Film Review: Veronica Decides To Abort, A Much Needed Look At 'Unpregnant' Unpregnant There have been a number of excellent coming-of-age movies in 2020, and director Rachel Lee Goldenberg’s Unpregnant is easily one of the best. Review: Unpregnant Is a Road Trip Movie Freed by Flashes of Rage. ... the miracles could have been a source of satire that’s particularly resonant given the endless controversies of the Catholic Church, though this potentiality is also whiffed, save for Cary Elwes’s amusingly slimy performance as a … Academy Awards Diversity and Inclusion Rules. Although she is a diligent condom user, Veronica somehow finds herself pregnant while underage and living in Missouri. UNpregnant and abortion. Unpregnant was released on September 10 exclusively on HBO Max.The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan. Seventeen-year-old Veronica Clarke never thought she would wish she’d failed a test until she finds herself holding a thick piece of plastic in … Unpregnant is a confusing fusion of genres: road-trip movie; coming-of-age tale; slapstick comedy. UNpregnant - Review and Commentary. One particularly propagandistic element of the film is the statistics. The clinic worker tells Veronica how the “fetus” will be suctioned out of her, and when she awakes in the recovery room, the camera pans out to show a room filled with women and girls — relieved, relaxed, and above all — unpregnant.The fact that Unpregnant is an abortion infomercial loosely disguised as a teen flick is entirely intentional. The Crown just cast an Australian to play Princess Diana! 1,019 reviews. “Unpregnant” features a 17-year-old protagonist, Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson), who has, thus far, lived up to her Catholic parents’ expectations in every way. For a while, Unpregnant most closely resembles The Sure Thing in the bickering interplay between our reluctant road-trippers, with Veronica counting pennies and managing the itinerary while the more free-spirited Bailey wants them to make a stop at Roswell. Spitting Image, BoJo’s Penis and Fear of a Black Puppet. Unpregnant bravely treads into some of the most politically charged waters without ever losing its light-hearted comedic nature or trivialising the issues it seeks to address. These are brief and insightful commentaries on faith and culture by Catholic theologian and author Bishop Robert Barron. Sexual taboos on tv crumble just as taboos around speech are erected. Cuties - Review and Commentary. Unpregnant goes to the point of including a crazed, specifically Catholic couple, that goes as far as holding the protagonists captive while nearly driving off a cliff, all in the name of preventing Veronica from reaching the abortion clinic.