Director: Pamela Adlon
Pregnancy, friendship, and chaos collide in Babes, a 2024 comedy directed by Pamela Adlon.
What is Babes about?
Eden's life takes an unplanned turn after a one-night stand leaves her pregnant, and with no partner in the picture, she turns to the one person she trusts most: her best friend Dawn, who is already deep into the exhausting, hilarious grind of raising two kids with her husband. As Eden's pregnancy progresses, the two women lean on each other through morning sickness, sleepless nights, and the messy realities that no birthing class ever mentions. Dawn tries to prepare Eden for a version of motherhood that nobody warns you about, while Eden's stubborn optimism keeps pulling both of them into situations neither expected. What starts as one friend helping another through a crisis becomes a story about how far people will go for each other when life stops following the plan.
Cast & crew
Ilana Glazer plays Eden with the same fearless comic energy she's known for, while Michelle Buteau matches her beat for beat as Dawn, the seasoned mother trying to keep her own household from falling apart. John Carroll Lynch and Oliver Platt round out a supporting cast that grounds the film's bigger comic swings in something recognizably human.
Context & significance
Babes marks a directing effort from Pamela Adlon, whose work often mixes broad comedy with an unflinching look at the physical and emotional toll of parenthood, and this film follows that same instinct by refusing to soften pregnancy for laughs. Released in 2024 and running 104 minutes, it belongs to the comedy genre but spends real time on friendship under pressure rather than treating pregnancy as a punchline alone.
Where & how to watch
Babes streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, fitting naturally into a platform built around Farsi-language viewing for the diaspora. Reading about the film costs nothing, and starting the movie itself only requires logging into a K-Time account.