This film is bizarre. It's difficult to talk about the film as a standalone piece when it exists solely as a political talking point. The best way I can describe this film is that there are no real characters, the actors just portray puppets meant to represent certain specific archetypes to help sell a political narrative. As a result, most of the characters are comically one-note.
The writing for this film is strange. There seems to be this impression that there are just as many people telling the main character to have the abortion than to not have it. This is odd as this isn't really something that I can see happening in real life. It's difficult to believe anything in this. There's the implication that having the abortion will lead to the failure of her relationship to an irresponsible guy and that she will never find anyone else ever again and never have the chance to start a family and die alone. That's such a catastrophic way to see things and is in no way even remotely believable to anyone who dedicates, at least, a little thought to it. There's also the implication that the main character's friend, who had an abortion at 16, would have been better off if she had the kid as a teenager rather than not. In what world is a 16 year old better off becoming a parent than graduating high school and college? The way this film is written is so painfully binary that it feels like it is spoon feeding the viewer a pre-digested narrative as simple talking points to be parroted whenever deemed necessary. Even if I agreed with this film's message, I'd feel like it was insulting my intelligence.
The acting is what it is. It's not terrible but it's not that good either. There's a lot of really bad fake crying and some of the line delivery feels like something out of a Neil Breen film.
I noticed some technical errors as well, particularly with the audio. There are times where, when a character shifts position or posture, the mic will become muffled and suffer from proximity effect which gets a little distracting at times, especially if you're listening with headphones.
I refuse to believe that people talk the way the mother in this film does in real life. Even the most devout of Christians, I don't think, would smirk at their own daughter and nonchalantly reprimand them for "living in sin." This film seems to misrepresent everyone, not just the people who don't agree with this film's message, but also the ones who do. People in this film are so invested, personally, in the decision that the main character makes and it is plain silly and so unrealistic- it seems I'm watching a parody than something that is trying to be taken seriously. If this was a parody, it'd probably be a work of genius, but alas, this is a Pure Flix film and it unfortunately is trying to be taken seriously.
I wasn't expecting very much from this film and it didn't disappoint in that regard. Maybe in more capable hands this could have been something profound, but again, this doesn't exist to be a work of art, but just as a political tool and thus, it is what it is.
The writing for this film is strange. There seems to be this impression that there are just as many people telling the main character to have the abortion than to not have it. This is odd as this isn't really something that I can see happening in real life. It's difficult to believe anything in this. There's the implication that having the abortion will lead to the failure of her relationship to an irresponsible guy and that she will never find anyone else ever again and never have the chance to start a family and die alone. That's such a catastrophic way to see things and is in no way even remotely believable to anyone who dedicates, at least, a little thought to it. There's also the implication that the main character's friend, who had an abortion at 16, would have been better off if she had the kid as a teenager rather than not. In what world is a 16 year old better off becoming a parent than graduating high school and college? The way this film is written is so painfully binary that it feels like it is spoon feeding the viewer a pre-digested narrative as simple talking points to be parroted whenever deemed necessary. Even if I agreed with this film's message, I'd feel like it was insulting my intelligence.
The acting is what it is. It's not terrible but it's not that good either. There's a lot of really bad fake crying and some of the line delivery feels like something out of a Neil Breen film.
I noticed some technical errors as well, particularly with the audio. There are times where, when a character shifts position or posture, the mic will become muffled and suffer from proximity effect which gets a little distracting at times, especially if you're listening with headphones.
I refuse to believe that people talk the way the mother in this film does in real life. Even the most devout of Christians, I don't think, would smirk at their own daughter and nonchalantly reprimand them for "living in sin." This film seems to misrepresent everyone, not just the people who don't agree with this film's message, but also the ones who do. People in this film are so invested, personally, in the decision that the main character makes and it is plain silly and so unrealistic- it seems I'm watching a parody than something that is trying to be taken seriously. If this was a parody, it'd probably be a work of genius, but alas, this is a Pure Flix film and it unfortunately is trying to be taken seriously.
I wasn't expecting very much from this film and it didn't disappoint in that regard. Maybe in more capable hands this could have been something profound, but again, this doesn't exist to be a work of art, but just as a political tool and thus, it is what it is.