109 reviews
I enjoyed this movie.
It was fun and easy going to watch.
I've never understood why others make it their business to try to decide what others choose to do with their own bodies.
It was fun and easy going to watch.
I've never understood why others make it their business to try to decide what others choose to do with their own bodies.
Unpregnant is not a perfect movie. It's a good movie which has certain problems but at the same time with so many good moments. The viewer will not get bored because it's a lot of fun and the leading duo have a good chemistry and did a great job. I love buddy movies and I love road movies. This movie has done justice to both these genre and so it's a thumps up from me.
I liked this small movie. Nothing too special here but hit all the right spots, again and again. Joyous movie that really relates.
Got kinda boring towards the last half, but still a great ride. Liked it a lot.
Girl gets pregnant and heads on a road trip to the place to get an abortion. Fun and learning life lessons ensue.
Recommend
6 stars
Got kinda boring towards the last half, but still a great ride. Liked it a lot.
Girl gets pregnant and heads on a road trip to the place to get an abortion. Fun and learning life lessons ensue.
Recommend
6 stars
- michaeltrivedi
- Sep 9, 2020
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I think the film is nicely shot and edited. I enjoyed the scenes aesthetically. The subject isn't something that everyone is gonna be like excited about. I mean if your pro choice you'll like this and If you're not then well I doubt you even watched a minute. I Don't think this has much rewatchablity but if you wanna feel better about your choices then I think it'll help.
- ForeverChynaa
- Sep 10, 2020
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Loved Barbie Ferreira in this! Wish the movie was a little more realistic at some points, but overall it was a good time!
Unfortunately, when you have a film centered around a "controversial" topic such as abortion, there's going to be thousands of biased, 1 star ratings that bring the average score down real low. The majority of which from people who didn't even watch the movie. "Unpregnant" is not your average "chick flick." In fact I watched it the first time with my male friend and he really enjoyed it. It's witty, adventurous, and pretty original. In most of these teen adventure/comedies, the humor is too forced, storylines are cliché and not well developed. However, nothing about "Unpregnant" seemed too forced. The humor was casual and enjoyable, it had a great, catchy soundtrack, and character development. Along the way, the girls met many interesting characters and faced various obstacles that were actually unexpected and fun. It was a good mix of silly and serious. None of the scenes dragged out, it had a good pace, and a satisfying ending. So again, don't look at the ratings and listen to these 1 star reviews... if this movie interests you, give it a try. I think it's worth the watch, and it's free on HBO MAX so why not!
- angieortiz-ri
- Sep 11, 2020
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Watched this on a long haul flight as a random comedy pic, and pleasantly surprised. It's not too often we've had a teen female buddy roadtrip movie, so that's refreshing by itself.
While it sometimes veers a little bit into surreal farce territory, and sometimes the acting and script occasionally is a bit clichéd and OTT, it's still consistently entertaining and has some quality original moments. It's not Juno, but it never claims to be. It's also sometimes brilliantly heartfelt in the right moments.
That's quite something, considering the subject matter has already really polarised people. So if you're in one camp, you'll probably despise it, just for its topic. Others looking for comedy genius I've seen have already trashed it, which is saddening snobbery. Abortion and family life, considering the recent national debate and outcry in some quarters, needs movies to sensitively and at times humorously try to portray both sides of the coin.
Altogether, while it doesn't then for me quite top a previous Hailee Steinfeld movie gem (also coming of age, and also had this film's star), it does touch on a really important subject for the 2020s with bravery. It does it with touches of real verve at times.
And if nothing else, it's a solid film for family watching for older teens - female or male. It could well help broach some tricky subjects if parents find it tough to start.
Watch, learn, and sometimes darn well enjoy.
While it sometimes veers a little bit into surreal farce territory, and sometimes the acting and script occasionally is a bit clichéd and OTT, it's still consistently entertaining and has some quality original moments. It's not Juno, but it never claims to be. It's also sometimes brilliantly heartfelt in the right moments.
That's quite something, considering the subject matter has already really polarised people. So if you're in one camp, you'll probably despise it, just for its topic. Others looking for comedy genius I've seen have already trashed it, which is saddening snobbery. Abortion and family life, considering the recent national debate and outcry in some quarters, needs movies to sensitively and at times humorously try to portray both sides of the coin.
Altogether, while it doesn't then for me quite top a previous Hailee Steinfeld movie gem (also coming of age, and also had this film's star), it does touch on a really important subject for the 2020s with bravery. It does it with touches of real verve at times.
And if nothing else, it's a solid film for family watching for older teens - female or male. It could well help broach some tricky subjects if parents find it tough to start.
Watch, learn, and sometimes darn well enjoy.
- fire-child
- Apr 26, 2022
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I am pro-choice, but I am also pro-decent movie. This movie had a lot of potential. Unfortunately all of that was overtaken by pure pro-abortion messaging toward the end. It really was impossible to remember the good scenes that came before as the movie rapidly degraded into a pure planned Parenthood add while it depicted pro-life people as lunatics that literally kidnap pregnant mothers considering abortion.
This was insulting to every reasoning person, regardless of which side of this topic you take. It was a constantly intellectual insult beyond a certain point. It effectively insults the entire pro-choice position by boiling everything down to unrealistice stereotypes. It left me wondering it they were literally phoning in the writing work past a point because they had lost funding.
Extremely disappointed in what could have been an important tale.
Extreme bias ruins every argument.
This was insulting to every reasoning person, regardless of which side of this topic you take. It was a constantly intellectual insult beyond a certain point. It effectively insults the entire pro-choice position by boiling everything down to unrealistice stereotypes. It left me wondering it they were literally phoning in the writing work past a point because they had lost funding.
Extremely disappointed in what could have been an important tale.
Extreme bias ruins every argument.
- athensspringer-52350
- Feb 2, 2023
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A 17 year old women gets pregnant accidentally and cannot tell anyone she knows. Her family are extremely Christian and her "best friends" are looking for drama in the school. She cannot ask for aid from anyone. She has no one. Then she discovers she cannot get an abortion in the state she lives in. That is reality for women that live in states like Missouri.
That is what the film is conveying: these decisions are difficult, they require proper support to come to the best conclusion for the women. She is deprived from this and makes a decision to drive a 1,000 miles. Who would want that for there kid?
A lot of reviewers are focusing on a "women getting an abortion is bad" and not thinking about what put her there to make that decision alone.
I think booksmart is a film that created (or recreated) a new type of college and coming of age movies and this is the second film on this kinds of films.
I liked it because in the 2010s the comedies really deteriorated and did not renew anything.
Unpregnant and Booksmart are trying to bring some style and insights for the young and the general.
I really liked in personally the idea to make it also a road film. It's amazing. Good script, great visuals.
- Shiran1998
- Sep 23, 2020
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- nogodnomasters
- Oct 18, 2020
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- acherry-77812
- Oct 27, 2020
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- flowerstardust1979
- Sep 19, 2020
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- Ingrouille181
- Apr 18, 2021
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The movie is okay, not groundbreaking or great, not terrible either, a driving factor behind the criticism of the movie is that the topic of abortion is still controversial nowadays, therefore many negative reviews for the film seem to he based more on the topic than the film itself, calling it "abortion propaganda", which I think is ridiculous.
All I will say is that the actual abortion kind of fell by the wayside in the story, it felt like more of a destination or a plot point than something emotionally compelling, the abortion procedure isn't really cast in a positive nor negative light.
The protagonist, Veronica, has already made her decision as soon as she finds out that she's pregnant, mostly based on fact that her circle of friends were very unsupportive, her boyfriend was possessive and generally she just felt unprepared to have a child at the age of 17.
The main focus of the film was more about Veronica mending her friendship with Bailey and re-evaluating the other relationships in her life, the story feels kind of basic, it's a road trip movie, there haven't actually been many of those recently but it doesn't really break new ground in terms of what it does, it's a decent, solid movie, I wouldn't say it's a must-watch nor a mustn't-watch film, just more like something to check out if you want to and you have the time, I might be biased as I have a soft spot for road trip movies, and I've only laid out the premise, I won't go into the plot because I've probably already spoiled something.
Despite all of that; I will say that all of the actors in this film are fantastic, they all have such great chemistry together, they're all very talented, and they're definitely the strongest aspect of the movie, I have almost nothing negative to say about their performances, if it wasn't for them; I would rate the movie a 5 or a 4 at the most, but they carried their scenes well, so I think 7 is a fair modest score in light of that.
All I will say is that the actual abortion kind of fell by the wayside in the story, it felt like more of a destination or a plot point than something emotionally compelling, the abortion procedure isn't really cast in a positive nor negative light.
The protagonist, Veronica, has already made her decision as soon as she finds out that she's pregnant, mostly based on fact that her circle of friends were very unsupportive, her boyfriend was possessive and generally she just felt unprepared to have a child at the age of 17.
The main focus of the film was more about Veronica mending her friendship with Bailey and re-evaluating the other relationships in her life, the story feels kind of basic, it's a road trip movie, there haven't actually been many of those recently but it doesn't really break new ground in terms of what it does, it's a decent, solid movie, I wouldn't say it's a must-watch nor a mustn't-watch film, just more like something to check out if you want to and you have the time, I might be biased as I have a soft spot for road trip movies, and I've only laid out the premise, I won't go into the plot because I've probably already spoiled something.
Despite all of that; I will say that all of the actors in this film are fantastic, they all have such great chemistry together, they're all very talented, and they're definitely the strongest aspect of the movie, I have almost nothing negative to say about their performances, if it wasn't for them; I would rate the movie a 5 or a 4 at the most, but they carried their scenes well, so I think 7 is a fair modest score in light of that.
- tpindustries
- Jan 5, 2021
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This movie has a social message, but the story doesn't completely focus on one thing.
From the beginning the plot is revealed but the film focuses on something else, on repairing the friendship, it is difficult to keep up with it since it is a constant change between what it exposes at the beginning and the theme of friendship, it rambles in exposing in a way specify the two situations. The film is fun, the chemistry between the protagonists is good, the social message it exposes is understood and the feelings of whoever faces the problem are understood, the performances are good, as are the scenes involving cars. I did not like that there are many characters and almost all of them end up being discarded without much explanation, I also did not like some inconsistencies and conveniences that the script has.
It is a film that exposes abortion in minors seen from a fun and sincere perspective, presenting a clear message towards state governments, but its lack of script work can be detrimental to capture the forcefulness of the message it exposes.
From the beginning the plot is revealed but the film focuses on something else, on repairing the friendship, it is difficult to keep up with it since it is a constant change between what it exposes at the beginning and the theme of friendship, it rambles in exposing in a way specify the two situations. The film is fun, the chemistry between the protagonists is good, the social message it exposes is understood and the feelings of whoever faces the problem are understood, the performances are good, as are the scenes involving cars. I did not like that there are many characters and almost all of them end up being discarded without much explanation, I also did not like some inconsistencies and conveniences that the script has.
It is a film that exposes abortion in minors seen from a fun and sincere perspective, presenting a clear message towards state governments, but its lack of script work can be detrimental to capture the forcefulness of the message it exposes.
- isaacochoterena
- Oct 17, 2021
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Unpregnant is the type of movie I wish existed when I was a teen. Informative, cute, emotional. Please, more real girls exerting control over their bodies and choice in buddy road trip films. The narrative around abortion is riddled with so much fear and shame, this needed to be made.
- nlparker-40461
- Sep 11, 2020
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Unpregnant was a nice film that had a cool idea and premise and it had a interesting concept behind it and used in a very enterteining way.Cast did a good job here,their characters were very releatable and i found myself caring for our lead and her friend.They had great chemistry between them and they sold every moment together in a very good and fun way that also deals with tough subject but in a very lighthearted way that doesnt concernes itself from insulting some people with its subject and ideas and that is plus from me.Unpregnant was a cool film ,its not on level of Booksmart but it was fun watch
- marmar-69780
- Oct 3, 2020
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A film that strives to show the "happy" side of abortion that doesn't really exist at all. Does not show any consequences but only wants to show young people how abortion can be performed in 5 minutes and with a smiling face.
I kept forwarding because the dialog, plot and everything else is so bad I couldn't wait for it finish. It was also 90% predictable. But hey I'm pro-choice. But that's not enough for me to even give it more than 2/10.
- todd-ramirez
- Sep 13, 2020
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This is really a classic buddy, road trip movie. It was full of tropes and archetypal people and situations. However, it was well acted and well-done. I was pleasantly surprised and recommend it for light-hearted viewing with some poignant moments.
- mmaglio-54090
- Sep 14, 2020
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