„Against all odds“ brings nothing new to the surface. It floats on the wave created by the first teenage mom shows. And just like MTV’s ,,16 and pregnant”, it tells no new stories. You might think that it could be interesting because it is Swiss and they live differently, but no. The interesting thing about this film is how it deals with love. The love the girls receive from their family along with amazing amounts of support. The love they are (some of them a bit in the dark) searching for in partners. The love they have for their children, that make all of them feel like something is wrong when they are not with their child. The three mothers deal with their new circumstances in very different ways, partly because of their very different opportunities, but nonetheless have to face the same everyday decisions and the story gets somewhat exchangeable. When the one who sent her little boy away does the same as the one who stays home for a third year, it becomes clear that no matter how you cope with having child, your life will still go on and it is manageable in all ages and in many ways to live a proper life.

The story of three young mothers is neither sugarcoated, nor painted negatively, but rather shows the realities of the situation, with the good and the bad. Although it is a big hard to disentangle the stories of the three women at times, each story and account is highly interesting. A definite break from the norm, but a good one.