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Upon traveling to Arkansas, the teenager abruptly stopped contact, leading Richard and Rachel to believe they had been victims of an emotional scam. After the IVF fails, their doctor floats the idea of using a donor egg to implant in Rachel, raising their chances of success from 4 to 65 percent.
Oct 4, 2018 · The one thing that’s missing from Rachel and Richard’s lives — the pursuit of which gives “Private Life,” Tamara Jenkins’s piquant and perfect new comedy, its shape and momentum — is a baby.
- Tamara Jenkins
- 3 min
- “Fantasy of Fertility”
- “All It Takes Is One Good Egg.”
- Private Life: Conclusion
Rachel is an author and playwright with a soon-to-be-released book, and Richard is a theatre director who manages a pickle company. Jenkins has chosen the class and careers of her protagonists carefully, it seems, for they seem almost stereotypically, almost comically metropolitan. “Rent-stabilized apartment on Avenue A” or not, these are upper-mid...
At the center of many of the conflicts, humor, and emotional beats in this film is the fact that the stress that comes from pursuing fertility is unnecessarily fraught for women. Rachel goes through painful procedure after painful procedure, having to explain and defend her choices in repeated uncomfortable social interactions. Sadie, too, is chast...
Ultimately, family – the way it is created, the way it turns out, the way family members relate to and conflict with one another – cannot be perfect and cannot be completely controlled. Surprises and disappointments arise for Rachel and Richard, and they must confront themselves and their choices in a way that is heartbreaking, inspiring, and beaut...
Oct 4, 2018 · Sadie drops out of grad school and starts crashing with Richard and Rachel; she’s enchanted by their image as Manhattan writers who met in the world of underground theater, but she slowly gets to...
- Tamara Jenkins
Oct 5, 2018 · In the film, streaming Oct. 5, middle-aged couple Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti) desperately try to have a child, trying out fertility treatments in hope that it’ll work out.
Nov 30, 2019 · Richard hates when Rachel brings up his lone testicle to their doctor; Rachel loses her patience with a friend who offers her prosecco while she’s cycling.
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Nov 4, 2018 · The film centers on Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti), a New York City couple that’s trying to have a baby. Rachel is in the final stages of publishing her book, and Richard, who once ran an experimental theater company, now owns a pickle company.
