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A teenager's promising college-bound future is threatened when she realises she is pregnant. She makes a difficult decision that leads her on a hilarious road trip to New Mexico over three days with her ex-best friend.

The film begins with 17-year-old Veronica taking a pregnancy test in the cubicle of her school bathroom. This is not part of her plan; she is a model student, college-bound, and has no intention of marrying or having children with her current boyfriend. Unfortunately for her, this experience is witnessed by her former best friend Bailey . The two fell out after Bailey's parents divorced, and she started rebelling more, which differed from Veronica's straight-A plan.

After discovering she is pregnant, Veronica immediately tries to make a plan to get an abortion. After phoning a clinic, she discovers that her state does not allow her to get an abortion without parental consent. Her religious parents would not allow her to get an abortion. The closest clinic that allows abortions without parental consent is in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a few states away from Missouri, where she lives.

Abortion is never treated as an option in the film. Veronica never second-guesses herself, and even when outside factors, such as her extremely clingy boyfriend Kevin , tries to deter her, she stays true to her goal. But the constant obstacles that the two girls face as they try to take the trip is such an important metaphor for the struggles that women face to control their bodies.

There were points of the film that felt slightly uneven and like the story got away with itself, it felt messy and untidy at times, but the strongest aspect was the chemistry between the lead characters. Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira had such an effortless energy between them that it was easy to believe that these two different women were once best friends.

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