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11/29/2020

Strange But True (2019)

Five years after the prom night-death of Ronnie, his girlfriend Melissa shows up at his mother's home claiming to be supernaturally pregnant with his child. She truly believes it and, though initially skeptical, his mother begins to wonder if it's possible -- though by a far less mystical method -- as her ex-husband is a fertility doctor who had opportunity to harvest Ronnie's sperm.

It's definitely watchable with a fairly satisfying resolution, but the mood is stifling. There's too little let-up from the anger, resentment, and melancholy. It's almost too much.

C+

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