Fantasy Life (2025)
1h 31m
Running Time
March 8, 2025Release Date
Plot.
After losing his job as a paralegal, Sam Stein suffers a panic attack and stumbles into a job babysitting his psychiatrist's three granddaughters. The girls' mother, Dianne, is an actor whose once-promising career has stalled; she's in a difficult marriage to David, a rock bassist. When David goes abroad on tour, Dianne and Sam discover an easy rapport as well as a shared history of mental illness. Sam joins Dianne's family to babysit for the summer on Martha's Vineyard, and he ends up in a house with the woman he pines for, her husband, the three kids, and all four grandparents, including his psychiatrist.
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Cast & Crew.

Matthew Shear
Director / Screenplay / Executive Producer

Amanda Peet
Producer

Alessandro Nivola

Judd Hirsch

Bob Balaban

Andrea Martin

Zosia Mamet

Jessica Harper

Holland Taylor

Sheng Wang

Ian Blume
Editor

Charlie Alderman
Producer

Chris Dodds
Producer

Philip Keefe
Producer

Emily McCann Lesser
Producer

David Bernon
Producer

Sam Slater
Producer

Katie Fleming
Production Designer

Conor Murphy
Director of Photography

Christopher Bear
Original Music Composer
Details.
Wiki.
Fantasy Life is a 2025 American comedy film, written and directed by Matthew Shear, in his directorial debut. It stars Amanda Peet, Shear, Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet, Jessica Harper, Holland Taylor and Sheng Wang.
It had its world premiere at the 2025 South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025.