OK...I didn't make that up in my Title...that was a quote I heard Senator Arlen Specter make once...I think in one of the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. At first I thought it was an over-the-top comment to make, but the more I thought about it, I think he's right.
I am a Male who is strongly Pro-Choice, and have always been extremely interested in the abortion debate. The fact that this was supposed to be a balanced look at abortion from both sides made me interested in renting the film.
Truth be told, this film is slanted towards the Pro-Choice side. If someone who is Pro-Life felt this was well-balanced, I'd be shocked. As others have noted, most of the Pro-Life people are shown practically frothing at the mouth, while most of the Pro-Choice people are reasoned intellectuals. I'll bet there are some extremely rational, calm people on the Pro-Life side, but we never saw them. I'm sure there are also over-the-top Pro-Choice extremists, but we didn't see many of them either. For example, I would have liked to have seen those who are so Pro-Choice defend sex-selection abortions. We didn't see that.
As a Pro-Choice movie, there is more balance in it than is typically shown, but to say this movie is right down the middle on abortion would be incorrect. Still, I really liked this movie, and the last 20 minutes or so where we watch the woman going through the whole abortion process was extremely powerful, particularly her reaction at the end.
I'm not sure there's a very wide market for a film like this. If you're a big follower of the abortion issue, it's definitely worth seeing. If you don't find this a hot button issue, you'll probably think most of this is much ado about nothing.
I am a Male who is strongly Pro-Choice, and have always been extremely interested in the abortion debate. The fact that this was supposed to be a balanced look at abortion from both sides made me interested in renting the film.
Truth be told, this film is slanted towards the Pro-Choice side. If someone who is Pro-Life felt this was well-balanced, I'd be shocked. As others have noted, most of the Pro-Life people are shown practically frothing at the mouth, while most of the Pro-Choice people are reasoned intellectuals. I'll bet there are some extremely rational, calm people on the Pro-Life side, but we never saw them. I'm sure there are also over-the-top Pro-Choice extremists, but we didn't see many of them either. For example, I would have liked to have seen those who are so Pro-Choice defend sex-selection abortions. We didn't see that.
As a Pro-Choice movie, there is more balance in it than is typically shown, but to say this movie is right down the middle on abortion would be incorrect. Still, I really liked this movie, and the last 20 minutes or so where we watch the woman going through the whole abortion process was extremely powerful, particularly her reaction at the end.
I'm not sure there's a very wide market for a film like this. If you're a big follower of the abortion issue, it's definitely worth seeing. If you don't find this a hot button issue, you'll probably think most of this is much ado about nothing.