Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband, but when a prenatal test comes back, it creates a moral dilemma that threatens their friendship.
While the film has a few hiccups, the package as a whole comes across as a truly moving experience that challenges the audience's morals with really thought-provoking dialogue. Along with Jasmine Batchelor's phenomenal performance, 'The Surrogate' is an important film that everyone should check out.
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This movie put me in mind of a popular saying coined by Evelyn Beatrice Hall but widely misattributed to Voltaire: I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. The problem, however, is not whether I agreed or disagreed with what the protagonist, Jess, has to say; the problem is that, if I were to defend what she says to the death, Id be liable to find out, right as Im about to shuffle off my mortal coil, that she just flip-flopped on me.
Jess talks the talk and she certainly talks a good game , but when push comes to shove, she doesnt walk the walk. That is, she talks business but doesnt mean business, and when its time to put her money where her mouth is, she totally flakes out. So not only did I d...
