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Egg (2018) is a English movie. Marianna Palka has directed this movie. Christina Hendricks,Alysia Reiner,David Alan Basche,Anna Camp are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2018. Egg (2018) is considered one of the best Comedy movie in India and around the world.
Tina is a New York artist whose husband, Wayne lives off her money and success. They invite her eight-months pregnant art school rival, Karen, a housewife and perfect wife and power hungry, new-money husband, Don to their Brooklyn loft, surprising them with Tina's new work-in-progress: a radical alternative to motherhood. Tina who is having a child via a surrogate, tells Karen that she couldn't stand having someone hanging off her breast all day. Karen retaliates that being pregnant makes her feel like a celebrity, and that she's sorry for people who don't have children. When the sensuous, non-traditional surrogate, Kiki arrives, the truth comes out, and the patriarchy fights to hang on by its teeth. And a tough debate broke out between ex-girlfriends, in which everyone tried to defend their opinion about surrogate motherhood. They reveal secrets.
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Greetings again from the darkness. In what would likely be more effective as a stage play than a film, director Marianna Palka (GOOD DICK, 2008) subjects us to first four, and then five adults, each participating in what is mostly a 90 minute exercise in passive-aggressive bickering. There are absolutely some moments of pure movie gold, and the premise is quite promising, but unfortunately the bulk of this movie experience is simply watching annoying people and listening to their irritating banter (courtesy of the first screenplay from Risa Mickenberg). In defense, annoyance is the goal here. Former art school classmates Karen (Christina Hendricks) and Tina (Alysia Reiner) have arranged their first get-together in many years. Karen brings her wealthy snob husband Don (David Alan Basche, Ms. Reiner's real life husband) to Tina's bohemian loft which she shares with Wayne (Gbenga Akinnagbe). Karen is 8 months pregnant, Don is worried about his Cadillac in this neighborhood, Tina is a conceptual artist, and Wayne adamantly refuses to be defined by his work - of which he seems to have little. Judging others seems to be the point of this little party, and as Karen calls giving birth "one of the most beautiful things in life", she has to stop every 5 minutes to pee and eat, and repeat the cycle - all while being unable to sit comfortably. Riffing on how decisions are made on whether to become a parent, and how contemporary gender roles are defined, an abundance of societal commentary leads to a never-ending soft core argument. The bombshell hits when Tina announces she and Wayne are having a baby via a surrogate. Things get really interesting when Kiki (Anna Camp), the surrogate, joins the group. The wheels go flying off when Kiki reveals she has been in a 5 year relationship with a married man, and that man's wife is now pregnant with their 6th child. Kiki also talks about the 5 stages of womanhood ... each seeming to be in service to man. The conventions of motherhood, and contrasts in suburbia vs. bohemian lifestyles are a central theme here, but none of these folks are the type from which we can draw any inspiration or insight. They are self-centered, insecure types with each trying to prove their high level of enlightenment to the others. Mostly it's 90 minutes of whiny women and whiny men, in what could have been a fascinating look at motherhood and the evolution of friendship between two women who chose different paths. There is a bitterness to the story and the characters, and uncomfortable discussions handled in such a way that the biting humor rarely hits its mark. Even the ending, which is totally believable, is unsatisfying given what we've been through with these characters.
Underrated movie. Highly recommended
Hands down one of the best movies I've seen in a while. I understand that not everyone might like it, but it really deserves better ratings. The realness in it is just mind blowing to the point where you don't feel like it's a movie anymore. The cast is perfect, Christina Hendricks in particular.
Brilliant
I really did not expect much, so I was pleasantly surprised. This movie is sincere and unlike most movies with this kind of theme, it does not push any current political narrative. It's message is timeless. Oh, I made a mistake. It doesn't really deliver a message. It takes you on a journey. I have never seen a complex matter like having a child being explored from so many angles in one movie. Great job. Might not be popular in today's PC climate.
Highly recommend!
Just saw a brilliant film! Compelling, transfixing, wonderfully written and acted, beautifully directed, great cast