''Fully Realized Humans'' is a 2020 American
comedy film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed, produced, and edited by
Joshua Leonard
Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director, known for his role in ''The Blair Witch Project'' (1999). He has since starred in films such as '' Madhouse'' (2004), '' The Shaggy Dog'' (2006), ' ...
, from a screenplay by Leonard and
Jess Weixler
Jessica Weixler (born June 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy '' The Big Bad Swim'' and played the role of defense lawyer for Lyle Menendez in the Netflix series ...
. It stars Leonard, Weixler,
Tom Bower
Thomas Michael Bower (born 28 September 1946) is a British writer and former BBC journalist and television producer. He is known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper pr ...
,
Beth Grant
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American character actor, character actress. Between 2012 and 2017, she was a series regular on the television comedy ''The Mindy Project'' in the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is also known for her ...
, Michael Chieffo,
Janicza Bravo
Janicza Bravo () is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Her films include '' Gregory Go Boom'', a winner of the short-film jury award at the Sundance Film Festival; ''Lemon'', co-written with Brett Gelman; and '' Zola'', c ...
, Erica Chidi Cohen, Zach Shields,
Jennifer Lafleur
Jennifer Lafleur is an American actress. She is known for appearing in the independent films '' The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'' (2012), ''The Pretty One'' (2013), '' The Midnight Swim'' (2014), ''MAD'' (2016) and '' 6 Years'' (2015). On television, Laf ...
and
Ross Partridge
Ross Partridge (born February 26, 1968) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
His most notable work as a director is the 2015 adaptation of the book '' Lamb'', which Partridge wrote, starred in and directed. As an actor, h ...
.
The film premiered at the 2020
Florida Film Festival
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Overview
The Festival includes narrative and documentary features and shorts, animation, midnight movies, and educational fo ...
. It was previously scheduled to premiere at the 2020
Tribeca Film Festival
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, but the festival was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. It is scheduled to be released on July 30, 2021, by
Gravitas Ventures
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.
Plot
With less than a month until the birth of their first child, Jackie and Elliot embark on a madcap odyssey of self-discovery in attempt to rid themselves of the inherited dysfunction of their own upbringings.
Cast
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Joshua Leonard
Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director, known for his role in ''The Blair Witch Project'' (1999). He has since starred in films such as '' Madhouse'' (2004), '' The Shaggy Dog'' (2006), ' ...
as Elliot
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Jess Weixler
Jessica Weixler (born June 8, 1981) is an American actress. She played Dawn O'Keefe in the comedy horror film ''Teeth'' and Jordan in the comedy '' The Big Bad Swim'' and played the role of defense lawyer for Lyle Menendez in the Netflix series ...
as Jackie
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Beth Grant
Beth Grant (born September 18, 1949) is an American character actor, character actress. Between 2012 and 2017, she was a series regular on the television comedy ''The Mindy Project'' in the role of Beverly Janoszewski. She is also known for her ...
as Tipper
*
Tom Bower
Thomas Michael Bower (born 28 September 1946) is a British writer and former BBC journalist and television producer. He is known for his investigative journalism and for his unauthorised biographies, often of business tycoons and newspaper pr ...
as Richard
* Michael Chieffo as Bob
* Erica Chidi Cohen as Maya
*
Janicza Bravo
Janicza Bravo () is an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Her films include '' Gregory Go Boom'', a winner of the short-film jury award at the Sundance Film Festival; ''Lemon'', co-written with Brett Gelman; and '' Zola'', c ...
as Mare
* Zach Shields as Zach
*
Ross Partridge
Ross Partridge (born February 26, 1968) is an American actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
His most notable work as a director is the 2015 adaptation of the book '' Lamb'', which Partridge wrote, starred in and directed. As an actor, h ...
as Barry
*
Jennifer Lafleur
Jennifer Lafleur is an American actress. She is known for appearing in the independent films '' The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'' (2012), ''The Pretty One'' (2013), '' The Midnight Swim'' (2014), ''MAD'' (2016) and '' 6 Years'' (2015). On television, Laf ...
as Beatrice
Release
The film was shown
virtually
In mathematics, especially in the area of abstract algebra that studies infinite groups, the adverb virtually is used to modify a property so that it need only hold for a subgroup of finite index. Given a property P, the group ''G'' is said to b ...
at the
Florida Film Festival
The Florida Film Festival, produced by Enzian Theater in Maitland, Florida, is an annual international film festival.
Overview
The Festival includes narrative and documentary features and shorts, animation, midnight movies, and educational fo ...
on August 8, 2020. It was previously scheduled to have its world premiere at the
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Enterprises. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. The festival ...
on April 18, 2020, but the festival was postponed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. It also screened virtually at the
Nashville Film Festival
The Nashville Film Festival (NashFilm), held annually in Nashville, Tennessee, is the oldest running film festival in the South and one of the oldest in the United States. In 2016, Nashville Film Festival received more than 6,700 submissions from ...
starting October 1, 2020. In May 2021,
Gravitas Ventures
Gravitas Ventures is an American film distribution company owned by Shout! Studios. The company was founded by Nolan Gallagher in Los Angeles in 2006, and moved its headquarters from Los Angeles to Cleveland in 2019. It focuses on the distribu ...
acquired distribution rights to the film, and set it for a July 30, 2021, release.
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