Friday, January 24, 2025

Sundance 2025: 'Jimpa' Review


Jimpa is the new film from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director Sophie Hyde, but this one is a lot more personal. Taking inspiration from her own life, it tells the story of a filmmaker mother (Olivia Colman) with a nonbinary child (Hyde's own child Aud Mason-Hyde) and a gay father (John Lithgow. Not surprisingly, Jimpa is an emotional movie, but I also had some nitpicks. You can read my review here.