It's refreshing to see more films like "Babes," a comedy centered on women that doesn’t shy away from anything. Pamela Adlon directed this film, which Ilana Glazer and Josh Rabinowitz wrote together; it offers an extremely funny perspective on pregnancy, motherhood, and the connections between women. The humor is blunt, often vulgar, and completely unapologetic, making it difficult not to laugh at the ridiculousness …

Dawn (played by Michelle Buteau) finds herself expecting a baby while married to the meticulously groomed Marty (Hasan Minhaj). Her close friend Eden (Ilana Glazer) desperately wants a child but hasn't found a donor yet. Things shift when Dawn meets Claude (Stephan James) on a train, and believing she’s protected from pregnancy, they have an encounter. She develops feelings for him, but he vanishes without explanatio…

It’s truly disheartening when anticipation for a film doesn't translate into enjoyment, and that’s precisely how I felt after seeing Pamela Adlon’s first feature film. It’s intended as a comedy-drama centered on the complicated dynamic between two longtime New York friends in their thirties (played by Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau) who navigate pregnancy, childbirth, and raising children while attempting to preser…