Unpregnant (2020)

Unpregnant takes a familiar road-trip setup and jolts it to life with a sharp, contemporary urgency, balancing big laughs with the kind of tenderness that sneaks up on you. Rachel Lee Goldenberg keeps the tone brisk and buoyant without ever treating its subject like a punchline, and the result is a movie that feels both disarmingly fun and quietly bracing. Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira have the kind of chemistry you can’t fake—messy, magnetic, and deeply human—so even the detours and squabbles land as part of something heartfelt. It’s candid about the realities it’s touching, so it may not be for viewers who want their comedies completely escapist, but if you’re on the fence, this is the rare film that’s smart, compassionate, and genuinely entertaining all at once.

Unpregnant is clearly trying to be a frank, teen-friendly road-trip comedy that treats abortion access as a real, urgent problem without turning the characters into after-school-special mouthpieces. When it works, Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira give it warmth and bite, and the buddy dynamic carries you through the heavier moments. But the movie can feel uneven, bouncing between sincere drama and sitcom-ish detours, and its big emotional beats sometimes arrive a little too neatly to feel fully earned. If you want a sharper, more nuanced take on the topic (or broader representation than what’s on offer here), this may come off as well-intentioned but slightly sanitized; if you’re okay with a crowd-pleasing, message-forward teen journey, it’s an easy watch.