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Obvious Child

  • 20142014
  • RR
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
25K
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Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (2014)
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ComedyDramaRomance
A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.A twenty-something comedienne's unplanned pregnancy forces her to confront the realities of independent womanhood for the first time.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
25K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,396
192
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    • Director
      • Gillian Robespierre
    • Writers
      • Gillian Robespierre(screenplay by)
      • Karen Maine(story)
      • Elisabeth Holm(story)
    • Stars
      • Jenny Slate
      • Jake Lacy
      • Gaby Hoffmann
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Gillian Robespierre
    • Writers
      • Gillian Robespierre(screenplay by)
      • Karen Maine(story)
      • Elisabeth Holm(story)
    • Stars
      • Jenny Slate
      • Jake Lacy
      • Gaby Hoffmann
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 100User reviews
    • 163Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 29 nominations

    Videos6

    Obvious Child
    Trailer 2:25
    Obvious Child
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:31
    Official Trailer
    "Pee-Pee Missiles"
    Clip 0:29
    "Pee-Pee Missiles"
    "Tell Him"
    Clip 0:54
    "Tell Him"
    "Drunk Dial"
    Clip 1:19
    "Drunk Dial"
    OBVIOUS CHILD - Take Back the Rom Com
    Featurette 2:34
    OBVIOUS CHILD - Take Back the Rom Com

    Photos16

    Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy in Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy in Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy in Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy in Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (2014)
    Gillian Robespierre in Obvious Child (2014)
    Gillian Robespierre at an event for Obvious Child (2014)
    Janet Pierson, Jenny Slate, Gillian Robespierre, Elisabeth Holm, and Gabe Liedman at an event for Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate and Gabe Liedman at an event for Obvious Child (2014)
    Gabe Liedman at an event for Obvious Child (2014)
    Jenny Slate at an event for Obvious Child (2014)

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    Jenny Slate
    Jenny Slate
    • Donna
    Jake Lacy
    Jake Lacy
    • Max
    Gaby Hoffmann
    Gaby Hoffmann
    • Nellie
    Gabe Liedman
    Gabe Liedman
    • Joey
    Paul Briganti
    Paul Briganti
    • Ryan
    Stephen Singer
    Stephen Singer
    • Gene
    Richard Kind
    Richard Kind
    • Jacob
    Polly Draper
    Polly Draper
    • Nancy
    Cindy Cheung
    Cindy Cheung
    • Dr. Bernard
    Ernest Mingione
    Ernest Mingione
    • Waiter
    Cyrus McQueen
    • Stand-Up
    David Cross
    David Cross
    • Sam
    Maciek Jasik
    • Cabbie
    Jennifer Kim
    Jennifer Kim
    • Female
    Suzanne Lenz
    Suzanne Lenz
    • Female #2
    Emily Tremaine
    Emily Tremaine
    • Lacey
    Stacey Sargeant
    Stacey Sargeant
    • Nurse
    Brenda Birkeland
    • Patient
    • Director
      • Gillian Robespierre
    • Writers
      • Gillian Robespierre(screenplay by) (story) (based on the short film written by)
      • Karen Maine(story) (based on the short film written by)
      • Elisabeth Holm(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Shot in 18 days.
    • Goofs
      Right after the lunch scene at the Italian restaurant, when Max accidentally steps on the dog poop, a man crosses the street wearing a red short sleeve shirt followed by a woman wearing a short sleeve shirt and shorts, when it's supposed to be winter in February, and Donna and Max are in their full winter gear.
    • Quotes

      Donna Stern: I remember seeing a condom; I just don't know exactly what it did.

    • Connections
      Featured in Chelsea Lately: Episode #8.92 (2014)
    • Soundtracks
      Honey
      Performed by The London Souls

      Written by Tash Neal & Chris St. Hilaire (BMI)

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    Top review
    4/10
    Anything but its title
    Jenny Slate plays a twenty-eight-year-old by the name of Donna Stern in Obvious Child, who makes a living working in a bookstore and performing irregularly at some of Brooklyn's seediest comedian clubs. Her humor reminds of Sarah Silverman, as its punchline, regardless of the joke, is that a woman can be just as crass and dirty as a male comedian can. The problem is it results in little that is actually funny and more of Slate, and writer/director Gillian Robespierre, pushing the envelope and seeing how far they can go with their jokes in order to achieve something that is allegedly funny. It's not that Slate isn't a gifted performer - she's sly and has mastered the art of being able to throw herself in a plethora of different situations and remaining believable throughout all of them - but that consistently tries to be funny by using excessive vulgarity and sexually-explicit scenarios that are ineffective and lifeless.

    Obvious Child, however, is more than just my brief summation; it's actually a millennial romantic comedy with a shockingly nonchalant and comedic look at abortion. Donna winds up being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, who finds their relationship stagnant and her jokes about their love-life quietly offensive, as he hopes to turn over a new leaf with the woman he has been cheating on Donna with. On top of that, she loses her job and gets pregnant by sweet and well-meaning Max (Jake Lacy), whom she had a one-night-stand with in light of her breakup. With this, Donna, a free-spirit and a fly-by- the-seat-of-her-pants woman, is forced to seriously contemplate single motherhood in a way she never had to before. She schedules an abortion and, ironically, gets scheduled for February 14th, further plunging her into a realm of contemplation she never foresaw herself entering.

    Obvious Child plays a lot like Lena Dunham's directorial debut Tiny Furniture, but doesn't find itself as incessantly artificial as it. The film is corrupted because it takes the annoying traits of its characters and makes a film that functions like one of them, as well, including being mixed with frustrating conversations that reveal nothing about the characters, dodging and weaving through motivations and internal-thoughts of the characters, empty attempts to humanize these people outside of the quintessential idea of a liberal millennial caricature, and making every other character in the film besides Donna a faceless soul.

    What results is a film that lacks any form of engagement to the audience. A film where abortion is taken in a simultaneously comedic but contemplative light is ripe for a wealth of intriguing commentary (Juno toyed with the concept and did a fairly nice job), but Obvious Child exercises the idea in a way that I find indistinguishable. I cannot tell if I'm supposed to sympathize with Donna, or scoff at the way she can write off big life decisions or simplify their significance.

    This is the same issue I took with the aforementioned Tiny Furniture; I'm unable to tell if I'm supposed to recognize that the world created in that film was artificial or regard it as an accurate depiction of contemporary Brooklynites. Was I supposed to be inherently detached from the main characters of the film or was I supposed to try and form some sort of connection to them as their asinine lives unfolded. While Obvious Child at least finds itself with an idea it wants to execute - the comedic or, at very least, light-hearted portrayal of abortion - despite not finding an adequately funny or thoughtful way to explore it. For a film proclaiming a character in it to be "obvious," I strangely found the film to be anything but.

    Starring: Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy. Directed by: Gillian Robespierre.
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    • Release date
      • August 29, 2014 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Očigledno dete
    • Filming locations
      • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Rooks Nest Entertainment
      • Sundial Pictures
      • Votiv Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $3,123,963
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $77,315
      • Jun 8, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,325,417
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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