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The Surrogate

  • 20202020
  • 1h 33m
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6.2/10
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The Surrogate (2020)
A web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.
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A web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back wit... Read allA web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.A web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
562
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Jeremy Hersh
  • Writer
    • Jeremy Hersh
  • Stars
    • Jasmine Batchelor
    • Chris Perfetti
    • Sullivan Jones
  • Director
    • Jeremy Hersh
  • Writer
    • Jeremy Hersh
  • Stars
    • Jasmine Batchelor
    • Chris Perfetti
    • Sullivan Jones
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    • 11User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 73Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 6 nominations

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    Sullivan Jones, Chris Perfetti, and Jasmine Batchelor in The Surrogate (2020)
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    Jasmine Batchelor in The Surrogate (2020)
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    Jasmine Batchelor
    Jasmine Batchelor
    • Jess
    Chris Perfetti
    Chris Perfetti
    • Josh
    Sullivan Jones
    Sullivan Jones
    • Aaron
    Brooke Bloom
    Brooke Bloom
    • Bridget
    Eboni Booth
    Eboni Booth
    • Samantha
    William DeMeritt
    William DeMeritt
    • Pierre
    Purva Bedi
    Purva Bedi
    • Diana
    Leon Addison Brown
    Leon Addison Brown
    • Stephen Harris
    Hannah Cabell
    Hannah Cabell
    • Restaurant Manager
    Hunter Canning
    Hunter Canning
    • Kevin
    Catherine Curtin
    Catherine Curtin
    • Sarah Friedberg
    Jennifer Damiano
    Jennifer Damiano
    • Rachel
    Erin Gann
    • Dan
    Meg Gibson
    Meg Gibson
    • Sandra
    Brandon Micheal Hall
    Brandon Micheal Hall
    • Nate
    Sydney Alexis Hall
    Sydney Alexis Hall
    • Restaurant Patron
    Layla Khoshnoudi
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      • Jeremy Hersh
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      • Jeremy Hersh
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    8/10
    As close to being socially responsible, selfless and emotionally righteous as they could come
    This film raises tough questions and moral dilemmas and I love it for that and for so much more.

    For starters, Jasmine Batchelor is impeccable in this film, she truly commands the emotional labour of being a pregnant m/c black woman who is morally and socially conscious and sensitive to catering to other people's needs and comfortabilities. Throughout the development of the film and her own character, Jess learns to be less accommodating of privileged able bodied people's comfortabilities and spaces and to open up the discussion for the advocation, support and enrichment of educating oneself more towards disabilities and disabled people's perspectives and lives, learning how and why they deserve to be treated as equals, no matter how chromosomes may differ or what preconceived limitations the majority of society may place upon them.

    Metaphorically speaking, Jess guides us through her own journey as if we are being shaped in her own womb as learners and empaths in her appreciation for her own child and others who live with deficiencies. She does not have an idealistic ideology or mindset that parenthood is easily manageable and controllable, in fact she acknowledges that parenthood is inescapably difficult several times across the span of her journey and it makes her even more palatable as a character.

    The tensions in the film are brilliantly conveyed, the intersectionality of being black and middle class v upper class v working class, is essentially communicated and the complicated nature of relationships are realistically portrayed and explored. And even with its final shot, it tugs you at your heart strings on how calming contraceptive experiences can be as well as complex, strenuous and difficult.
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    • Sep 30, 2020

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    • Release date
      • June 12, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Сурогат
    • Production companies
      • Tandem Pictures
      • Resonant Pictures
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      • $1,997
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      1 hour 33 minutes

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