{"id":21113,"date":"2025-10-25T20:26:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/21113\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T20:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T20:26:07","slug":"youre-dating-a-narcissist-the-austin-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/21113\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re Dating a Narcissist! \u2022 The Austin Chronicle"},"content":{"rendered":"

A sparky cast and scenic vistas can\u2019t quite overcome the suffocating singlemindedness of You\u2019re Dating a Narcissist! That\u2019s not just the name of the film \u2013 it\u2019s also the title of a book written by psychology professor and podcaster Judy (Marisa Tomei), as well as Judy\u2019s default diagnosis of basically anyone in a relationship, from best friend Diane (Joy Ride<\/a>\u2019s Sherry Cola, solid comic relief) to daughter Eva (Ciara Bravo), an artist studying in Southern California. When Eva announces her lightning-quick engagement to a seemingly perfect doctor, Judy hits the panic button and flies with Diane across the country to try to save her daughter from what she thinks is a fatal decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First-time director Ann Marie Allison (who co-wrote the script with Jenna Milly) has cited personal experience with dating a narcissist as inspiration for the film, and there\u2019s an undercurrent of righteous anger animating the film that feels honest and hard-earned. But Judy\u2019s constant need to name and describe a narcissist \u2013\u00a0or NARK, in her eye-rolling shorthand \u2013 is close to her only identifiable character trait.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In lesser hands, Judy would be insufferable, but Tomei\u2019s innate charisma manages to blast through Judy\u2019s layers of unlikeability and obsession. Tomei is undeniable \u2013 also great inspiration if you\u2019re building out a Effortlessly Chic Academic Pinterest board \u2013 and she and Bravo forge an easy, believable chemistry as mother and daughter. That bond, and the gorgeous boutique hotel where much of the film takes place, are the biggest draws here.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Screens again Monday, Oct. 27<\/a>, Galaxy Highland.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re Dating a Narcissist!<\/p>\n

World Premiere. 91 min. Directed by Ann Marie Allison. Starring Marisa Tomei, Sherry Cola, Ciara Bravo, Marco Pigossi.<\/p>\n

A note to readers:\u00a0Bold and uncensored,\u00a0The Austin Chronicle\u00a0has been Austin\u2019s independent news source for over 40 years, expressing the community\u2019s political and environmental concerns and supporting its active cultural scene. Now more than ever, we need your support to continue supplying Austin with independent, free press. If real news is important to you, please consider making a donation of $5, $10 or whatever you can afford, to help keep our journalism on stands. <\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper\u2019s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Kimberley Jones\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A sparky cast and scenic vistas can\u2019t quite overcome the suffocating singlemindedness of You\u2019re Dating a Narcissist! That\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[15843,132,15844,134,133,15845,15846,15847],"class_list":["post-21113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-ann-marie-allison","tag-austin","tag-austin-film-festival-2025","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-ciara-bravo","tag-marisa-tomei","tag-sherry-cola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}