
You Hurt My Feelings(2023)
A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.


A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

Elisabeth Moss
Shirley Jackson

Odessa Young
Rose Nemser / Paula

Michael Stuhlbarg
Stanley Hyman

Logan Lerman
Fred Nemser

Victoria Pedretti
Katherine

Robert Wuhl
Randy Fisher

Paul O'Brien
Dean

Orlagh Cassidy
Caroline

Bisserat Tseggai
Peggy

Allen McCullough
Norman
Shirley is a drama, thriller, mystery film released in 2020 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, biography, writer, woman director, young couple. Directed by Josephine Decker, it stars Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg. A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
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