Obvious Child
2014·United States·83 min.
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A girl walks into a bar…and starts telling jokes about her vagina and her boyfriend. But it turns out the joke’s on her: the boyfriend’s been sleeping with her friend, and he takes advantage of her public, extremely off-color verbal antics to dump her. Basting in misery (she’s also about to lose her job) and alcohol (with a gay wing-man on hand to enable her), she attempts to find solace in family, friends, more stand-up, and ultimately a casual hookup. What comes next (no spoilers here) represents a brave new frontier in comedy, and director Gillian Robespierre tackles it head-on, with side splitting results.
DirectorGillian Robespierre
ScreenwriterGillian Robespierre
MusicChris Bordeaux
CinematographyChris Teague
CastJenny Slate·Jake Lacy·Gaby Hoffmann·Paul Briganti·Stephen Singer·Jennifer Kim·Polly Draper·Richard Kind·Gabe Liedman·Cindy Cheung·Emily Tremaine
Original titleObvious Child