Patty Guggenheim Kiel Kennedy Kenneth Mosley Dot-Marie Jones Ed Begley Jr.
Production company
Pro Key Entertainment
Distributed by
Level 33 Entertainment
Release dates
October27,2023(2023-10-27)(Austin Film Festival)[1]
June20,2025(2025-06-20)(US)
Running time
95 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Don't Tell Larry is a 2023 American dark comedy film written and directed by Greg Porper and John Schimke. The film stars Patty Guggenheim, Kiel Kennedy, Kenneth Mosley, Dot-Marie Jones, and Ed Begley Jr.
After lying to her new eccentric coworker Larry about a company party, an ambitious promotion-seeking office worker must deal with the wildly unexpected consequences. As her white lie spirals out of control, suspicions of a mysterious workplace death surface, and Susan finds herself entangled in a chaotic cover-up that pushes her ambition and morality to the edge.
The film was shot in and around the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area, with scenes set in the Upper Midwest. Porper and Schimke scouted dozens of office buildings before selecting a vacant mid-rise in Hurst, Texas, formerly occupied by an architecture firm. The space had “disassembled cubicles, broken furniture, and a floor lined with decades-old binders and dot-matrix printers.” The filmmakers rented it for two months, spending nearly four weeks cleaning it out and converting it into a functioning film set.[2]
The film began as a web series and was developed into a feature during the COVID-19 pandemic, partially funded by the filmmakers selling off personal assets.[3]
Release
Don't Tell Larry had its world premiere at the 2023 Austin Film Festival,[4] where its script had previously advanced to the Second Round in the 2020 competition.[5] It was released in select theaters as part of a day/date release in the United States on June 20, 2025, by Level 33 Entertainment.[3]
Reception
Writing for Film Threat, Sabina Dana Plasse called the film “a blast of fresh-air comedy” and described it as “loaded with laughs, gasps, and cringes.”[6]
John Edward Betancourt of Nerds That Geek described the film as “a delightfully demented black comedy” and “a perfect comedy when all is said and done.”[7]
Mike Patrick of Movie Jawn wrote that the film “brings a fresh perspective to the office comedy genre,” and includes “genuinely gripping moments.”[8]
Luna Guthrie of Collider described it as “a workplace comedy that’s as bizarre as it is unpredictable,” while noting that “some pacing issues hold it back from hitting every mark.”[9]
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