--- description: 'SNL' alum Jenny Slate stars title: Watch Obvious Child Trailer: Jenny Slate Abortion Rom-Com image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch the Trailer for Reproductive Rights Rom-Com _Obvious Child_  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 15, 2014 5:44 PM CUT  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Apr 15, 2014 5:44 PM CUT The new trailer for _Obvious Child_ — starring Jenny Slate and Jake Lacy of _The Office_ fame — doesn’t shy away from the signs that it’s a comedy. Farting? Check. Stand-up sets? Check. Bad break-ups and silly dates? Check and check. Unplanned pregnancy and abortion? Those too. (And yes, it’s _still_ a romantic comedy — not an advocacy film.) Slate plays Donna, a New York comedian struggling with her career, her relationships, her family and pretty much everything else. When she meets Max, played by Lacy, it seems like he might take her mind off things — until their fun night has some major consequences. The movie also stars Gaby Hoffman, Polly Draper, Richard Kind and David Cross, to add to the comedy checklist, and arrives in select theaters June 6. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/63647/obvious-child-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/63647/obvious-child-trailer/"},"headline":"Watch the Trailer for Reproductive Rights Rom-Com Obvious Child","datePublished":"2014-04-15T17:44:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:19:07.006Z","description":"Saturday Night Live alum Jenny Slate stars","url":"https://time.com/63647/obvious-child-trailer/","keywords":["movies","abortion","Pregnancy","Dating","Comedy","Trailer","Trailers","Preview"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/63647/obvious-child-trailer/","name":"Watch the Trailer for Reproductive Rights Rom-Com Obvious Child"}}]}] ```