"Directed by Jay Duplass, this microbudget dramedy follows an improv comic named Cliff (Michael Strassner, who co-wrote the script) a few months after a failed suicide attempt. Now sober and adjusting to a loving but controlled relationship with his fiancée, Brittany, Cliff's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads him to the office of Didi (Liz Larsen), a dentist distracted by the idea that her ex-husband just got remarried that morning."
"but for a movie where death, alcoholism and failed relationships play a big role, The Baltimorons follows a lot of traditional and welcome holiday-movie tropes. There's a meet-cute - the anesthesia-fueled banter between Cliff and Didi is wonderful - a farcical mishap involving a towed car, a will-they-or-won't-they-moment (which begins at an improv club, where "The Baltimorons" title becomes apparent), a revenge plot against Didi's new husband."
The Baltimorons, directed by Jay Duplass, is a microbudget dramedy that follows improv comic Cliff (Michael Strassner) months after a failed suicide attempt. Cliff, now sober and engaged to Brittany, experiences a Christmas Eve dental emergency that brings him to Didi (Liz Larsen), a dentist preoccupied by her ex-husband's remarriage. The film balances themes of death, alcoholism and failed relationships with traditional holiday-rom-com tropes: an anesthesia-fueled meet-cute, farcical mishaps including a towed car, an improv-club will-they-or-won't-they moment, and a revenge subplot targeting Didi's new husband. The tonal blend is darkly funny yet sweet, transforming grey Baltimore into a modest winter wonderland.
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