Obvious Child

This movie is all about RISK. It’s a rom-com about a woman who decides to get an abortion. No one in her life objects. There are no protesters outside the clinic. She never wonders out loud why she didn’t try “Plan B.” But it’s still a tough decision to go through with it, nevertheless. The cast is good, and they’re up to the challenge. But the point of the movie, I guess, is that there is no conflict. The point is to depict the women who have to make this decision and show them making it. So if you want politics, look elsewhere. The conflict of this movie is just telling the story in the first place. It’s an admirable endorsement of reproductive rights, and as a movie, it’s a decent, easily appreciated dramedy in which the resolution less important than the choice.