Davis P October Baby was alright, I don't agree with the views of the movie, it's obviously pushing a Pro-Life agenda. But I put that aside in order to give a fair review to the film. Just looking at it from quality as a movie standpoint, it was kinda cheesy in places and the acting was pretty wooden in some scenes. The love interest for the film actually did pretty well with his acting, which surprised me. The main girl was OK, she was a bit too melodramatic at certain moments, which was kinda uncomfortable to watch. The parents in the film did alright I guess, nothing great or special, just alright. The script was iffy, not awful though. Parts of the plot were a little bit blown up and/or extreme. It has some "funny" lines, or at least lines that were meant to get laughs, but really fell flat and were uncomfortable. Overall, it was OK, I expected it to be worse than it actually turned out to be, so that's good. 5/10 for October Baby.

grlwndr23 It is quite obvious from the opening shots that this is no typical low-budget foray into independent film making. The gorgeous cinematography is one of the only redeeming features of this ham-fisted, dogmatic, two-hour lecture on how the pro-life movement is superior, because 'every life is beautiful'. It would have been been at least honest if this film had been advertised as the covertly Christian propaganda it was, but hey, it's probably super effective to evangelize on the down low. That is, if the viewer is unintelligent & easily available for brainwashing.That aside, the film was very careful not to delve too deeply into medical facts, & the sermon from Jasmine Guy was a disgrace to medical professionals everywhere (her character is a nurse). Sanctimonious in its delivery & uneven as storytelling, the script renders the viewer unsympathetic to any character in the movie, because they were mostly written as one-dimensional automatons. The comic relief from Bmac (delightfully embodied by Chris Sligh) was the only semi-realistic persona in this Christian music laden, tawdry mess. The melodrama was thicker than a trashy Mexican telenovela.At any rate, if you are at all non-religious or have something of artistic expectation when you watch a film, skip this one unless you watch it with the sound off. You could likely create a more realistic story from the top of your head whilst watching the lovely scenery. Please be wary of all the 10/10 reviews, as they are just vibrations sounding from an insular, hyper-Christian echo chamber. If you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, this film is tailor made for your ilk. A tremendous waste of time, money, & resources for a 'Let's Ban Abortion' ad that runs a little over two hours, and not even cleverly so. Gah! That's two hours of clunky dialogue & a story lacking creativity as well as scientific accuracy. I will never get that back. I wish I could abort the memory of sitting through it.

Rich Wright Christian films, eh? Dontcha just lurve them. They can get away with numerous flaws in the plot, corny dialogue and soap-opera style melodramatics... as long as they preach the word of THE LORD. All criticism is null and void as long as His message gets out... so unbelievers, repent! Unfortunately, I'm an agnostic at best, so am prepared to risk the flames of hellfire to tell you what I REALLY think of this anti-abortion propaganda cunningly disguised as a feature film. Sooo... here we go. "Flexes his fingers".Hannah is a sick, sick 19 year old. She's got epilepsy, asthma and has had numerous hip operations over the years. She's also suicidal. The latest incident to hit her is fainting during a school play. While recuperating in hospital, she finds out from a doctor her fragile body and thoughts of inadequacy can be traced back to when she was still in the womb... and her mother tried to have her terminated. The procedure didn't work, but did leave her with constant mental and physical problems. She was then adopted by decent, God-fearing (what else?) folk.Devastated by this revelation, she decides to go on a road trip to Alabama to find her real mother. Along for the ride too is her 'perfect' childhood male pal and his bitchy girlfriend, with some nondescript nerds who are quickly disposed of. This Hunk she's known since her younger days... could the script be any less subtle in saying they belong together? His current squeeze is nothing more than a walking slut stereotype. We have no idea how they came to be a couple... maybe for the sake of the movie. Anyway, trying to pretend that anything else is gonna happen besides Mr Six Pack dumping the bitch and hooking up with Hannah is an insult to every thinking person out there... but get used to that feeling, cos there's plenty to go round.Twice Hannah and her posse get arrested, twice she manages to bail them out of prison time and massive fines by regaling her tearful story. In the USA? Yeah, right. Another noteworthy moment is where her and The Hunk hire a hotel room for the night... they have the most trivial of squabbles... whereupon she walks out, followed by her future beau... and they spend the rest of the evening curled up on a sofa in the foyer. Why? We don't know. And if they could do that in the first place, why bother paying for a room? Dumb, dumb, dumb. A convenient occurrence is also when she takes a dip in the ocean, fully-clothed (This is a Christian film, remember?) and ruins the phone in her back pocket. This is so no-one can contact her later on. Either these people are thick, or the hack writers are using any ends to justify the means. Probably a bit of both.Oh, and what with this being a RELIGIOUS movie, we have to have the obligatory scene in an empty church just before closing time, where the priest sits with a tearful Hannah on a pew and gives the most banal advice about 'trusting in God', the solution to all life's hurdles. Yeah, right... He didn't help me the other day when I couldn't find the last piece of my jigsaw. More evidence of their not-so-secret agenda can be found in the underlying moral that YOU SHOULD FORGIVE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES and Hannah, despite being 19, still being under the thumb of her father... because ya know, patriarchy rules. There's even a bit near the end when Hunky asks his permission if he can date his daughter. Dude... the 19th century called... they want their ideology back.Aside from all the stupidity and dogma throughout, it's just a badly made flick. The constant presence of annoying background music is distracting to say the least, and if I never see one more shot of a gently lapping ocean again during an 'emotional' moment... I'll be a very happy bunny. The actors do what they can with their limited roles, but it's to be hoped they can move on from doctrine infested tosh like this and star in a production where they can spread their wings... and not act as mouthpieces to a fundamentalist's cause. 3/10

timandm This movie is well made, well acted, and has heart...Unfortunately, it is SLOOOWWW PACED and rather predictable. A teen girl finds out that she's adopted. She goes on a road trip to find her birth mother. When something is actually happening that matters, the movie is entertaining. Unfortunately, the movie is inundated with spans of quiet...For example, early on there is a scene in a library where we have 8 seconds of a young man walking up the stairs and then joining his friend at a table... That 8 seconds might not seem like a big deal, but multiply the movie is riddled with those 'empty spaces.' I think if the director removed those 'empty spaces' the movie would have a good pace.Now, to be clear, it is ultimately a heart-warming and touching film. If you have patience, you'll likely enjoy the movie.