Drama movie Tow: Life in a Car with Rose Byrne and Dominic Sessa

Tow, the movie plot

Tow is the upcoming drama movie. The plot centers on Amanda Ogle (Rose Byrne), a woman living in her Toyota Camry on the streets of Seattle. When her car is stolen and impounded, she finds herself catapulted into a legal battle against an indifferent system, having to pay $21,634 to recover it.

“So, how long have you been sleeping in your car?” a friend asks Amanda in the released trailer; “Seven months,” she responds. “You know what God does when he hears about our plans? He laughs,” Barb (Octavia Spencer), director of a women’s homeless shelter, disillusions her.

“My car is older than yours,” she says to her new lawyer, Kevin Eggers (Dominic Sessa), who is trying to help her get back her stolen car. “Maybe today the system does something right even for someone like me,” she tells the judge debating the case.

Tow, the movie cast

Rose Byrne received an Oscar nomination in 2026 for her performance in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Rose Byrne stars in Traveling with My Son and the TV series Platonic.

Octavia Spencer won an Oscar for The Help, and has recently worked in Captain America: Brave New World and Thunder Force. Dominic Sessa has acted in The Holdovers and Now You See Me 3.

Also featured are Ariana DeBose, Oscar winner for West Side Story; singer and actress Demi Lovato; Simon Rex (Red Rocket, Blink Twice). Direction is by Stephanie Laing, who also directed Byrne in the Apple TV+ series Physical and has worked on productions like Palm Royale and Your Friends and Neighbors. “When I first read the script, I knew I had to tell Amanda’s story. She is tenacious and combative,” she stated.

Tow, the movie production and filming

Production is by Cake or Death Pictures, Votiv Films and The Exchange. Filming took place in Seattle, the same city where Amanda Ogle’s true story unfolds.

Tow, critical reviews and release date of the movie

The movie premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, where it received positive reviews. For MovieWeb, “Rose Byrne is phenomenal in the extraordinary true story of a homeless woman’s struggle to recover her car illegally impounded by despicable lawyers and inept bureaucrats. Tow shows America’s most evident, yet casually ignored epidemic.”

For IndieWire, “it comes dangerously close to vulgar poverty pornography. But despite these narrative shortcomings, it’s hard to deny that the movie has good intentions.”

For The Hollywood Reporter, “in its modest way, Tow sends a powerful message about how many of us have more in common with a person sleeping in a car than with the billionaires we’ve been conditioned to admire.” The movie releases in theaters on March 20, 2026.