Sweet Talkin' Guy
2025 · 5m · USA
Directed by Spencer Wardwell, Miss Dylan
Genres: comedy, LGBTQ+, satire
Tones: darkly comic, humorous, provocative
A trans woman goes on three consecutive dates with straight men, each of whom delivers a frantic monologue as his sexual identity unravels in the presence of the object of his desire. The film uses cringe comedy to expose the performative fragility of straight masculinity.
Picked by Margot
The scouts
In five minutes, Wardwell and Miss Dylan accomplish what most features cannot: a satire so precisely weaponized that the target doesn't realize he's been skewered until the credits roll.
Trans woman, three straight men, three monologues of fragile masculinity unraveling. Five minutes. Miss Dylan's bemused silence as the critique. Jimmie Fails in the cast helps. The conceit is sharp and the form is honest — this is cringe comedy with teeth.
A trans woman's bemused silence as the formal engine while three straight men talk themselves into exposure — that's a smart inversion of who gets to be the comic subject. Miss Dylan and Jimmie Fails is a strong pairing.
Reviews
Every bemused smirk from Miss Dylan acts as a weapon in Sweet Talkin' Guy.
A bitingly funny short with beautiful production and a shining lead actress.
Festivals
- Sundance Film Festival 2025