Synopsis
A beautiful and naive college freshman discovers that her entire life is a lie and sets out on a road trip with a host of misfits to discover herself and the answers she craves.
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Cast
- Rachel HendrixHannah
- Jason BurkeyJason
- John SchneiderJacob
- Jennifer PriceGrace
- Colleen TruslerAlanna
- James Austin JohnsonTruman
- Amisho LewisDrama Coach
- Mary TolleyJulia Armen
- Corey WinstonHospital Attendant
- Lance E. NicholsDr. Stewart
Recommendations
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Los Angeles Times
A film whose poignancy is hard to deny whatever side of the abortion debate you fall on. - 60
Arizona Republic
There are few issues more bitterly divisive than abortion, with emotions and rhetoric running at fever pitch. October Baby is a faith-based movie that resides staunchly in the pro-life camp. Yet directors Andrew and Jon Erwin, who also contributed to the story, rarely let their film get didactic, instead going for a more low-key approach. - 60
Variety
Newcomer Rachel Hendrix grabs attention and sustains sympathy as a lovely yet troubled 19-year-old student determined to unlock the secrets of her past after learning the circumstances of her birth. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The filmmakers, longtime music video veterans, have delivered a technically polished production that belies the film's low budget. They've also elicited mostly strong performances. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
October Baby is being promoted as a Christian film, and it could have been an effective one. Rachel Hendrix is surprisingly capable in her first feature role, and Jasmine Guy is superb in her scene. Unfortunately, the film as a whole is amateurish and ungainly, can't find a consistent tone, is too long, is overladen with music that tries to paraphrase the story and is photographed with too many beauty shots that slow the progress. - 40
Village Voice
A slick piece of pro-life propaganda, it has relatively luxe production values, painfully earnest performances, and a drippy "inspirational" score. - 40
New Orleans Times-Picayune
With a scattered, meandering script, a stable of throwaway characters and an almost laughably drawn-out ending, it's all amounts to standard movie-of-the-week fare dressed up in Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. - 30
The New York Times
Not even a dewy heroine and a youth-friendly vibe can disguise the essential ugliness at its core: like the bloodied placards brandished by demonstrators outside women's health clinics, the film communicates in the language of guilt and fear.
