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Released last year.
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Bob Trevino Likes It
2025 1h 41m EN
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7.4
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★7.4TMDB · 134
ComedyDrama
Synopsis
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Lily Trevino unexpectedly befriends an online stranger who shares her self-centered father’s name. This new Bob Trevino’s support could transform her life.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Barbie Ferreira
Lily Trevino
John Leguizamo
Bob Trevino
French Stewart
Robert
Lauren 'Lolo' Spencer
Daphne
Rachel Bay Jones
Jeanie
Debra Stipe
Helene
Ashlyn Moore
Counselor
Phil Elam
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Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Tracie Laymon
- Writers
- Tracie Laymon
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Tracie Laymon, shot by John Rosario. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Jacques Brautbar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Anisha Acharya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo and French Stewart carry the top of the cast.
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IMDB entry: tt28613536 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Tracie Laymon directs. John Rosario behind the camera. Jacques Brautbar scores. Anisha Acharya cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released last year.
- 2Directed by Tracie Laymon, shot by John Rosario. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Jacques Brautbar. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Anisha Acharya shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Barbie Ferreira and John Leguizamo and French Stewart carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt28613536 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Classified under 12 themes, including "friendship", "melancholy", "based on true story", "coming of age".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- John Rosario
- Original score
- Jacques Brautbar
- Editing
- Anisha Acharya
- Production design
- Sydney Marquez
- Costume design
- Edward Taylor
- Sound
- Brian Berger
- Stunt coordinator
- Gary Ray Stearns
- Runtime
- 101 min · 1h 41m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $237,416
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
Also by
Tracie Laymon
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Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- Hossein★ 7/10
I believe that we humans need someone to believe in us. This movie shows the story of a girl who has always been deprived of that person, and suddenly finds that person. It's a nice movie and worth watching once.
- The Fixate & Binge Podcast, w/ Joe Curdy★ 10/10
It's okay to cry in this movie. I know I certainly did. And I'm not ashamed. Writer and director Tracie Laymon's semiautobiographical film BOB TREVINO LIKES IT is a moving story about father/daughter relationships and the search for meaningful connections. Barbie Ferreira plays Lily Trevino, a single, 20-something carrying years of emotional baggage, suppressed under her people-pleasing smile and easy-going demeanor. French Stewart (who is galaxies away from his 3rd Rock From the Sun days) plays sexagenarian Robert Trevino, father to Lily, a self-absorbed and insecure man who clearly is a toxic influence on his daughter's life. When Lily upsets her father's unreasonable expectations of her, she mistakenly befriends someone on Facebook who shares her father's name -- Bob Trevino (played by John Leguizamo in what could be a career-best). What starts out as a case of mistaken identity, soon blossoms into a genuine friendship between Lily and her surrogate new father, Bob. BOB TREVINO LIKES IT is not a story of Catfishing -- but rather an uplifting example of genuine friendship and no-strings attached kindness. So rare a thing is the theme of kindness (which, according to James Gunn's new SUPERMAN, is the new punk rock) -- that as a viewer I waited for the other shoe to drop, for the purity of a loving and supportive human connection to be undermined by some lurid or ulterior motive from Lily or Bob. What a relief, as the powerful ending unfolded, to discover that this wonderful film (that presents kindness as the antidote for loneliness) can believably convey that there still are no-strings-attached goodness in the world today worth celebrating. Leguizamo is a triumph as the fatherly, somewhat avuncular Bob who surprises in a role that is a departure from his usual work. Leguizamo feels genuine, sincere, supportive -- all the things missing from Lily's life with her own father. Ferreira equally shines as the longsuffering daughter aching to have a loving connection with her father -- that ultimately cannot come to pass. But as her friendship with Leguizamo's Bob grows -- I found myself genuinely happy and rooting for her to finally receive some fatherly love wherever she can find it. Laymon’s film is a triumph of optimism, hope and everything worth living for. Highly, highly recommend this new film streaming now on HULU. Don't miss it. One of the best of 2025.
Production companies
Who made it
- LA
Laymon's Terms
US
- FI
Five By Eight Productions
US
- PU
Purple Suit Factory
- OF
Off Media
US
Myriad Pictures
US
BondIt Media Capital
US
- AR
ArtImage Entertainment
US
- DA
Daydream Studios
US
Seasick Studios
US
Key crew
- Executive ProducerKirk D'Amico
- ProducerTracie Laymon
- ProducerSean Mullin
- ProducerEdgar Rosa
- ProducerFelipe Dieppa
- Executive ProducerCarl Effenson
- Executive ProducerPeter Sobiloff
- Executive ProducerMike Sobiloff
- Executive ProducerMatthew Helderman
- Executive ProducerLuke Taylor
- EditorAnisha Acharya
- CastingKate Geller
- Production DesignSydney Marquez
- Art DirectionKatie Blackburn
- GafferJ. Ryan McCleney
- Stunt CoordinatorGary Ray Stearns
- Sound Re-Recording MixerBrian Berger
- Supervising Sound EditorBrian Berger
- Foley ArtistNicholas Kinney
- Boom OperatorJason Brooks
- Sound MixerKen Pries
- Sound Effects EditorJenna Tresidder
- Script SupervisorTaylor Jewell Harris
- Executive ProducerKevin D. Forester
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- friendship
- melancholy
- based on true story
- coming of age
- heartbreak
- estranged father
- social media
- father daughter relationship
- depressing
- comforting
- earnest
- sympathetic
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2024-03-09· South by Southwest Film & TV Festival
- Premiere2024-05-15· Seattle International Film Festival
- Premiere2024-09-21· Nashville Film Festival
- Premiere2024-10-05· Mill Valley Film Festival
- Premiere2024-10-19· New Hampshire Film Festival / Newport Beach Film Festival / San Diego International Film Festival
- Premiere2024-10-22· FilmColumbia Film Festival
- Premiere2024-10-25· Twin Cities Film Festival
- Premiere2024-10-27· Tall Grass Film Festival
- Premiere2024-11-01· Miami Film Festival GEMS / Virginia Film Festival
- Premiere2024-11-03· Denver Film Festival
Also known as
International titles
- Bob Trevino Likes ItAU
- Bob Trevino Likes ItCA
- Bob Trevino Likes ItDE
- Bob Trevino 'Assa Lakh LikeIL
- Aprovado Por Bob TrevinoPT
- Бобу Тревино это нравитсяRU
- Un 'Like' de Bob TrevinoES
- Um Pai para LilyBR
- Bob Trevino Likes ItUS
