Indie Watch: "Obvious Child"

OBVIOUS CHILD

You all know how much i waited for June 6 (that's just only two more days away!!!) just so i can watch again what i consider my favorite movie of the year!

  That movie is "The Fault in Our Stars" and i cannot emphasize enough how much i love it and why you should watch it. But, if you are inclined to watch it later and avoid the rush this weekend, there's another movie, one that i haven't seen yet but is creating some buzz in the indie scene is this small movie funded through Kickstarter titled "Obvious Child."

The number of celebrities endorsing this movie is countless. And if my eyes can still hold up and are not fully dried up from what i expect a weekend of sobbing and weeping over TFIOS, i will definitely go see this interesting little comedy.

Here's a synopsis:

For aspiring comedian Donna Stern, everyday life as a female twenty-something provides ample material for her incredibly relatable brand of humor. On stage, Donna is unapologetically herself, joking about topics as intimate as her sex life and as crude as her day-old underwear. But when Donna gets dumped, loses her job, and finds herself pregnant just in time for Valentine’s Day, she has to navigate the murky waters of independent adulthood for the first time. As she grapples with an uncertain financial future, an unwanted pregnancy, and a surprising new suitor, Donna begins to discover that the most terrifying thing about adulthood isn’t facing it all on her own. It's allowing herself to accept the support and love of others. And be truly vulnerable. Never failing to find the comedy and humanity in each awkward situation she encounters, Donna finds out along the way what it means to be as brave in life as she is on stage.

Anchored by a breakout performance from Jenny Slate, OBVIOUS　CHILD　is a winning discovery, packed tight with raw, energetic comedy and moments of poignant human honesty. Writer/Director Gillian Robespierre handles the topic of Donna's unwanted pregnancy with a refreshing matter-of-factness rarely seen onscreen. And with Donna, Slate and Robespierre have crafted a character for the ages – a female audiences will recognize, cheer for, and love.

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Raymond Lo