Unpregnant (2020)
Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg
After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.
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Others enjoyed “Obvious Child” more than I, and this past spring’s “Saint Frances” had a refreshingly adult take on the topic.
There’s drag racing, unhinged pro-life activists, and a fun appearance from Giancarlo Esposito as Bob, a libertarian conspiracy theorist and occasional limo driver who definitely feels modeled after Hunt for the Wilderpeople ’s Psycho Sam.
They struggle at first with a dynamic that's too familiar from other teen films (notably 2019's " Booksmart ," with which it awkwardly shares comic bits), but their performances grow in depth and effectiveness with each new stop along the road.