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By Design
Directed by
Amanda Kramer
Not Rated
2026
1h 31m
Drama
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5.1
72%
7.0
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A twist on the body swap genre.
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Cast of By Design
Juliette Lewis
Camille
Mamoudou Athie
Olivier
Samantha Mathis
Lisa
Robin Tunney
Irene
Alisa Torres
Marta
Clifton Collins Jr.
Jacob the Stalker
Keir Gilchrist
Gary
Madison McKinley
Sarah the Stockest / Executive Producer
Miranda Bailey
Diane the Wailing Woman / Producer
Cristo Montt
Gio
Bridey Elliott
Regina
Greer Cohen
Esther
Jessie-Ann Kohlman
Tara
Sophie von Haselberg
Len
Ruby Cruz
Sheila the Intern
Michelle Farrah Huang
The Journalist
Jim Chapa
Cricket Arrison
The Photographer
Isaac Britt
The Mover
Udo Kier
Aldo Fabbri
By Design Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
Rob Silverman Ascher
By Design is gorgeous-particularly with Sophie Hardeman's costuming-but possibly too loopy for some. If you like it strange, By Design will give you a lot to sit with.
Salon.com
Coleman Spilde
Sstick around, and you will find that Kramer's take on the subgenre is far more fascinating and pertinent to life outside the movie theater than most of its peers.
NPR
Bob Mondello
Writer and director Amanda Kramer uses interpretive dance and exquisite art direction to create a work that's off-putting, peculiar and inviting all at once -- as much performance art as film, and definitely something to sit with.
Spectrum Culture
Erik Reeds
By Design is an interesting and forward-thinking work, even if it does come off as a bit of a missed opportunity at times.
In Review Online
Robert Stinner
By Design, always pleasurable and charming to watch, nonetheless puts forth startling ideas.
MovieJawn
Elijah Fischer
Kramer's theatrical direction always lends itself to the kinds of stories she wants to tell, but By Design feels like new ground has been broken.
MovieWeb
Eric Goldman
The film's concept is innately attention-getting, but By Design is not nearly as engaging as it could be.
Mac the Movie Guy
John Stark
One of the weirdest films I've ever had the privilege to sit through, and I don't regret it for a second. Films like this with all the audacity in the world to dispose of conventions are still necessary in this cinematic landscape as palate cleansers.
Kicking the Seat
Ian Simmons
Writer/director Amanda Kramer uses her wild premise as a hook to bait audiences into watching Sex and the City, as reimagined by Bret Easton Ellis and the ghost of Andy Warhol.
Cinemalogue
Todd Jorgenson
... a curiosity piece in which the one-joke premise becomes more tedious than amusing.
RogerEbert.com
Peyton Robinson
It is not laugh-out-loud funny, but tragically comical, prompting us to laugh at the superficiality and emotional displacement of its existential questions.
New York Times
Natalia Winkelman
Kramer has constructed an ironically detached artifact that invites questions about ownership and image and then bats them away, making it a frustrating experience with an intriguing veneer.
Slant Magazine
William Repass
By forcing us to identify with its largely comatose protagonist, By Design arouses resentment in order to shake us out of torpor.
The Hollywood Reporter
Jourdain Searles
The alienating nature of the premise is what makes it fascinating, pushing us to question how we want to be seen and experienced as people in the world.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
There are some sharp ideas in "By Design" and one excellent performance, but it often struggles to tie those ideas together in a coherent way, wearing out its welcome long before it's over.
AV Club
Jacob Oller
A fascinatingly designed and overtly theatrical daydream that wonders whether the world treats a nice chair better than a human woman.
IGN Movies
Katie Rife
A movie whose aesthetic is impeccably judged but whose commentary is frustratingly scattered. Its uncompromising artistry is intriguing, but it's more performance art than camp classic.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
Visually unmistakable and fearlessly abstract, "By Design" stands out as a key entry in an increasingly essential filmography. It won't be for everyone, but that's by design.
TheWrap
Chase Hutchinson
It's strange in an intentionally stilted fashion. Critically, the cast approaches their parts with the seriousness necessary to pull the cocktail of silliness and sincerity off. It will alienate some, but that's also what makes it work.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Those with a hankering for willfully pretentious absurdity may find this festival entry right up their alley.
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