52 Films by Women Vol 8. 32. Babes (Director: Pamela Adlon)
Pictured : 'I took four trains to get here and we're seeing the movie.' Eden ( Ilana Glazer , right) prepares the heavily pregnant Dawn ( Michelle Buteau ) for entertainment in the laugh-out-loud comedy, ' Babes ', written by Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz and directed by Pamela Adlon . Still courtesy of Neon (US), Universal Pictures (UK) The misleadingly titled Babes is a comedy about female friendship in which two young women support each other during pregnancy, one in marriage, the other outside it. For a film as funny as it is, it did not attract a wide audience. I put it down to the advertising: the thinner of the two women, Eden ( Ilana Glazer , who co-wrote the screenplay with Josh Rabinowitz ) stares at a positive pregnancy test while her friend Dawn ( Michelle Buteau ) looks on. If I take it at face value, so what? Contrast it with the poster for Baby Boom – Diane Keaton in a business suit holding a baby - where you can see the potential for comedy. (‘I ca...