22nd Calgary Underground Film Festival

April 17-27, 2025

13th CUFF.Docs Documentary Film Festival

November 19-23, 2025

Fully Realized Humans

United States, 2020: 74 minutes
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description

People say there's never a perfect time to have a baby. Jackie and Elliot beg to differ. There WILL be a perfect time – just as soon as they've fixed all their own issues and become the kind of people who won't fuck up their own kids the way their parents fucked them up. They really thought they were ready until they had a baby shower. When their friends bombard them with war-torn tales of parenting failures and unrealized dreams, Jackie and Elliot begin to second-guess themselves. They realize that if they want to break their cycles of dysfunction once and for all, they'll have to confront their deepest fears and greatest shortcomings head-on. So with less than a month until their due date, they embark on a madcap mission to do exactly that. When the smoke clears, they'll either be the world's greatest parents ... or they'll be institutionalized.

OFFICIAL SELECTION
Tribeca Film Festival 2020
Florida Film Festival 2020
Nashville Film Festival 2020
Bend Film Festival 2020
SanFrancisco Independent Film Festival 2021

DIRECTOR'S BIO
Filmmaker, writer, and actor Joshua Leonard’s acting roles include THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, HUMPDAY, HIGHER GROUND, and Steven Soderbergh's UNSANE. His directorial debut, THE YOUTH IN US premiered at Sundance in 2005; he followed that with the documentary, BEAUTIFUL LOSERS (2009). He made his narrative feature debut with THE LIE (2011) followed by BEHOLD MY HEART (2018). FULLY REALIZED HUMANS is his latest feature film.

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press for Fully Realized Humans

"Leonard and Weixler are skilled at being honest, often in bloody, silly, and strange ways"
- IndieWire
"A winningly odd balance of satire and sympathy."
- The Hollywood Reporter

details

Comedy / Drama / Narrative / Relationship

English
74 minutes

credits

Director
Joshua Leonard

Producers
Joshua Leonard
Sean Drummond
Chelsea Bo

Screenwriters
Joshua Leonard
Jess Weixler
Chelsea Bo

Cast
Joshua Leonard
Jess Weixler
Beth Grant
Tom Bower
Michael Chieffo
Janicza Bravo

Musics
Luke Fabia
Peter Raeburn

Official website:
http://www.fullyrealizedhumans.com/

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/FRHmovie

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fullyrealizedhumans/

Facebook:
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