“Unpregnant” is the second film this year, after “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” to feature a pair of teenage women crossing state lines to obtain an abortion. In both movies, as in real life, the characters’ home states mandate parental consent for minors. But in contrast to that earlier, quietly distressing story, “Unpregnant” takes this real-world issue as the premise for an energetic buddy comedy. The film, streaming on HBO Max, follows Veronica (Haley Lu Richardson), a strait-laced overachiever who discovers that she’s pregnant in the bathroom of her Missouri high school. The sole witness to her positive test is her one-time best friend, the plucky, punky Bailey (Barbie Ferreira), who happens upon the private moment.

Source: New York Times September 10, 2020 10:52 UTC