I really like this short. It’s so refreshing to see a film where an abortion is only as big of a deal as it needs to be and is dealt with head on, unlike in Juno and Knocked Up (I know I’m not the first person to reference these two films but it would be remiss not to since there were both so popular and both so much about NOT getting an abortion). Obvious Child is a little (ok a lot) hipster-tastic and that boy is just too damn nice but director Gillian Robespierre and the writers are my new heros. There’s something joyful about it, in it’s lack of judgment and acknowledgment of reality (strange that this should feel so surprising really). The film is posted below or you can click through to Vimeo to watch it BIGGER.

Obvious Child from Gillian Robespierre on Vimeo.