Amy Schumer emerged around the same time as Lena Dunham, leading an important movement to be funny and question Hollywood’s aesthetic standards, achieving great success with Trainwreck in 2015. Unfortunately, since then, she seems to have been repeating herself in roles within her comfort zone, which makes her jokes seem repetitive and less funny, even if they are still refined.

Kinda Pregnant is her most recent romantic comedy, after Life & Beth, which was not unanimous. Recently released on Netflix, the script is co-written by Amy and Julie Paiva and borrows the same dynamics from everything the actress has done so far, but this time, addressing motherhood.

Lainy (Schumer) is a teacher who feels left behind when she sees her best friend Kate (Jillian Bell) get pregnant. She, who has always wanted to be a mother, feels jealous and insecure, deciding to use a fake belly to fake a pregnancy and have, even if temporarily, the attention and privileges she believes are associated with motherhood. The situation becomes complicated when she gets closer to Megan (Brianne Howey) and becomes romantically involved with Josh (Will Forte), Megan’s brother while maintaining the pretense of pregnancy and discovering that her romantic fantasies are far from the truth.

Despite topping the list of most-watched films on Netflix in the US, Half Pregnant received mixed reviews. Although the film seeks to explore themes such as motherhood and self-discovery with humor, it stumbles on forced jokes and an uninspired script, which deeply irritates the actress because she is intelligent and refuses to have a cast that is in line with expectations.

There is a proposal to address more truthful facts about pregnancy. Still, they don’t click or are developed, returning to the “drama” created by Lainy that is impossible to win over the audience. Amy’s characters are always narcissistic, but here what seemed to be about friendship doesn’t maintain focus either. And its lack of dramatic versatility also doesn’t help when the story gets into the consequences of what Lainy does.

The truth is that it is impossible to watch the film without remembering Trainwreck and anticipating every moment that should surprise us. Of course, it is distracting, it makes you miss New York, but it lacks chemistry. Even though it is not a disaster, it is only kind of ok. Like half-pregnancy. A film that kind of passes just to distract.

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