One of the standout debuts of 2020 was Jeremy Hersh's The Surrogate, a superbly acted ethical drama that digs deep into complex interpersonal, psychological, moral and legal questions arising from a third-party reproduction arrangement that takes unforeseen turns.
Close friendship added further complications to the childbirth pact in that case, whereas in Nikole Beckwith's Together Together, the pregnancy agreement is purely transactional.
The featherweight comedy is also far more generic, nudging around the shifting boundaries between Ed Helms' father-to-be and Patti Harrison's paid surrogate without ever really raising the emotional stakes.
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