Milkwater

Don't trust the rating here. There's clearly some low-key smear campaign at work (which is one of this platforms strengths, after all). This is a cleverly written film with great characters. The wit is acerbic and the story is strong. Definitely one of the better LGBTQ films I've seen recently.

Milo (molly bernard) meets roger (pat breen) and agrees to be a surrogate for him. He's a single gay guy, looking for someone to carry his child. She got pregnant on the first try, but neglected to work out all the details. So her lawyer friend advises her to be careful, and meet with roger to figure it out. Milo is feisty, and pregnant, with all those hormones, so she's grouchy. And argumentative. Both roger and milo are trying to carry on their own lives, but it's challenging, with a baby on the way. Good film. I guess it could have happened this way, but i think most of us would have signed the papers before getting pregnant to carry a baby for someone else. It's complicated. Written and directed by morgan ingari. This seems to be someone's personal story. Probably many peoples' story.

Molly Bernard who is also a Producer of the film is the female lead as well. Milo.

For Milo, take into account her family history when the female lead explains it.

Take into account her relationship with her friends and competition with her best female friend. I see best friends having that level of competition many times.

The female lead is still trying to find her purpose and she finds one as being a surrogate.

It was done impulsively and the rest of the movie is a classic case many surrogates might find themselves in.

I did find it an enjoyable watch. The acting, music, cinematography and directing looked great from what I could tell.

As a lesbian couple is holding a baby shower, a straight-woman friend meets a 50-something bartender / drag artist who desperately wants a baby, but has failed both on adoption and surrogacy. She impulsively offers to be his surrogate. As the pregnancy progresses, the two parents' diverging ideas / fantasies of how the child will be raised start to conflict.

This is a good study of the pitfalls of surrogacy, where there is no signed-in-advance contract, or even a pre-negotiated agreement between friends. My quibble is whether someone over 50 really should be looking towards having a baby alone.

The acting and technical aspects were top-notch, but the main character is so annoying as to be completely unsympathetic, so much so that the humor falls flat with a dull thud. Not only did I not laugh out loud, I didn't even break a half-hearted smile. If Milo were my Facebook friend, I would block her without hesitation.