry. John Magaro steals the show as the darkly sardonic and oddly adorable Robert, as the character adeptly curates the woes of his modern and very unusual family dynamic. While the concept of a father and son embroiled in a showdown of paternity seems as though it belongs on daytime television (cough… ‘Maury Povich’), Branchiforte skillfully eases the audience into the surprisingly authentic lives of the vexed characters. John Magaro as Robert (left) and Dreama Walker as Sara-Beth (right) | ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ Cinematics (Cinematography, Acting, etc.) – 4Īs Julian Branciforte feature debut as both writer and director, ‘Don’t Worry Baby’ explores a complex and easily mishandled subject with authenticity and true New York City flair.