Director: Matthew Shear Run Time: 91 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2026
Starring: Alessandro Nivola, Amanda Peet, Bob Balaban, Judd Hirsch, Matthew Shear
Country: United States
Language: English
About the film:
An anxious law school dropout (Matthew Shear) stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist’s three granddaughters and falls for the girls’ mother (Amanda Peet), an actress in a rocky marriage. A smart, New York-set romantic comedy co-starring Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, and Holland Taylor. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature Audience Award.
About the filmmaker:
Matthew Shear is an American filmmaker, writer, and actor known for his work in independent cinema and character-driven storytelling. As an actor, he has appeared in films such as Mistress America (2015), The Boy Downstairs (2017), and Marriage Story (2019). Shear made his feature directorial debut with Fantasy Life (2026), bringing his distinctive sensibility as a performer to the director’s chair. His work often explores the awkwardness, humor, and emotional complexity of modern relationships within the world of contemporary independent film.
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