The not-so-chipper premise of Eliza Hittman’s Sundance premiere Never Rarely Sometimes Always involves a teenage Pennsylvania girl and her cousin commuting to the Big Apple in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. Viewers used to the seriocomic approach to the abortion flick (Obvious Child and Juno are probably the best examples of modern mainstream movies on the subject) may find Never Rarely Sometimes Always a startlingly somber and even oppressive affair, the film from Hittman shying away from any flirtation with taking the matter any less than extremely seriously at any given intersection. Not that most people associate abortions with a good laugh but, man, this movie is just about as unrelentingly unpleasant and heavy as they come.  Read More