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Obvious Child

Obvious Child

Comedy · Romance · 2014

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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Obvious Child

2014 Comedy · Romance 1h 25m

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6.5 / 10

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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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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Gillian Robespierre

Written by

Gillian Robespierre · Elisabeth Holm · Karen Maine

Jenny Slate

Jenny Slate

Donna

Jake Lacy

Jake Lacy

Max

Gaby Hoffmann

Gaby Hoffmann

Nellie

Paul Briganti

Paul Briganti

Ryan

Stephen Singer

Stephen Singer

Gene

Richard Kind

Richard Kind

Jacob

Polly Draper

Polly Draper

Nancy

Court is in session

Put Obvious Child on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.