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Obvious Child (2014)

June. 06,2014
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6.7
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| Comedy Romance
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An immature, newly unemployed comic must navigate the murky waters of adulthood after her fling with a graduate student results in an unplanned pregnancy.

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Wordiezett
2014/06/06

So much average

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Micransix
2014/06/07

Crappy film

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ActuallyGlimmer
2014/06/08

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Allison Davies
2014/06/09

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

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clslovesflyingpiggies
2014/06/10

I loved this movie. It's bittersweet, heartfelt, hilarious in it's saddest moments, and comes off as a genuine representation of reproductive autonomy. I love that there isn't any judging, that Donna is a nice person who loves to make people laugh and knows what is best for her. I can't spoil anything, but it's a nice film. It stayed with me for a long time.

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Nick Bosco
2014/06/11

It started off OK, I could see where it might have some entertainment value, so I continued to watch. As the film went on, though, it became more awkward and offensive with each minute. The acting itself was decent, but there was never really any character development, and the entire film was pretty disjointed for one that is chronologically linear. There was a significant anti-male sentiment to the film, and the extremely cavalier attitude toward abortion was appalling. I suffered to the end, thinking there might just be redemption for the script in the final minutes, but alas, it only became more revolting until the credits rolled.

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rashmi_cricketmaniac
2014/06/12

While the promo of this movie pretty much sums up what it's about, the movie takes it's time and portrays the process of getting an abortion with nuance, intelligence and sharp dose of realism. While people on both ends of the political spectrum split hairs about abortion, in reality it is really about a woman's choice! It is that simple. Obvious Child depicts that in a way that a lot of women can probably connect too. We have seen way too movies showing how maternal instincts kick in when a woman hears a child's heart beat/ looks at an ultrasound or touches her belly. While that is warm and fuzzy, it is not that simple in real life. The movie does a wonderful job in depicting this, and also showing female characters as well-rounded, unapologetic and pragmatic about life, something we need more of these days!Pros: The story line, the blossoming romance between pee-farter and Donna; the realistic depiction of each character from her parents to her friends; the music and some occasional zingersCons: Some of her stand-up wasn't really funny with too much dependence on toilet humor (an intelligent, college educated woman who constantly makes fart and burp jokes? I don't buy that); the overt hipster-ness right down to the "non-imperialist" bookstore to the mustache i- phone cover.

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josesiem-960-919724
2014/06/13

Overall, an excellent movie. The main character is likable, while pathetic and struggling with her parental issues. (Dad a puppeteer and mom a university professor, cold as a Greenland Christmas day). She is pretty enough to land the lead character and flawed enough to get our sympathy. We can all relate to her Jewishness in NYC and her overall basic atheistic view. After her boyfriend dumps her, she meets a genuinely nice guy, gets wasted and bangs him. What results is a positive pregnancy test. Here is where the political views of the director and crew are apparent. The mom and older sister are ol skool feminists and relish the choice the women have, taking into consideration not at all the man's feelings nor the fetus'. When I rented the movie, I thought that there would be a child. There never was. The would-be hero, a nice guy, who wished to continue a relationship with our flawed protagonist, consented to whatever she waned... which in the end was the disposal of a human being. And that's where the film ended. I was deeply saddened, having to have made a similar choice myself, being in poverty, etc. but I chose life, and while I watched this movie, my questioned choice moved about us, creating chaos, but, wow, did I ever love him.

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