The Surrogate (2020)

Excited to be a surrogate for her two best friends, complications arise for Jasmine Batchelor when prenatal tests show anomalies in her fetus. The film relatively successfully attempts to touch upon a number of heavy subjects from abortion to surrogacy and the ethics involved with both of those. While her optimism and strong-headedness are not completely unappealing, Batchelor’s character is a bit difficult to empathize with. She makes a decision and attempts to steamroll everyone in her path forgetting that these are the people she most cares about and not bothering to really take in the multitude of consequences inherent in her decision. The rest of the characters are relegated to spending their time trying to reason with her.