A well done and well acted movie. Pamela Sue Martin, acting before her roles in Nancy Drew or Dallas, was interesting. Teenage pregnancy is a difficult problem and, like many movies, this films solves the problem very neatly. It is basically a pro-choice propaganda film.
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Pamela Sue Martin has never been better
Hans-5628 March 1999
This story of a teenage girl getting pregnant is in itself not very sensational today (more so in the year the movie was made), but it's the acting that makes this film as excellent as it is. Especially Pamela Sue Martin is great. She appeared in soaps and some tv-movies, but never gave a better performance.
Marvelous low-budget slice-of-life movie
m_finebesser17 August 2001
Darren O'Conner is marvelous as a shy teenage boy who helps Pamela Sue Martin get an abortion. The film is always completely realistic, glamorizing nothing, but never harsh or brutal. Pamela Sue Martin is perfect as the self-absorbed young lady befriended by O'Connor. Tom Ewell is surprisingly effective as the abortionist.
This is a terrific little-known gem that you will think about months after you have seen it.
This is a terrific little-known gem that you will think about months after you have seen it.
Poignant Coming-of-Age Comedy-Drama
herb_at_qedi24 January 2005
The two teens, Pamela Sue Martin and Darren O'Conner, are the stars, and they give as realistic a portrayal of two teenagers in a dilemma that many have had to face countless times before them, but they don't know that. Ms. Martin is perfect as the teenage girl who despite her intelligence, never thinks before she acts in matters of love.
As for matters of honor, she knows she using O'Conner because he has a pubescent crush on her, and she's neither milking it for all its worth nor shying away from accepting his misguided but genuine kindness. For O'Conner's part, he really knows Martin's not going to stick with him after he helps her solve his problem, but the dignity with which he handles the entire situation is nothing short of masterful in his own perfectly awkward way. Lloyd Bridges and Phyllis Newman are marvelous as the clueless parents and Tom Ewell is surprisingly effective in a non-humorous role. This one is well worth seeing.
As for matters of honor, she knows she using O'Conner because he has a pubescent crush on her, and she's neither milking it for all its worth nor shying away from accepting his misguided but genuine kindness. For O'Conner's part, he really knows Martin's not going to stick with him after he helps her solve his problem, but the dignity with which he handles the entire situation is nothing short of masterful in his own perfectly awkward way. Lloyd Bridges and Phyllis Newman are marvelous as the clueless parents and Tom Ewell is surprisingly effective in a non-humorous role. This one is well worth seeing.
A hidden gem!
Moonlighting197917 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers
****** spoilers!
Very well written and wonderfully acted! The smart and clever teen named Andy is in love with the beautiful Rosalind. Because Andy is not the traditional "handsome" boy with reddish hair and glasses, Rosalind sees him only as a friend. Rosalind becomes pregnant after having an affair with the typical good looking, older man (the jerk) and goes to Andy seeking help to get an abortion.
After getting bad and stupid advice on how to miscarry by her female friends, Andy goes to the library and reads books to become properly informed. This movie does not try to push a certain political view regarding teen sex and abortion, just a realistic portrayal on the hard facts of life.
I also really liked how the relationship between the teens and parents are portrayed. The parents of Rosalind aren't monsters, but like many parents, they do not know how to talk to their teenage daughter about sex. The mother shows her concern by making small negative remarks on her daughter's behavior which only makes Rosalind think less of herself, and the father is in denial that his daughter is going through puberty.
The movie does accurately show how the sexuality of a teen girl is frowned upon while the sexuality of young males is normal and perfectly healthy. The two main characters don't fit any stereotype. They are both individuals, and Andy just happens to be smarter and more mature than Rosalind. In fact, Andy is probably the smartest person in the film other than one or two adults with small roles. Andy's young male friends are what you would expect teen boys to be like. In fact, even the older males seem to fit the stereo type of men seeing women merely as sexual objects. In contrast, the movie reminds me that there are wonderful males out there like Andy.
Hopefully many girls (like Rosalind) will mature and realize that the "Andys" of the world are the real men that any woman would be lucky to find.
Very well written and wonderfully acted! The smart and clever teen named Andy is in love with the beautiful Rosalind. Because Andy is not the traditional "handsome" boy with reddish hair and glasses, Rosalind sees him only as a friend. Rosalind becomes pregnant after having an affair with the typical good looking, older man (the jerk) and goes to Andy seeking help to get an abortion.
After getting bad and stupid advice on how to miscarry by her female friends, Andy goes to the library and reads books to become properly informed. This movie does not try to push a certain political view regarding teen sex and abortion, just a realistic portrayal on the hard facts of life.
I also really liked how the relationship between the teens and parents are portrayed. The parents of Rosalind aren't monsters, but like many parents, they do not know how to talk to their teenage daughter about sex. The mother shows her concern by making small negative remarks on her daughter's behavior which only makes Rosalind think less of herself, and the father is in denial that his daughter is going through puberty.
The movie does accurately show how the sexuality of a teen girl is frowned upon while the sexuality of young males is normal and perfectly healthy. The two main characters don't fit any stereotype. They are both individuals, and Andy just happens to be smarter and more mature than Rosalind. In fact, Andy is probably the smartest person in the film other than one or two adults with small roles. Andy's young male friends are what you would expect teen boys to be like. In fact, even the older males seem to fit the stereo type of men seeing women merely as sexual objects. In contrast, the movie reminds me that there are wonderful males out there like Andy.
Hopefully many girls (like Rosalind) will mature and realize that the "Andys" of the world are the real men that any woman would be lucky to find.
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