Reviews

As the series progressed, I lost all the empathy for the lead - It was unclear to me why she chooses to stick around this douche, drug addict, abusive boyfriend, unless it's for his money. She kept making morally bad decisions then complained about the consequences. She showed no signs of remorse and that basically makes her a psychopath.

For most of the series her defense attorney did a horrible job defending her- all he did was to explain to her the procedures and nothing else.

Apart from that - all the parents in the series are superficial, lack values and parenting skills. Quite unbearable.

I liked the light tone of the film, good actors and I think it had potential. Unfortunately too many issues and holes in the story left it less than mediocre:

First, the movie presumes to portray real life, so how come we don't know anything about the guy except for his relationship issues - he never works, has no friends (except for an ex), and struggles with nothing apart from his ability to stay in a relationship. As for her - unless she's super rich (and it doesn't look like she is) it's pretty difficult to be divorced and raise two small children in NYC, yet that's not a consideration in her conflict as to whether or not to keep the baby after getting accidentally pregnant from a guy she barely knows.

Second, a grown woman with two kids should recognize this type of selfish and childish douche who runs away when things get heavy at a much earlier stage - all the warning lights are there! But instead, she behaves like an teenager and flows with this relationship until the inevitable end.

Third- in what world, a divorced woman who already has two small kids, is seriously thinking about keeping a baby from a man she had one blind date with that ended in bed? Again, cost of raising a baby along with the huge responsibility are not even a consideration.

Fourth - the political issue around abortions is forced into the script and doesn't seem to belong there at all.

Fifth- all in all, I don't see the point in this film. Neither of the leads went through something that changed them by even a little or have new perspective. It's the same old story about a woman getting into a relationship with the wrong guy and we know how this ends. It's too weird that she wants to keep his baby.

A pity since the actors are really good and the tone was realistic & light. Could have been way better.

As a screenwriter this movie really upset me - a bunch of journalists expose a case, where hundreds of children have been molested by priests, and covered up by the church. How do the journalists expose it? they call up a bunch of guys who said it before, but nobody listened to them. No doubt it's an important story, however I didn't detect any brilliant journalism - this is not All the President's Men, nor is it The Verdict where Paul Newman battled against the church. Spotlight reporters never stray in the dark or risk anything - the story is basically handed to them on a silver platter, and they only verify it. Drama? hell with it. worst of all - No brilliant cinema, no actions, just dialogue about this and that, we hardly get to know the characters outside of work, so we don't care about them. Bottom line is that this horrible case leaves hardly any impact. By the end of the movie you just realize that there have been pedophile priests. Didn't we already know this? No climax, no anticlimax, no heroes to root for. Hell I don't understand the raving reviews.