Most of her major decisions were geared towards getting into a college and and having a career. A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that will follow. This is your first movie, correct? Unpregnant is a really fresh take on these kinds of road trip movies we've seen before (usually with guys) but has a really important message about abortion rights and the right to choose and women's safety. 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I’ve been baking. It’s amazing how playing a badass, powerful, self-assured woman rubbed off on me a little. "Unpregnant" is a road trip movie with a new eccentric character (and supporting performance) waiting in every town. 6.2. It stars Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira, with Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, Giancarlo Esposito, Sugar Lyn Beard, and Betty … As the duo drives through Oklahoma and Texas in a muscle car borrowed without Bailey's stepdad's permission, they realize the old, deep bond is still there—and that even though they move in different social universes now, they still have one crucial thing in common: they're young women struggling to make independent choices in a culturally conservative, right-wing Christian-defined part of America where men pass laws to control women's bodies. It stars Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira, with Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, Giancarlo Esposito, Sugar Lyn Beard, and Betty Who. She's done everything "right," according to her upper-middle class parents' worldview. Premiering today on HBO Max, Five Feet Apart star Haley Lu Richardson plays Veronica, a tight-laced 17-year-old high school senior who discovers that she's pregnant. Unpregnant. A big part of what fills my spirit up and encourages me to keep working hard is those Pride shows. Barbie Ferreira and Haley Lu Richardson keep a safe distance apart at the drive-in premiere of their HBO Max movie, Unpregnant, on Wednesday night (September 9) in … Tag: Betty Who Review: Unpregnant. Film ini disutradarai oleh Rachel Lee Goldenberg dan dibintangi oleh Haley Lu Richardson dan Barbie Ferreira. Just ahead of the movie's premiere, Who answered a few questions for PRIDE via email about her very first film, life in quarantine, why she took on the role of the effortlessly sexy queer girl of dreams, Unpregnant's pro-choice message, new music, and of course, the gays! Role Is Your Lesbian Sexual Awakening. But don’t tell me or any woman what to do with their body. The action packed climax is deliriously absurd, and probably the peak for Goldenberg as a visual stylist, but it works at cross-purposes with the movie's otherwise earnest and compassionate tone. Betty Who Hopes Her Unpregnant Role Is Your Lesbian Sexual Awakening. 1080p. Unpregnant functions like Wild Hogs or The Hangover crossed with a very highly produced Planned Parenthood PSA video. (With her imperious height, close-cropped blonde hair, and knowing smile, Who is an action hero-in-waiting; maybe George Miller will read this.). What follows is a hybrid of film genres that coexist uneasily at first, but reconcile about halfway through, once the story gathers speed and emotional force. Though dauntingly ambitious on paper, it grounds itself in sincerity and provides laughs in spades while remaining genuine and respectful to the subject at its core. Australian singer Betty Who radiates star power as a female stock car driver named Kira who flirts with Bailey and shares a brief romantic interlude with her at a fairground, but she's never granted a plot function worthy of her magnetism. Five Unforgettable Rising Actresses of 2020, HBO's Isabel is a Powerful Look at an Influential Life. Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. Unpregnant functions like Wild Hogs or The Hangover crossed with a very highly produced Planned Parenthood PSA video. Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry, Let’s Start Talking: On the Powerful A Concerto is a Conversation. Our lives have gone through a lot of changes so it’s almost like getting to know each other all over again. In Missouri, a 17-year-old high school student named Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson) gets pregnant by her boyfriend, despite being a conscientious condom user. I am so proud of the way this movie tells the story of abortion in 2020. "Unpregnant" has a plot that could fuel a week of apoplectic segments on Fox News Channel. There's a tightly constructed, calculatedly outrageous sequence built around a couple of married Christian activists (Sugar Lyn Beard and "Clueless" alumnus Breckin Meyer). I have always felt a woman should ABSOLUTELY have the right to choose — to make the best decision for herself and the life she wants. So it’s been a challenge to figure out this new relationship I have with my music. And I won’t lie to you, it would be very full circle if I could make a budding, young queer girl feel 1/100th of the way Shane from The L Word made me feel. Unpregnant is available to stream on HBO Max now. The 28-year-old singer confirmed to ET‘s Matt Cohen at the The film starsHaley Lu RichardsonandBarbie Ferreira, with Alex MacNicoll,Breckin Meyer,Giancarlo Esposito,Sugar Lyn Beard, andBetty Who. The film is based upon the novel of the same name by Ted Caplan and Jenni Hendriks. And I hope the music that you’ll hear from this time will be my best yet. What's one thing you've been doing to cope with this pandemic? A smile or nod will do. She is not a reckless person. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs Omg don’t I’ll cry. Aspects of the film's story work well in one context (such as Veronica's political rants during the more straightforwardly dramatic scenes) but not in others. There is a car chase, an all-too-brief romance (with the dazzling Betty … Why Are Women Dissed and Dismissed in the Film Industry? Unpregnant is a 2020 American female buddy pro-choice road drama film written and directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg. Are you working on any new music? It was pretty cute. Yes, I am working on new music, although very slowly and thoughtfully. Matt Zoller Seitz is the Editor at Large of RogerEbert.com, TV critic for New York Magazine and Vulture.com, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. Betty Who Hopes Her 'Unpregnant' Role Is Your Lesbian Sexual Awakening; Instagram post by Betty Who • Oct 24, 2018 at 8:40am UTC Inevitably, Veronica's ire turns to conservative state legislatures that figured out they could get around the 1973 "Roe v. Wade" Supreme Court ruling allowing abortion by passing laws that functionally ban the procedure in certain US states, under the false pretense of looking out for parental rights or women's health and safety. While Unpregnant mostly is about a teen-female friendship, the polarizing topic of abortion never is far away from the proceedings. We don't want to give away too much of the story, but sparks fly between Bailey and Kira and Unpregnant blesses us with an explosion of queer girl feels. And yet Veronica's punishment—either for not being abstinent, an unrealistic option for most teenagers, or accepting her unexpected pregnancy as God's immutable wish—is to be forced to secretly travel 900 miles over three states, to get to the nearest clinic that will terminate the pregnancy without notifying parents who will never allow it. A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow. I feel really lucky. Unpregnant Details. Don’t have one. A silver lining of quarantine has been spending so much time together. She can't get an abortion in Missouri without parental consent, and her ultra-religious, abortion-opposing parents will never allow it, so she convinces her estranged childhood best friend Bailey (Barbie Ferreria) to drive her to the nearest state that will let her do it. Yes, this is my first movie. This year, she took on a role in HBO Max’s “ Unpregnant,” alongside Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira. Comedy Drama English Movies. Rated PG-13 Veronica enlists the help of her grade school pal Bailey (Euphoria star Barbie Ferreira) and so begins an epic, atypical road trip comedy unlike any we've seen before. Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Barbie Ferreira, Alex MacNicoll, Breckin Meyer, Giancarlo Esposito, Sugar Lyn Beard, Betty Who, Mary McCormack, Denny Love, Ramona Young, Kara … What was that like and how did it feel being a queer girl's fantasy girl? The 28-year-old singer confirmed to ET's Matt Cohen at the Unpregnant premiere this week that she and her fiancé, Zak Cassar are husband and wife. Performing, especially in service of the LGBTQ+ community, is where I feel the most at home and seen. It’s an HBO Max original. Unpregnant / Kiss Scene — Bailey and Kira (Barbie Ferreira and Betty Who) IMDb: 6.2 2020 104 min 268 views. Kira Matthews. ... (singer-songwriter Betty Who). You get to play this badass, racecar-driving lesbian. When you get each other as deeply as these two, you don't need every life milestone to be pumped up into a Hallmark moment. And it's here that the film edges into a hybrid of the political satire and the social problem/message picture.