Kris Swanberg takes a big leap into the independent mainstream with her delicate and beautiful third film, "Unexpected." The tagline might sound like a gimmick: A 30-year-old Chicago high school teacher and one of her students discover they're pregnant around the same time, but Swanberg's film remains utterly realistic. Small-scale and affectionate in the best senses, this is accomplished work that deserves special consideration in the independent market, and the care of a distributor savvy enough to market a story made by and about women. Surprisingly, for something as fundamental to human existence as pregnancy, few movies address the experience head-on, and the ones that do are often comedies or horror movies. That's just one way that "Unexpected" immediately establishes itself as something different. Director: David Hunt Writer: Rodney Patrick Vaccaro Stars: Anna Camp, Joseph Mazzello, Neil Flynn Sam enjoys his job teaching science at an inner-city ...
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