"Director Jay Duplass' film is about a young Baltimore man in recovery for two things. Cliff (Michael Strassner) has quit both drinking and improv comedy. If "yes, and" had been his personal mantra, he's now, after a failed suicide attempt seen in the movie's first moments, pledged to give up both for his girlfriend, Brittany (Olivia Luccardi). On Christmas Eve, while Cliff is heading to Brittany's family home for a holiday celebration, he trips and chips his tooth."
"With most dentist offices closed, he ends up at the door of Didi (Liz Larsen). Their interactions are, at first, awkward. Cliff is informal and prying; Didi, many years his senior, is more official. As a partner for Cliff's eager conversation, Didi, a woman with a defeated, just-getting-through-the-day, middle-aged melancholy, would seem about the least genial match. "Rom-com" or "May-December romance" would be reasonable labels to put on Duplass' film, written by him and Strassner."
The Baltimorons follows Cliff, a young Baltimore man who has quit drinking and improv comedy after a failed suicide attempt and a pledge to his girlfriend. A chipped tooth on Christmas Eve sends Cliff to Didi, an older, melancholic dentist, and their awkward, evolving interactions unfold over the course of a lightly paced night. The relationship resists strict labels, operating between rom-com and May-December romance as two disappointed people find each other at the right time. The film reflects Jay Duplass' low-key sensibility and the Duplass brothers' micro-budget roots, aiming simply to get by rather than reinvent cinema.
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