The Scout

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  • 1hr 29m

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Paula González-Nasser

Producer:

Ryan Martin Brown, Paula González-Nasser, Matthew Romanski

Writer:

Paula González-Nasser

Release Date:

Sep 25, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 29m

Synopsis

A NYC location scout photographs the homes of strangers for a TV pilot, stepping into their private lives while trying to satisfy her erratic employers.

Cast

  • Rutanya Alda
  • Matt Barats
  • Mimi Davila
  • Jackson Devereux
  • Alex Goldberg
  • Lisa Haas
  • Sarah Herrman
  • Otmara Marrero
  • Peter Mills Weiss
  • Max Rosen
Moviegoers are saying
Reviewers are quietly smitten with The Scout, a film where a location scout walks through strangers' homes and almost nothing happens, yet the observation lands. Mimi Davila's restrained Sofia, the New York interiors that feel lived in, and a notably funny 'fish guy' sequence win over most viewers, though one reviewer's 'Nothing happens!' Seinfeld joke captures the film's central dare. Several critics call it slight and easy to forget, but even they often found themselves oddly hooked.
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3.5
  • Jul 25, 2025

    A patient masterpiece on the transience of interpersonal relationships that come at the expense of a job that never lets you stop and truly get to know somebody. Also just an immediate all-time great film on filmmaking. A stunning debut and makes a gorgeous, sensitive…

    106 Likes
    Brandon Streussnig
    Brandon Streussnig
    Oct 5, 2026

    A location scout spends her days stepping into other people’s homes, taking photos and trying to find the right place for a TV pilot. The Scout follows Sofia through that work and the small, unpredictable encounters that come with it. Some of the homeowners are funny, some…

    60 Likes
    Kim Langvandsbråten
    Kim Langvandsbråten
    Oct 6, 2026

    Jerry: “So, what’s The Scout about?” George: “Sofi drives to a location scout.” Jerry: “Okay. What happens?” George: “She drives to the location scout.” Jerry: “Well, maybe something happens to Sofi on the way to the location?” George: “No, no, no! Nothing…

    48 Likes
    Keith 📽🎬🍿
    Keith 📽🎬🍿
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    Jun 6, 2025

    Honored to play drunk girl #1 in this along with my friend Hannah who plays drunk girl #2 (not as drunk). Anyway, Paula is the Chantal Akerman of our time. Five stars.

    58 Likes
    Kelsea Bauman-Murphy
    Kelsea Bauman-Murphy
    Sep 25, 2026

    “When you walk into someone’s space, you don’t know what time in their life it is. This could be a really bad time when they’re juggling a lot, or it could be a normal time. But so many times, my presence in their life uncovered something that was going on. A lot of times,…

    46 Likes
    Brandon Streussnig
    Brandon Streussnig
    Sep 9, 2026

    Lovely, and sometimes mildly, mundanely horrifying. Great scenes with the fish guy.

    47 Likes
    KYK
    KYK
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    Aug 23, 2025

    i want to read the book about the cancer whale :(

    36 Likes
    Chris Falk
    Chris Falk
    Oct 1, 2026

    my studio apartment is available for filming

    22 Likes
    Colin Burgess
    Colin Burgess
    Jun 6, 2025

    Paula’s ability to get to the heart of how, at times, the entertainment industry can isolate someone and diminish their own hard-earned contributions to the creative process is both beautiful and heartbreaking. Her approach is sensitive without being saccharine, and the…

    26 Likes
    RogerMancusi
    RogerMancusi

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75
Jul 16, 2025

The Scout is as pretty-gloomy as an off day in New York, as winning as a good work anecdote, as defeating as another day on the job, and as listless as a generation starting to feel the shadow of their looming midlife crisis.

Metacritic review by Jacob Oller
Jacob Oller
The A.V. Club
70
Jul 16, 2025

The film confidently highlights the delicate relationship between people and their spaces, while also acknowledging the understated harshness of a job that requires you to assess, with a certain degree of remove, one of the more intimate elements of another person’s life.

Metacritic review by Lovia Gyarkye
Lovia Gyarkye
The Hollywood Reporter
69
Jul 16, 2025

González-Nasser offers glimpses of what might make the work rewarding enough to stick with, and, with it, how elusive those feelings must be.

Jesse Hassenger
Paste Magazine

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is The Scout (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 29min long.
What's The Scout (2026) about?
A NYC location scout photographs the homes of strangers for a TV pilot, stepping into their private lives while trying to satisfy her erratic employers.
Who's the cast of The Scout (2026)?
  • Rutanya Alda as Anna
  • Matt Barats as Josh
  • Mimi Davila as Sofia
  • Jackson Devereux as Byrnes
  • Alex Goldberg as Mike
  • Lisa Haas as Jasmin
  • Sarah Herrman as Angie
  • Otmara Marrero as Becca
  • Peter Mills Weiss as Jimmy
  • Max Rosen as Tyler
Who's the director behind The Scout (2026)?
Paula González-Nasser directed The Scout (2026).
Who produced The Scout (2026)?
Ryan Martin Brown, Paula González-Nasser and Matthew Romanski produced The Scout (2026).