This was one of the more interesting and unique indie films I had seen in years. Lily Tomlin plays a woman who is grieving the loss of her longtime partner, just broke up with her much younger girlfriend of a few months, and her teen granddaughter (Julia Garner) comes to her to tell her she’s pregnant and needs $600 for an abortion appointment that day. Both are broke, so they just go around to people they know who owe them favors to collect the money in time for the appointment. It’s funny and strong, and is a heavily female-focused story, with a lot of solid actresses in supporting roles (Marcia Gay Harden, Laverne Cox, Lauren Tom, Judy Greer, Elizabeth Pena, Colleen Camp), and it was a rare movie focusing on a lesbian woman in her senior age with a lot of varied life experience. I just really dug this one a lot.
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