The surrogate 2020

 The Surrogate 2020

MOVIE INFORMATION

Directed by-Jeremy Hersh

Written by-Jeremy Hersh

Produced by - Jonathan Blitstein, Julie Christmas, Taylor Hess

Starring- Jasmine Batchelor, Chris Perfetti, Sullivan Jones, Brooke Bloom, Eboni Booth, William DeMeritt.

Cinematography-Mia Cioffi Henry

Edited by-Cecilia Delgado

Production companies-Tandem Pictures, Resonant Pictures

Distributed by-Monument Releasing

Release date-June 12, 2020

Running time-93 minutes

Country-United States

Language-English

Cast- Jasmine Batchelor as Jess, Chris Perfetti as Josh, Sullivan Jones as Aaron, Brooke Bloom as Bridget,Eboni Booth as Samantha,William DeMeritt as Pierre,Purva Bedi as Diana,Leon Addison Brown as Stephen Harris,Tonya Pinkins as Karen Weatherston-Harris,Brandon Micheal Hall as Nate,Layla Khoshnoudi as Gertrude,Jennifer Damiano as Rachel,Catherine Curtin as Sarah.

Jess is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband, but when a prenatal test comes back positive, it creates a moral dilemma that threatens their friendship. The cast of "The Surrogate" has theater experience, which means they know how to hold the audience's attention in scenes of people sitting in a room talking. That is important because the screenplay is dialogue-heavy in both senses of the word. Much of the film is about characters talking to each other, and the conversations deal with the most sensitive and difficult issues there are: race, gender, eugenics, sexual orientation, disability rights, and abortion. Fortunately, Hersh has a good ear for the way people talk about sensitive and difficult issues. 

A medical professional delivers the news about the chromosomal test and then speaks delicately of referring them to someone who can "guide you through your options." When Aaron and Josh talk about terminating the pregnancy, they put it in terms of the financial cost of raising a child with Down syndrome, glossing over what their decision says about the limits on their ability to love and commit to a child they helped to conceive. But sometimes the words are very direct, as when Jess and her mother, an Ivy League dean, consider that if she were to keep the child herself, in addition to the other challenges of raising a special needs child alone, Jess would be perpetuating the stereotype of a single Black mother. Jess offers to be the surrogate for her two male friends, but the results of a prenatal test cause a moral dilemma that threatens their friendship. 

Well-heeled couple Josh (Chris Perfetti) and Aaron (Sullivan Jones) lead a life of domestic bliss in their gorgeous Brooklyn apartment. All that’s missing is a baby. Enter their best friend, Jess (Jasmine Batchelor, subtle and exacting), who agrees to be their surrogate. Yet when they discover, 13 weeks into the pregnancy, that the baby will be born with Down’s syndrome, their commitment begins to waver. Jess, on the other hand, embraces the prospect of motherhood. On a trip to a community center for kids with special needs, she crouches on the floor, playing with children, while Josh recoils on the sidelines.

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