An author (Hahn) is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband (Giamatti) on edge.
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PRIVATE LIFE is a Netflix original movie which normally means that the main studios will not touch the film. The likely reason is the ‘difficult’ theme of the film, about the trauma a couple goes through in order to have a child of their own. So desperate they are, that they try two options simultaneously – adoption and getting an egg donor.
Written and directed by Tamara Jenkins, her film begins as a comedy and a very sly and deadpan one at that. As the film progresses and fertilization attempts fail, drama sets in and the comedy slowly gives way to a more serious film.
Richard (Paul Giamatti) and Rachel (Kathryn Hahn)…
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