Anyone who pays attention to the rising stars of young Hollywood will have kept tabs on Rachel Sennott, the extremely talented, multifaceted, and funny actor from Tahara, Shiva Baby, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Bottoms. I Used to Be Funny, writer-director Ally Pankiw’s feature debut, stars Sennott as Sam, a comedian whose career has been stopped in its tracks by PTSD. To make matters worse, the girl she was previously a nanny for, Brooke (Olga Petsa), has gone missing, and Sam seems to be the last person to have seen her. Battling the weight of depression and traumatic flashbacks with a desire to help Brooke, Sam ends up torn between two minds.
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