I actually liked this movie more than I thought I would. Based on the previews, I was expecting an apologia for the baby-making industry with the none-too-clever moral, “Successful people who move to the city are all unhappy.” That is, in part, what the movie’s about, but its vitriol is also more democratic, targeting not only the main character, played by Charlize Theron, but most of those around her. Nobody, it seems, is really happy in the movie, and in the end, Theron’s character has just as good a chance for happiness as anyone else, which I thought was fair. The film modeled, for me, a certain mode of “getting over it” that I thought was believable and instructive. I’m not sure if that makes the film apolitical or profoundly narcissistic, but I enjoyed watching it and would recommend it to others.
“Young Adult”
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