The Short List of Things to Do
A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid
The surprise hit in last year's flood of comedies about young single women who didn't mean to get pregnant but decide to have the baby anyway, this Oscar-laureled movie reduces most of its characters to stock figures, all in need of getting one-upped by the sassy teen. By the film's end, it's clear it really should have declared a smug alert.
Grade: C
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