One of my favourite LMN movies, and they are very rare and far in between. It's the story of two sister, Monica and Jennifer, the latter I assume being the younger one. Movie opens with ten years ago where Monica arrives home from I assume school to find her boyfriend and sister making out. Furious at what she has seen, she kicks her boyfriend out and has a blowout with Jen and storms off in her car and has a crash. Then it is ten years later and in the hospital delivery room Lily is giving birth to Monica and Brad's baby girl, Olivia. OK so this is the background of the movie. Oh just wanting to add that Jen is going through an ugly divorce from her husband Sam who has a young beautiful girlfriend Laura. Monica is a lawyer and is representing her sister Jen in the divorce and shared custody of Sam and Jen's daughter Ruby.
Now there were a few holes in the story which I will go through. 1 - Was Lily a surrogate when she was temping for Brad or was it the baby that her mother forced her to put up for adoption? 2 - Were Brad and Monica the donors and hence the biological parents or was it just Brad? 3 - Did the accident cause Jennifer's infertility or was she born that way? 4 - Did Jen succeed in getting full custody or Ruby or just shared custody?
To continue on , there were three strong casts in this movie, Christy Tate (Monica), Brianna Cohen aka Ren Harlow (Jennifer) and Sarah Fisher (Lily). I have seen them in other LMN movies and they have been good in all three. One last thing, Sam and Laura were obnoxiously horrible people. And I hope he lost the custody battle! I rarely give stars to LMN movies but this one gets a nine from me.
Finally I left out a very important question: Aren't there usually clauses in surrogacy contracts that the surrogate terminates all contacts with the couple after giving birth? I thought this was the major flaw in the movie. Hey Brad and Jen were cosey and buddy buddy with Lily to the point where they hired her for a nanny? Sorry, but I'll have to deduct a star for this flaw! Oh one more thing! Brad's fall in Monica's office was hilarious! So animated and fake. The director should have opted for a zoomed out shot with a stunt double doing the scene!
Now there were a few holes in the story which I will go through. 1 - Was Lily a surrogate when she was temping for Brad or was it the baby that her mother forced her to put up for adoption? 2 - Were Brad and Monica the donors and hence the biological parents or was it just Brad? 3 - Did the accident cause Jennifer's infertility or was she born that way? 4 - Did Jen succeed in getting full custody or Ruby or just shared custody?
To continue on , there were three strong casts in this movie, Christy Tate (Monica), Brianna Cohen aka Ren Harlow (Jennifer) and Sarah Fisher (Lily). I have seen them in other LMN movies and they have been good in all three. One last thing, Sam and Laura were obnoxiously horrible people. And I hope he lost the custody battle! I rarely give stars to LMN movies but this one gets a nine from me.
Finally I left out a very important question: Aren't there usually clauses in surrogacy contracts that the surrogate terminates all contacts with the couple after giving birth? I thought this was the major flaw in the movie. Hey Brad and Jen were cosey and buddy buddy with Lily to the point where they hired her for a nanny? Sorry, but I'll have to deduct a star for this flaw! Oh one more thing! Brad's fall in Monica's office was hilarious! So animated and fake. The director should have opted for a zoomed out shot with a stunt double doing the scene!