''Sketch'' is a 2024 American

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film directed by

Seth Worley Seth Byron Worley (born April 26, 1984) is an American film director, writer, teacher, and entrepreneur; whose short films, commercials, and explainer videos for clients like Bad Robot and Sandwich Video have been featured in Forbes, The Hollywo ...

. The film stars

Tony Hale Anthony Russell Hale (born September 30, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is most known for his comedic leading roles in the Fox series '' Arrested Development'' as Buster Bluth, and as Gary Walsh on the HBO series '' Veep''. For the ...

and

D'Arcy Carden D'Arcy Beth Carden (born Darcy Beth Erokan; January 4, 1980) is an American actress and comedian. She is best known for portraying Janet in the NBC sitcom ''The Good Place'' (2016–2020), for which she earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Aw ...

. The film will be released to theatres on August 6, 2025.

Premise

A widowed father struggles to help his children come to terms with the death of their mother. One day, his daughter's sketchbook accidentally gets dropped in a magical pool, resulting in the neighborhood becoming terrorized by strange monsters made of crayon wax and chalk dust.

Cast

as Taylor Wyatt *

as Liz * Kalon Cox * Jaxen Kenner * Genesis Rose Brown * Randa Newman * Allie McCulloch * Nadia Benavides * Dajanae Cole * Josh Inocalla * Tamiko Robinson Steele * Mitch Miller * Arielle Prepetit * Jesse Santoyo *

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* Bianca Belle * Kue Lawrence

Production

Worley's full-length directorial debut, the film is an expansion of his earlier proof-of-concept short film ''Darker Colors''. Hale described the film as a cross between ''

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'' and '' Inside Out''.

Release

Cast and crew of Sketch at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 2

The film premiered in the Special Presentations program at the

2024 Toronto International Film Festival The 49th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 5–15, 2024. The festival opened with David Gordon Green's film ''Nutcrackers (film), Nutcrackers'', and closed with Rebel Wilson's directorial debut film ''The Deb (fil ...

. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 6, 2025.

Critical response

Victor Stiff of ''That Shelf'' positively reviewed the film, writing that "Belle, Lawrence, and Cox each get their moments to shine as the film’s leads. Belle and Lawrence adeptly handle the film’s weightier scenes, believably conveying all of Amber and Jack’s emotional complexities. And Cox repeatedly steals scenes as the crew’s wisecracking third wheel. I enjoyed seeing Hale play the most grounded character in such an absurd movie. He excels at playing oddballs and buffoons, but he’s solid here as a beleaguered father who’s in it way over his head. He brings equal measures of love and sadness to the role, acting as the family’s emotional anchor. D’Arcy Carden also stands out as Taylor’s sister Liz. She’s the voice of reason in Tony’s life, telling him the truths he’s not ready to hear, while also delivering some of the film’s funniest lines."Victor Stiff
"Sketch: TIFF 2024 Review"
''That Shelf'', September 16, 2024.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 26238710 2024 films 2024 comedy horror films 2024 directorial debut films American comedy horror films 2020s English-language films 2020s American films