Amy Schumer’s Kinda Pregnant continues a trend the comedian started 10 years ago with her first box office hit. Schumer may have gotten her start doing stand-up, but she has proven over the years that she can turn out a hilarious movie. This all started with 2015’s Trainwreck, which Schumer starred in and wrote. The Netflix rom-com lined up perfectly with Schumer’s unique brand of comedy, which focuses predominantly on the female experience. Since then, the comedian, actor, writer, and producer has starred in two additional romantic comedies, each continuing a meaningful trend.
Schumer’s most recent rom-com Kinda Pregnant sees her play a 40-something-year-old single woman desperate to be a mother. This character, Lainy, grew up believing that having children was the best thing that a woman could do. However, despite her best efforts, Lainy hadn’t been able to settle down and get to work on making a baby yet. When her best friend gets pregnant, Lainy has a bit of a personal crisis and winds up faking a pregnancy—fake belly and all. It’s comedy through and through, but Kinda Pregnant continues a trend established by Schumer’s Trainwreck.
Kinda Pregnant Continues Amy Schumer’s Trend Of Rom-Coms Challenging Misconceptions About Womanhood
Trainwreck Got The Ball Rolling In 2015
Though it’s entertaining to watch Lainy’s pregnancy deception blow up in her face, Kinda Pregnant comes with a far more meaningful lesson. The movie challenges misconceptions about pregnancy and birth, pointing out the fact that the experience as a whole is often glorified. Women are treated as if they have more value while pregnant, but if they complain about their experience and the trauma of birth and motherhood, they are looked down on. It’s a deeply important lesson for a rom-com, but Schumer seems to have taken a liking to this sort of twist in her movies.
Schumer wrote Trainwreck before she became a mother, but the deeper themes of this 2015 hit still challenged issues surrounding womanhood. Schumer’s character, Amy, fit the standard male rom-com tropes—Sєx obsessed, irresponsible, and afraid of commitment—while the male characters in Trainwreck were more emotional and commitment-obsessed. By turning gender roles on their heads, Schumer’s movie pointed out a double standard. Moreover, Trainwreck challenged the idea that women are cooler when they act like men.
How Kinda Pregnant Builds Off Amy Schumer’s Previous Rom-Coms
Kinda Pregnant Took The Baton From I Feel Pretty
Schumer starred in another rom-com between 2015’s Trainwreck and 2025’s Kinda Pregnant. 2018 came with the movie I Feel Pretty, in which Schumer played a woman who came to believe she had woken up a beautiful supermodel after a head injury. Nothing about her appearance had changed, but her aggressive self-confidence opened endless doors. Like Trainwreck, I Feel Pretty challenged how women are taught to value (or undervalue) themselves based on appearance.
While silly and over-the-top comedy is at the center of all three, Schumer’s trend of diving into some of the most uncomfortable revelations of womanhood is highly impactful.
Kinda Pregnant is an excellent extension of these previous rom-coms. Trainwreck, I Feel Pretty, and Kinda Pregnant each explore different stages of a woman’s life, dismantling the expectations placed on daughters by their parents, those they place on themselves, and the unrealistic expectations of pregnancy and motherhood. While silly and over-the-top comedy is at the center of all three, Schumer’s trend of diving into some of the most uncomfortable revelations of womanhood is highly impactful.
