The new film <em>Plan B </em>follows two teenagers on a trek to obtain a morning-after pill. Surprisingly warm but also broadly funny, it's a tricky balance executed very well.
The new film Plan B follows two teenagers on a trek to obtain a morning-after pill. Surprisingly warm but also broadly funny, it s a tricky balance executed very well.
Few films walk a tonal tightrope as tricky as the one undertaken by
Plan B, a terrific out-all-night comedy now available on Hulu that manages to combine the energy of
Booksmart with the compassion for teenagers and their parents of
Blockers. It adds, however, a refreshing and rare at least until recently willingness to tell a story about one of the things that can genuinely create a desperate situation for a girl this age: access to reproductive health care.
In this case, Sunny (Kuhoo Verma) is a South Dakota high school student whose first sexual encounter is unsatisfying and regrettable even before she realizes that a birth-control mishap means she s at risk of getting pregnant. (It s worth noting that out of all the birth-control mishaps you ve seen in movies, this is one of the least shown but most plausible, particularly for teenagers whose sex education has been patchy and incomplete.) She knows her best chance to guard against pregnancy at this point is the mornin
With “Plan B” and “Language Lessons,” the actress is finally getting to start a career behind the camera, a goal one talent agency couldn’t understand.