Unexpected

Name: Unexpected
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: July 24, 2015
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Anders Holm, Cobie Smulders, Elizabeth McGovern, Gail Bean

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The Film Arcade | Release Date: July 24, 2015 | R

Starring: Anders Holm, Cobie Smulders, Elizabeth McGovern, Gail Bean

Summary: When Samantha Abbott (Cobie Smulders) begins her final semester teaching science at a Chicago high school, she faces some unexpected news: She’s pregnant. Soon after, Samantha learns that one of her favorite students, Jasmine (Gail Bean), has landed in a similar situation. [The Film Arcade]

Director: Kris Swanberg

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 90 min

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Leah Greenblatt

Jul 28, 2015

Unexpected isn’t particularly interested in driving the plot forward or holding its leads up as avatars for a cinematic lecture on poverty and white privilege. Instead, it just lets them live and breathe and make mistakes — not for the aim of any greater message or grand epiphanies, but because that’s what people do. Read full review

Geoff Berkshire

Jan 31, 2015

Swanberg and co-writer Megan Mercier have crafted an incredibly generous film that wears its heart on its sleeve but never feels sappy or even sentimental. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Jul 23, 2015

Although nothing really surprising happens (the film has no real plot twists), it’s natural and unforced, like real life. One can imagine that most pregnancies unfold like these, and Swanberg has crafted a universal story observed through small details. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jul 23, 2015

The nuanced performances of Ms. Smulders and Ms. Bean are flawless. Yet the movie’s calm levelheadedness is a subtle detriment. Everything is a little too easy. Read full review

Tirdad Derakhshani

Jul 24, 2015

The chemistry between Smulders and Bean is simply terrific. Their performances almost save the film from its earnest, if bumbling, attempts to make a statement about the social, economic, and racial differences that divide the two characters. Read full review

Sheri Linden

Jul 23, 2015

A modestly scaled feature whose plainspoken sincerity is a hindrance as well as a strength. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Jul 21, 2015

Unexpected isn't about, but rather a product of, class-based condescension in America. Read full review

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LeZee

Feb 24, 2017

A likely friendship in an unexpected circumstance.

Seeing how much the film succeeded, I was not expecting a wonderful drama. I am satisfied with it though, like it portrays about being pregnant, particularly about the teenage pregnancy. They did not go deeper on that topic to just discloseA likely friendship in an unexpected circumstance.

Seeing how much the film succeeded, I was not expecting a wonderful drama. I am satisfied with it though, like it portrays about being pregnant, particularly about the teenage pregnancy. They did not go deeper on that topic to just disclose the negatives, instead they told a heartwarming tale, the relationship between two unlikely pregnant women. After a high school teacher and her student got pregnant unexpectedly, and having a common, they come closer to get by together those tough times. During the period, they plan for their future, but many bumps on the road, how they tackle it was revealed in the rest of the film.

I have heard that Cobie Smulders was really pregnant during making this film. She was good and the highlight of the film. I haven't seen her many solo films. So I find her a much better actress and beautiful than in any of her multi-starer films. Her co-star was not bad either. An interesting storyline, and well written, but not enough to impress a large group of audience. Some people would enjoy it though, probably women who went through a similar situation in their lives. Sometimes we expect a film and reject it if it does not stand up to that par. But some films just reveal what it is intended to and this is that kind of film, whether you like it or not, it will be what it is.

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