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Poster for Ugly Cry

Ugly Cry

Opens on January 15

Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.

Director: Emily Robinson Run Time: 94 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2026

Starring: Aaron Dominguez, Andrew Leeds, Emily Robinson, Robin Tunney, Ryan Simpkins

When Delaney’s boyfriend leaves town to shoot a splashy zombie movie, she becomes obsessed with a character she’s auditioning for after she learns the producers think she has an “ugly cry.” But when she tries to make her cry prettier, her performance suffers. Can she contort herself, and her face, to have the perfect cry? Her attempts to change herself cause Young Delaney to haunt her, catapulting present day Delaney deeper down the rabbit hole. She isolates herself and grows increasingly delusional, and interested in physical fixes to her acting problem. How can she make the world see her as she sees herself? How can she become and become and become? She will become famous. Or die trying.