A web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.
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This is a whip-smart and highly confident filmmaking, unafraid to tackle a swathe of social issues that may intimidate even the most experienced of writer-directors.| Read in full: The Surrogate film review We Love Cinema
Writer-director Jeremy Hersh, making his feature debut, excels at unpicking how the threads of each character’s moral position are tangled up with other issues, such as class, gender, sexuality, privilege and even race (Jess and Aaron are Black; Josh is white) that have real material effects on how they see the dilemma.The Guardian
The Surrogate doesn’t land definitively on any one side of the ethical dilemma it proposes, although it is merciless in its depiction of the gay men’s privilege and careless misogyny.Little White Lies
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
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From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital
