October Baby Movie Review

October Baby

                                                       

October Baby is an American drama movie released in 2011. This movie is written by Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin, Theresa Preston and Cecil Stokes and directed by Andrew and Jon Erwin. The leading characters of October Baby are played by Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy, Jennifer Price and Colleen Trusler.

The movie October Baby is about a teenage girl who, all of sudden, learns that she was born premature, was adopted and was a failed attempt of an abortion. Then she starts her journey to her birthplace and  to find her real mother. 

Rachel Hendrix A Scene from the movie October Baby

Plot:

October Baby starts with a teenage girl named Hannah preparing for her role in her school play. Her good childhood friend (and apparently, her crush) visits her before the performance and they have a little chat. Hannah is feeling uneasy and nervous about her performance and soon after the drama starts, she has a seizure and faints on the stage. Her parents are in the theater to see her play, so they take her to hospital.

After staying at the hospital for one day, Hannah feels better and goes to home. Then she, along with her parents, has a session with her doctor. The doctor talks about her mental issues and says, the reason for her physical and mental issues is the fact that she was born premature. She already can not take this easy but then, she learns that her parents, as she knows them, are not her birthparents. She was adopted and her present parents do not know the name of her actual parents. She also gets the information that her actual mother tried to abort her and she is a result of a failed attempt of abortion.

After hearing all these, Hannah becomes confused, angry and depressed. She shares her feelings with that childhood friend (named Jason) and decides to find her real mother. From her parents, Hannah learns the name and location of the hospital where she was born. Then suddenly, some of her friends (including Jason) invite her to join a road trip they are having, which will pass through the place where she was born. Hannah agrees, and then starts that trip with her friends.

On the night when they stop at a hotel, Hannah shares room with Jason’s girlfriend and before sleeping, Jason’s girlfriend says offensive words to her about her situation. Hannah leaves the group instantly and starts walking. Next morning, Jason finds her by using a rental car and then the two of them spend a good day together. On that night, they rent a room at a hotel, but end up sleeping in the sofa of that hotel’s lobby.

On the next day, they go to the hospital where Hannah was born and find it abandoned. They break in and get caught by police. Hannah tells the police officer her story and fortunately, the officer knows the nurse who signed her birth certificate. The officer frees them and she goes to that nurse. That nurse is now a retired person and she tells Hannah all about the history of her birth. She also gives Hannah her real mother’s name and tells her about the brother that Hannah had.   

Hannah then goes to meet her real mother. But there everything doesn’t go fine. Then Hannah’s father comes there who has got information from Jason’s girlfriend. She takes Hannah home from that place.

Will Hannah go to her birth mother, or will she live with her present patents? Can she find her peace? Will she grow a relation with Jason? The last part of this movie is about her attempt to find the answers and also her attempts to find her inner peace.

A Scene from the movie October Baby

My reviews about the movie October Baby:

First of all, I loved this movie.

The plot of October Baby is very good. The story felt realistic and touchy. The psychological conflicts, the confusions, the angers and all other emotions in a teenage girl are portrayed beautifully in this movie. The ending is also good. The filmmakers have tried to give us a message through October Baby and they have given that message loud and clear to us. 

The acting of almost all the characters in October Baby were good, so were the dialogs. Same goes for the makeups. The screenplay also seemed nice. Rachel Hendrix has performed perfectly here in her debut film and her appearance in this film was really charming. She looked extraordinary beautiful in the whole movie. But I must say, at some parts of October Baby, especially for only a very few seconds, the camera works didn’t look good at all.

Although all the artistes in October Baby have done a good job for themselves, but this movie could be better with some superstars in it.

There is no nude scene in this movie and you can watch October Baby with kids.

So, overall, October Baby is a nice movie. The strongest part of this movie is its plot and the combination of good casting, good acting and good screenplay has helped this beautiful plot to become a great movie. I’d recommend this movie to all movie lovers, because I believe, everyone will love watching October Baby.

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For those who are interested:

IMDB Link: October Baby IMDB

Wikipedia link: October Baby Wiki

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