"As mass entertainment goes, the abortion debate does not typically count as good Saturday-night date movie fare; the subject rarely makes it to the mainstream multiplex. But at a time when the issue is once again causing agitation in political circles, a small film, 'October Baby,' about a woman who learns she is, as the movie puts it, a 'survivor of a failed abortion,' is making a dent at theaters across the country."

Read more: Melena Ryzik, New York Times