Obvious Child - Review (2014)

A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.

When I found it on iTunes my first thought was PINKY lol. Din;'t know about this movie before I watched. But it looked interesting soSIO rent it

This movie was incredible. Jenny Slate is wonderfully relatable and real, and the film somehow managed to dodge every romcom trope I had expected of it. The premise didn't really grab me, a young female comedian finds herself pregnant after a one night stand. Meh, I assumed it would avoid any real commitment into discussing the reality of abortion, or the terror that can often come with the discovery of having a potential human inside of you.

Obvious Child is a very ballsy film just for the fact that it deals with abortion which is such a hot button topic nowadays. However, unlike some films, it doesn't take a side. It presents abortion and the effect a decision like that can have on a woman in a very realistic fashion while delivering a very sweet romantic comedy.

First off, I have to give endless praise to Jenny Slate for knocking it out the park in this movie. As the main character, she gives a great performance that has her balance drama and comedy seamlessly. She's hilarious and crude, but when the time comes to get serious, she is fantastic. The rest of the cast is just as great and there's definitely a Girls type of atmosphere with its dialogue and humor. However, the movie gets respect from me the most in how it approaches abortion. It doesn't take sides on the issue in regards celebrating the decision to have an abortion or shame her for choosing an abortion. It simply looks at abortion as an important decision that women go through when given the circumstances and views it as realistically as possible. It's refreshing how it deals with it with an honest and yet serious view on it without being preachy or exploitative. At the same time, it works as a romantic comedy as it contains many hilarious jokes and the central relationship is very sweet.

Overall, this is certainly a movie to keep an eye out. It's a funny and sweet romantic comedy that takes on the taboo subject of abortion in a respectful and honest way.

t was a warm, touching, and funny movie about the life and trials of a young woman in the city. And it was a movie in which fart jokes were funny because, somehow, the cast and the director made them classy. The ambiance was just nice. The only people who might have a problem with this movie are the fanatical, right-wing, judgmental, self-righteous, bible-waving Christian zealots who will obviously believe that this movie is the work of the devil himself. But since I don't believe in the devil (or the bible) I got to appreciate this movie for the fun that it was.

My verdict : 8/10

IMDB : 6.8/10

Rotten Tomatoes : 88%

Metacritics : 75%