A would be stand-up comic (Jenny Slate) has the rug pulled
out from her and must face the harsh realities of adulthood when she is
successively dumped by her boyfriend, laid off from her job at a bookstore, and
left with an unwanted pregnancy, the result of a one night stand. Gillian
Robespierre’s Obvious Child comes in at a cool clip and has some funny and even poignant moments but Slate’s raunchy,
foul mouthed humor is off-putting and the film is decidedly one-sided on its
central abortion issue. David Cross is funny in an unnecessary cameo and Paul
Simon’s title song is put to good use during a memorable sequence.
** 1/2 out of ****
