Film Review – Obvious Child

It’s always an absolute pleasure to come across a performance that’s in perfect sync with the material, especially work from a talent who’s never received a proper dramatic challenge before. After a few uninspired years at “Saturday Night Live” and a high-profile supporting role in “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked,” it was easy to write comedian Jenny Slate off as another nondescript performer unable to get their voice out into the open. With “Obvious Child,” Slate proves her screen worth in a big way, delivering what I can safely proclaim to be one of my favorite performances of the film year. Her chuckling take on an open-wound personality is a revelation, backed by an oddball but sneaky dark comedy that’s almost pitch-perfect, taking on taboo subjects and silly behavior with lovable scatterbrained enthusiasm. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com