dir. Tyler Spindel
In Kinda Pregnant, Lainy (Amy Schumer) plays a woman who straps a fake belly to herself and pretends to be pregnant. Rather than treating this as the psychological horror show that it is, Kinda Pregnant instead decides this is an adorably kooky and totally relatable way to behave, with Lainy being played off as sympathetic rather than disturbed or mind-bogglingly self-absorbed. The film’s emotional beats are genuinely offensive, with characters giving speeches about how all women want marriage and children without any alternative view ever even hinted at, and a love story so contrived it’s impossible to take seriously at any point. Even worse are the movie’s attempts at comedy, which include but are sadly not limited to: Lainy rubbing cake all over her own face in the middle of a restaurant; a sex scene in a garage somehow involving oven mitts; people falling into a swimming pool (original!); a small child running around with a knife and stabbing someone in the belly; Lainy stuffing a full cooked turkey up her dress. Every single attempt at a joke is resoundingly unfunny, and just makes the movie seem far longer than it actually is. Kinda Pregnant is simply kinda terrible.
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