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  • 2020
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
The Surrogate

Summary Jess Harris (Jasmine Batchelor), a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti) and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all...

Directed By: Jeremy Hersh

Written By: Jeremy Hersh

  • 2020
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2020
  • Monument Releasing
  • 1 h 33 m

The Surrogate

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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Summary Jess Harris (Jasmine Batchelor), a 29 year old web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh (Chris Perfetti) and his husband Aaron (Sullivan Jones). Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma. As they all...

Directed By: Jeremy Hersh

Written By: Jeremy Hersh

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Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
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90
Jun 8, 2020
This clear-eyed ethical drama is propelled by a performance of stunning psychological insight and raw feeling from Jasmine Batchelor. But the film is rendered even more affecting by the careful consideration it gives to the impact of her character's fluctuating decision-making, both on the people directly involved and those on the fringes.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
83
Jun 10, 2020
As Jess, Jasmine Batchelor (the film marks her first starring role in a film, the actress also produced it) turns in one of the year’s best performances, profound work that twists an already propulsive concept into a riveting character study.
By Kate Erbland FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 7, 2021
No one is a bad guy here, while all of them are also flawed, and the movie keeps the viewer wondering right up to the end what Jess will finally decide.
By Leslie Felperin FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 11, 2020
That writer-director Jeremy Hersh’s debut feature is a screen original surprises, not because it’s “stagy” (though he has written plays), but because its engagingly argumentative virtues aren’t typical for movies anymore, if they ever were.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 10, 2020
The result can be frustratingly militant in its desire to show all angles of its central conflict (and how it sparks others), but the questions it makes us ask ourselves are worth it.
By Jared Mobarak FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 8, 2020
Imperfections cannot steal away the ambitious underpinnings of Hersh’s intentions for “The Surrogate,” a down-to-earth analysis of the ever-precarious, self-serving human condition; an examination that speaks volumes despite its reserved demeanor.
By Jonathan Christian FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 11, 2020
The Surrogate feels like the vexed progeny of an elevator pitch and an ethics advice column.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tandem Pictures, Resonant Pictures
Release Date Jun 12, 2020
Duration 1 h 33 m
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Awards

Milan International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Casting Society of America, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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