New movie about infertility

[Anonymous]

I haven';t seen this movie yet but this interview makes it sound great.

https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2018/10/03/653928256?showDate=2018-10-03

[Anonymous]

Raising Arizona is still the classic by any means necessary movie. As someone who experienced infertility, losses, etc, this didn't sound appealing to me.

[Anonymous]

Thanks OP! I just watched it. Great moments. A bit melancholy at times, hilarious at others.

[Anonymous]

I watched The movie and enjoyed it. It was very true to life and wonderfully acted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I watched The movie and enjoyed it. It was very true to life and wonderfully acted.

I have not finished it yet but the scene about the PIO shot was perfect. And Kathryn Hahn is great, as always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched The movie and enjoyed it. It was very true to life and wonderfully acted.

I have not finished it yet but the scene about the PIO shot was perfect. And Kathryn Hahn is great, as always.

It's funny. I heard an interview (Fresh Air) where they talked a lot about that scene and it made me not want to see the movie. For me, so really just my opinion, infertility was hard enough without added layers of emotion for dramatic effect. The shots were all business with no thought before or after (even when in the bathroom of the Kennedy Center or whatever). It just seems like adding pity in whatever places it can fit isn't helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I watched The movie and enjoyed it. It was very true to life and wonderfully acted.

I have not finished it yet but the scene about the PIO shot was perfect. And Kathryn Hahn is great, as always.

It's funny. I heard an interview (Fresh Air) where they talked a lot about that scene and it made me not want to see the movie. For me, so really just my opinion, infertility was hard enough without added layers of emotion for dramatic effect. The shots were all business with no thought before or after (even when in the bathroom of the Kennedy Center or whatever). It just seems like adding pity in whatever places it can fit isn't helpful.

Since it is a PIO shot and those are tricky, I thought that scene was great. It was clear that the screenwriter had gone through IVF the way the husband kept saying "it was supposed to be the top outer quadrant", which was exactly the advice we had been given about how to do the PIO shot. And then they screen cuts to "36 hours later," which is of course exactly when you would go for your retrieval. That and the fridge full of menopur made me feel like this movie captured IVF much better than other movies about infertility.

I did the stim shots from all sorts of crazy places (Starbucks bathrooms, Busboys and Poets) but those PIO shots required serious attention (at least for me).

[Anonymous]

Thought it overdramatized things

[Anonymous]

New poster who has never gone through infertility. This really brought home for me how heartbreaking and crazy-making this couple's journey was. I considered stopping/not watching about halfway through because I was very saddened by it (I have several girlfriends who conceived after years of fertility treatments and it was hard for me to think of them in this situation).

My heart goes out to everyone. Not pity, just support.

[Anonymous]

It was very realistic and accurate. Very well done.

Particularly how it ends - it’s a long journey for many people.

[Anonymous]

UP is still my favorite infertility movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UP is still my favorite infertility movie.

+1000.
That first scene is one of the best portrayals of love and marriage in all of cinema.

[Anonymous]

I found this movie depressing, and I am currently 20 weeks pregnant. I would definitely not have enjoyed it in the middle of IVF.

One More Shot was excellent though.