Fertility and assisted reproduction in the cinema
Getting a pregnancy is not always easy, nor is it the same for all couples or single women who want to be mothers.
The positive can come surprisingly quickly, but… it is not usual.
When pregnancy does not arrive in a 12-month period, it is usually recommended to start to look for help and advice from fertility specialists. In fact, even if there are no problems conceiving, it does not hurt that at the beginning of this search, professionals in the field of reproduction are consulted.
A couple of reviews, discussing intentions with specialists, and receiving advice from fertility experts can always pave the way for the positive.
But going back to the cases in which this positive does not arrive in 12 months, once the visits to the experts begin, on many occasions, the path of assisted reproduction begins.
A path that is still very taboo today, but which, luckily, the cinema has been playing in some films on fertility and assisted reproduction that we want to review.
What are the basic approaches of the films that have been dealing with the subject?
Are they realistic? Do they help couples who are at this point?
Are they sweetened movies with a happy ending?
Do they focus on all the moments and feelings that a heterosexual couple, homosexual or a single woman who wants to be a mother will go through?
Stay, make some popcorn, and let's start checking assisted reproduction in the cinema.
How does cinema approach assisted reproduction?
Most of the films that we will analyze in this post discuss assisted reproduction and the entire fertility process in comedy key. It is true that some bittersweet moments are drawn, but generally, these subjects are touched in a humorous format.
It is very likely that this way of dealing with the subject is given by the taboo that still exists in our society related to infertility.
Precisely because of this taboo, touching issues of infertility and assisted reproduction processes like a dramatic film makes it more complicated and delicate to address. Despite this, there is indeed some dramatic approach, which we will analyze.
Movies about infertility and assisted reproduction
maybe baby
TECHNICAL SHEET of Maybe Baby
Year: 2001.
Director: Ben Elton.
Distribution: Hugh Laurie, Joely richardson, Rowan Atkinson, Emma Thompson, Adrian lester, James purefoy, Tom hollander, Joanna lumley, Matthew macfadyen.
Gender: comedy.
Duration: 104 minutes.
How do you treat fertility Maybe Baby?
In this case it is a comedy in which a couple tries to have a child, and in addition to having a quirky doctor (has Rowan Atkinson ever played a character that was not weird?), The husband will write a script about his own assisted reproduction process. It is a comedy with a frenetic pace and some histrionic characters, ideal to take iron out of the assisted reproduction process.
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Plan B
Technical data sheet of Plan B
Year: 2010.
Director: Alan Paul.
Distribution: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin, Michaela Watkins, Eric Christian Olsen, Anthony Anderson, Noureen Dewulf, Melissa Mccarthy.
Gender: comedy.
Duration: 106 minutes.
How does the movie treat fertility Plan B?
Comedy in which a single woman wants to be a mother and begins the process, but just then she meets her partner. In the key of comedy, it recounts not only the assisted reproduction process, but also what a couple goes through when only one of them was seeking pregnancy.
Pregnant
Technical data sheet for pregnant women
Year: 2016.
Director: Juana Macias.
Distribution: Paco León, Alexandra Jiménez, Karra Elejalde, Ernesto Sevilla, Alberto Amarilla.
Gender: comedy.
Duration: 100 minutes.
How does the film Pregnant treat fertility?
A couple decides to seek pregnancy, but the age does not help, they are close to 40. They begin to visit assisted reproduction clinics, and the film recounts all the situations that a couple must go through at this point: comments, discomfort, fears… Treats the subject from a very comical perspective.
A small change
TECHNICAL FITXA:
Year: 2010.
Director: Josh Gordon, Will Speck.
Distribution: Jennifer Aniston, Jason bateman, Thomas robinson, Juliette Lewis, PatrickWilson, Jeff Goldblum, Scott elrod, Caroline dhavernas, Todd louiso, Edward james hyland, Kelli barrett, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Victor Pagan.
Gender: comedy.
Duration: 101 minutes.
AS IS A SMALL CHANGE THE FERTILITY?
A young woman, tired of not finding the "ideal" partner, decides to become a single mother through artificial insemination. But the story, also focused on humor, becomes complicated when she realizes that her son looks very similar to her great friend Wally.
Private Life
CREDITS:
Year: 2018.
Director: Tamara Jenkins.
Distribution: Paul giamatti, Kathryn Hahn, Kayli carter, Molly shannon, Siobhan fallonEmily Robinson Desmine Borges, Tracee chimo, Amy russ, Jessica Van Oss, Marmee Regine Cosico, Samantha buck, Alyssa Cheatham.
Gender: comedy.
Duration: 101 minutes.
HOW DOES FERTILITY TREAT?
In this case, the film is a drama about the situation of a couple who want to be parents, and struggle with infertility. The film shows the difficulties they face as a couple, and the way they try to save the relationship from all the ups and downs that an assisted reproduction process can entail in a couple.
It is one of the most realistic approaches that can be found on the subject.
If you are looking for pregnancy, and in assisted reproduction procedure, these films can help you laugh a little and see things in a lighter way, since most have a very remarkable comic tone.
And if you have already achieved pregnancy naturally, or have not yet considered starting fertility visits and treatments, these stories will bring you closer to the reality of the process and how some couples who have to go through it live.
I also recommend this post about the best books to learn about fertility and the search for pregnancy:
📚The best books to learn about fertility and pregnancy
And I also recommend this post about whether home male fertility tests are really effective.