First Trailer for ‘For Worse’ Reveals Amy Landecker’s Directorial Debut

by

Actress Amy Landecker, known for her role in Transparent, is now a director! The trailer for her debut film, For Worse, is here, and it looks like a hilariously fun movie. Already receiving positive reviews (with an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes), For Worse centers on a recently divorced mother who finds a fresh start when she begins a relationship with a younger man, leading to a chaotic and funny weekend at a wedding.

MovieWeb is excited to share the first trailer and poster for the new film, For Worse, from director Landecker. The movie will open in New York and Los Angeles on February 27th, with a wider release on March 6th. For Worse stars Landecker as Lauren, a woman navigating life after divorce. She starts an acting class and begins a relationship with a younger classmate, Sean (Nico Hiraga). A chaotic weekend unfolds when Lauren brings him to a wedding, but she unexpectedly finds a connection with another divorcee. Check out the trailer below!

The cast of For Worse includes Bradley Whitford (Death by Lightning), Nico Hiraga (Sweethearts), Missi Pyle (Harlan Coben’s Shelter), Kiersey Clemons (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), Ken Marino (The Residence), Claudia Sulewski (I Love My Dad), Simon Helberg (The Big Bang Theory), and Liv Hewson (He Had It Coming). Landecker wrote and directed the film, as well as produced alongside Whitford, James Portolese, Jenica Bergere, and Valerie Stadler. Read the official synopsis:

A recently divorced woman goes to a wedding with a younger man, hoping for a lighthearted escape. What begins as a weekend of fun and a chance to feel young again turns into something deeper when she finds an unexpected connection with another divorced person.

Amy Landecker Has Been Pitching ‘For Worse’ For a “Decade”

Amy Landecker recently told The Hollywood Reporter that the idea for her first time directing a film had been with her for about ten years before she started writing it. She developed the project with writer Daisy Gardner (known for 30 Rock), but it was Gardner who ultimately convinced Landecker to write the script herself.

I’ve been talking about this idea with friends for about ten years, always believing it could make a great movie. I just needed the right spark to actually start writing. A producer once expressed interest if I ever did write it. I then collaborated with a close writer friend, Daisy Gardner, to develop the concept. Unfortunately, she became too busy to continue when I was ready to write the full script, but she encouraged me to go for it myself. She’s been incredibly supportive and really helped me shape the story’s structure, especially since she’s so skilled at comedy – and this is a comedy, not just a drama about divorce.

Landecker also shared that she hadn’t originally planned to direct her film, For Worse. She received guidance from her Transparent colleagues, Jay Duplass and Gaby Hoffman, and initially asked Duplass to take on the directing role. However, they ultimately persuaded her that she should direct it.

Jay Duplass and Gaby Hoffman were also huge mentors to me. We played siblings on Transparent and remain close friends. We still get together every couple of months for long chats—usually around four hours—to talk about life and our careers. They really pushed me to make, direct, and star in this movie, which was pretty intimidating. Even while working on Transparent, I always had a lot of creative ideas and a natural sense of how things should look. I was even planning to direct an episode if the show had gotten renewed. I’d previously directed some short films for Funny or Die, and I originally asked Jay to direct this movie, but he encouraged me to do it myself, saying I’d be good at it.


Brainstorm Media

Read More

2026-01-29 19:19