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5.9/10
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After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not.After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not.After she gets pregnant, a teenage girl must decide whether she should keep the baby or not.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination
Anne E. Curry
- Push Nurse
- (as Anne Curry)
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- TriviaScreenwriters Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue began work by immersing themselves in the subject of teenage pregnancy, reading articles and speaking directly to teenage mothers. Kazurinsky said: "According to our research about 10,000 U.S. teenagers a week who are pregnant keep their babies. And in every interview we had with young pregnant girls, they all said, 'I never thought it would happen to me.' So we created Darcy Elliot as the kind of smart, with-it girl who would never think it could happen to her".
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Mr. Babrucz: Young lady you need to learn how to keep your mouth shut and your legs crossed!
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Okay but uneven
The story is a sweet romantic comedy about teen pregnancy. Unfortunately it is a bit uneven. Funny, then drama, then complicated. The characters are well played in each part.
I remember sitting in the theater watching this. During the first half of the movie, it's quite sweet and more than a little humorous, but then, about the time of the baby's birth, the tone takes a drastic and sudden downturn. It seemed to me that someone from some parents league had cornered the director and said something like, "If you make a light-hearted comedy about pregnant teens, then teens all over America are going to think it's fun to have a baby... Why not show some of the problems young couples with children have to face?" The second part of the movie piles on so much trouble, misfortune and drama that it seems like some kind of Lifetime docudrama. So much in their young lives goes wrong that in order to have an acceptable ending, too much has to go right all at once. The ending just doesn't seem believable because it is such a sudden jump from the end of the second act.
I liked the characters, who remained believable throughout the various situations. The plot and direction could have been worked out a bit more carefully.
I remember sitting in the theater watching this. During the first half of the movie, it's quite sweet and more than a little humorous, but then, about the time of the baby's birth, the tone takes a drastic and sudden downturn. It seemed to me that someone from some parents league had cornered the director and said something like, "If you make a light-hearted comedy about pregnant teens, then teens all over America are going to think it's fun to have a baby... Why not show some of the problems young couples with children have to face?" The second part of the movie piles on so much trouble, misfortune and drama that it seems like some kind of Lifetime docudrama. So much in their young lives goes wrong that in order to have an acceptable ending, too much has to go right all at once. The ending just doesn't seem believable because it is such a sudden jump from the end of the second act.
I liked the characters, who remained believable throughout the various situations. The plot and direction could have been worked out a bit more carefully.
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- Also known as
- Maybe Baby
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- Gross US & Canada
- $17,514,553
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,839,790
- Jan 17, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $17,514,553
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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