Kinda Pregnant Is Kinda Boring
In the humorous and somewhat monotonous film “Kinda Pregnant,” Lainy’s anxiety about pregnancy serves as the main theme. As her personal life crumbles, her friend Kate (Jillian Bell) and her partner Mark (Joel David Moore) reveal their pregnancy, followed by Shirley’s announcement of her own pregnancy. It seems everyone is growing up except for Lainy, who finds herself in the company of the school’s profane and vaping counselor, Fallon (Urzila Carlson). In a bout of morbid curiosity during a shopping trip with Kate for maternity clothes, Lainy tries on a mock belly at one of the stores, only to have the sales assistant mistakenly believe she is genuinely pregnant. Lainy finds being ‘pregnant,’ even if it’s fake, quite appealing – people are always helping her and complimenting her looks. She wonders whether this temporary pregnancy could be a beneficial trick to help regain control of her life while things get sorted out.