NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES OFTEN (AMAZON PRIME)

Writer/director Eliza Hitman’s painfully insightful portrait of a teenager’s journey to terminate an unwelcome pregnancy resonates with the bleakness of director Cristian Mungiu’s 2007, “4 months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”; “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” unveils the trauma, bullying of “Autumn” (presciently depicted by first time actor Sidney Flanigan), a pregnant small town Pennsylvania high schooler and her cousin “Skyler” (Talia Ryder), traveling to New York, where abortion rights liberally, legally allow her the freedom of “choice”. Their flight, fraught with New York’s tough realities, glitters with their friendship and commitment to finalize their goal; ultimately, a resounding slap at the ubiquitous male gaze.

The appeal of “Never Rarely Sometimes Often” rests primarily with a female audience.

THREE STARS!!!

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