False Positive

It's preaching in all caps. Or considering the oddly goofy tone, All Caps in Comic Sans.

It's the product of a satirical ambition that lacks the wit to land any heady blows; the horror mastery to be even glancingly scary; the intellect to make those thrills invigoratingly existential; and the sense of humor to make it entertaining.

False Positive doesn't sustain its most suspenseful ideas. The big revelation at the end is something of a letdown, and the movie's final image spells out a metaphor that ought to have been left to suggestion.

Ilana Glazer shines in pregnancy thriller False Positive, but despite its clever premise, the film is ultimately a melting pot of themes and themes.