Sketch (2024 film)

2024 American comedy horror film

Sketch

Directed by| Seth Worley
Written by| Seth Worley
Produced by| Steve Taylor
Tony Hale
Dusty Brown
Starring| Tony Hale
D'Arcy Carden
Cinematography| Megan Stacey
Edited by| Seth Worley
Music by| Cody Fry

Production
company

Morphan Time

Release date

* September 7, 2024 (2024-09-07) (TIFF)

Running time

| 92 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Sketch is an American comedy horror film, directed by Seth Worley and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Tony Hale as Taylor Wyatt, a widowed father of two who is struggling to help his children Jack (Kue Lawrence) and Amber (Bianca Belle) come to terms with the death of their mother; however, one day the sketch book in which Amber has been drawing visual representations of her grief accidentally gets dropped in a magical pool, resulting in the neighbourhood becoming terrorized by strange monsters made of crayon wax and chalk dust.[2]

The cast also includes D'Arcy Carden as Taylor's sister Liz, a real estate agent who is trying to help him sell the family home, as well as Kalon Cox, Jaxen Kenner, Genesis Rose Brown, Randa Newman, Allie McCulloch, Nadia Benavides, Dajanae Cole, Josh Inocalla, Tamiko Robinson Steele, Mitch Miller, Arielle Prepetit, Jesse Santoyo and Leigha Hancock in supporting roles.

## Production

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Worley's full-length directorial debut, the film is an expansion of his earlier proof-of-concept short film Darker Colors.[3] Hale described the film as a cross between Jurassic Park and Inside Out.[4]

## Release

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The film premiered in the Special Presentations program at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

## References

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1. ^ Daniel D'Addario, "Tony Hale Tackles Parental Angst and Sharing the Screen With Kids in Toronto Pic ‘Sketch’: ‘These Kids Just Had Such a Natural Gift’". Variety, September 8, 2024.
2. ^ Michael Rechtschaffen, "‘Sketch’ Review: A Tender Tony Hale Anchors an Audacious, Intensely Colorful Tween Adventure". The Hollywood Reporter, September 9, 2024.
3. ^ Joey Paur, "A Young Girl's Monster Drawings Come To Life and Must Be Destroyed in This Awesome Short Film DARKER COLORS". Geek Tyrant, March 4, 2020.
4. ^ Jacob Bryant, "Tony Hale Says ‘Sketch’ Is ‘Like Jurassic Park Meets Inside Out’". TheWrap, September 9, 2024.
5. ^ Chase Hutchinson, "‘Sketch’ Review: Tony Hale Is Terrific in Seth Worley’s Charming Spielbergian Monster Movie". TheWrap, September 7, 2024.

## External links

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* Sketch at IMDb

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