Quarter movie is not a film about a condition with a person attached to it. It is a film about a person who happens to live with a condition, and that small change in emphasis is exactly why it is already finding an audience before its release.
Image Credit: Chemical Soup Production — Official Trailer via YouTube
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A 25th birthday with higher stakes than a party
The Quarter movie follows Kelly, a young woman living with type 1 diabetes, in the days leading up to her 25th birthday. Around her, friends are settling into careers, relationships and routines, while Kelly is still working out what her own adult life is supposed to look like. The comedy-drama treats her blood sugar the way life does: not as a single dramatic event, but as a constant background calculation that shapes ordinary decisions, from a night out to a job interview to a first date.
Turning 25 is a familiar milestone in coming-of-age stories, but Quarter movie gives it a double meaning. Kelly is approaching a quarter of a century, and she is also approaching the point where the plans she made as a teenager are supposed to have turned into something solid. The trailer shows her funny, frank and sometimes frustrated, rather than inspirational in a polished, poster-quote way. Her highs and lows are literal as well as emotional, and the film lets both kinds of ups and downs sit in the same scene without turning either into a lesson.
That balance is rare. Films about chronic illness often fall into two traps: they either make the illness the whole story, or they treat it as a detail to be overcome in the final act. Quarter movie, from everything the trailer and its makers suggest, tries a third route. Diabetes is part of Kelly’s daily toolkit, like her phone or her sense of humour, and the story is about the person carrying it.
Written from lived experience, not from research alone
The most important fact about the Quarter movie is who wrote it. Kelsey Bascom wrote the film based on her own experiences as a young woman living with type 1 diabetes, and she also plays Kelly and co-directs alongside Arnon Manor. Bascom previously worked with Manor on the web series Mondays, so this is a creative partnership with history, not a first meeting on a set.
That lived experience shows up in the details. The trailer does not explain diabetes to the audience in a classroom scene; it shows Kelly checking, counting, correcting and carrying on. For viewers who live with type 1 diabetes, that kind of unannounced accuracy matters more than any speech. For viewers who do not, it is an invitation to understand a daily reality without being lectured about it. The film’s humour comes from recognition, not from making a condition the joke.
Who plays whom in Quarter movie
Kelsey Bascom leads the cast as Kelly, the young woman at the centre of the story. Ali Wentworth plays Ali, Raven-Symone plays Dr. Anderson, and Brooke Shields plays Dr. Wright. Breckin Meyer plays Jim, Tati Gabrielle plays Elle, and Eric Roberts plays Dr. Miller. The wider ensemble includes Nick Creegan as Brian, Matty Cardarople as Kyle, Dot-Marie Jones as Annie, Brec Bassinger as Julie, Mindy Sterling as Liz, Derek Theler as Dylan, Arden Myrin as Diane, and Gavin Lewis as Nick.
It is a deliberately mixed cast: a newcomer writer-director-star at the centre, surrounded by performers with decades of television and film work behind them. That mix suits the story. Kelly is surrounded by older, more settled figures — doctors, friends, family — who all have opinions about how she should live, while she is still deciding for herself.
Brooke Shields backs the film behind the camera too
Brooke Shields does more than appear in the Quarter movie. She is also an executive producer on the film, alongside Alexander Wentworth and Brec Bassinger. The film is produced by Arnon Manor, Kelsey Bascom, Judi Bell, Ayelet Junger, Bri Lageyre and Krista Minto, and the production company is Chemical Soup Production.
Shields’ involvement is a useful signal for an independent film. Small films live or die on whether anyone notices them in a crowded release calendar, and a familiar name in the credits — and in the cast — helps a personal story reach people who might otherwise scroll past it. It also suggests confidence in the material: this is not a film hiding behind its famous faces, but one using them to open a door for a new voice.
Why the 13 November release date matters
Quarter movie opens in select theatres beginning 13 November 2026, including a limited engagement at Cinema Village in New York City from 13 to 19 November 2026. The timing is deliberate. World Diabetes Day falls on 14 November, the day after the film opens, so the release lands exactly when conversations about diabetes are already in the news and on social media.
That timing does not make the film a campaign video. It makes it a well-timed conversation starter. A coming-of-age comedy released in the same week as World Diabetes Day can reach two audiences at once: people looking for a warm, funny indie film, and people looking for stories that reflect their own experience honestly. For a small release, that double audience is the whole strategy.
What the trailer promises — and what it does not
The official trailer for the Quarter movie is upbeat without being dishonest. Kelly dances, jokes, argues and stumbles, and the people around her feel like real friends rather than plot devices. There is no miracle cure storyline, no villain to defeat and no single moment where everything is fixed. Instead, the trailer promises something quieter and harder to deliver: a character you recognise, in a situation you understand, making her way towards 25 on her own terms.
That is also what makes the film different from the big November releases around it. While franchise films and epics compete for opening-weekend records, Quarter movie is competing for something else entirely — a viewer who walks out thinking, “That felt true.” Independent films do not need to outgross anyone to succeed; they need to be remembered by the people who see them.
Quarter movie release details at a glance
Quarter movie is a coming-of-age comedy-drama written by Kelsey Bascom and directed by Arnon Manor and Kelsey Bascom. It stars Kelsey Bascom, Ali Wentworth, Raven-Symone, Brooke Shields, Breckin Meyer, Tati Gabrielle and Eric Roberts. Chemical Soup Production will release the film in select theatres beginning 13 November 2026, with a limited engagement at Cinema Village in New York City from 13 to 19 November 2026. No OTT or streaming date has been announced yet, and no streaming platform has been confirmed — that information will be added here when the makers announce it.
If you like films where the biggest drama is a person figuring out her life, rather than a world being saved, Quarter movie deserves a place on your November watchlist. It is small, specific and personal, and those are often the films that stay with you longest.
Sources: Collider and MovieVine.
Frequently asked questions
When does Quarter movie release?
Quarter movie releases in select theatres on 13 November 2026, including a limited engagement at Cinema Village in New York City from 13 to 19 November 2026.
Who stars in Quarter movie?
Kelsey Bascom stars as Kelly, alongside Ali Wentworth, Raven-Symone, Brooke Shields, Breckin Meyer, Tati Gabrielle and Eric Roberts.
Is Quarter movie based on a true story?
Quarter movie is written by Kelsey Bascom based on her own experiences as a young woman living with type 1 diabetes. It is a fictional coming-of-age story drawn from lived experience, not a documentary.
Who directed Quarter movie?
Quarter movie is directed by Arnon Manor and Kelsey Bascom, and produced by Chemical Soup Production.
Is Quarter movie available on OTT?
No OTT date or streaming platform has been announced for Quarter movie yet. The film opens in select theatres first, beginning 13 November 2026.
Why is Quarter movie releasing around World Diabetes Day?
Quarter movie opens on 13 November 2026, one day before World Diabetes Day on 14 November, which makes its story about living with type 1 diabetes especially timely.
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