Obvious Child (2014)
8/10
Touching, Funny, and a Heart Felt Reality
26 September 2014
Warning: Spoilers
My second Arts/Comedy movie this week, I felt like this was one that deals with the real world. So many of us, young and old struggle to find our voice. This voice could be a calling, a talent or just a passion. Obvious child took place in New York, were, as the environment seems very open to the dark comics perspective and self-exploiting personal issues. Donna Stern's (Jenny Slate) character actually intrigues and made me fell like part of the movie. As a musician, artiest and father. I find the connection and atmosphere of living life with a dream and reality of supporting yourself in the process.

To some this movie could be very controversial dues to its nature with Donna Stern's (Jenny Slate) character leading up to and committing to have an abortion during this period of here life. I don't look at the film as an advocate of abortion nor, do I support its cause, but more to show the perspective of young minds struggle with finding themselves as well as the realization that our decisions bring. The character showed compassion as well as her dark humor as a reaction to the decision.

There was much truth and reality to the story as Donna Stern's (Jenny Slate) found her self in the middle of a personal struggle as well as a relationship struggle. She looked to her personal exploits to poke fun of her reality. Much understood to artiest as we aim to please others in order to make up for our own insecurities. Donna Stern's (Jenny Slate) understood what was going on around her and its effect on the on the others in her life. She aimed to share this situation with her one nightstand, but seemed to want to get to know him first. This was easiest understood as the beginning of the movie, which featured her break up with a previous boyfriend, and her temper tantrum reaction. With a bit of a stalker vibe she starts to down a path the leads to her current situation.
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