I was 15 years old and a sophomore in high school at the time I had seen this film. I was taking a child development class in high school at that time, and one day, our teacher didn't feel like teaching - so she popped in this movie into the VCR, and we watched this movie...
The premise of the movie is that Darcy Elliot and her boyfriend Stan Bobrucz are seniors in high school and plan to go to college after graduating. Darcy plans to go to Paris, France with her mother before attending her college as a graduation present.
However, Darcy gets pregnant, and their parents urge them to go through an abortion or give up the baby for adoption - neither of which happens. At Christmas, however, both Darcy and Stan plan to keep the baby. They marry, rent a rather seedy apartment, and then they go to the prom, which their prom time is interrupted when Darcy goes into labor and gives birth to a girl named Thea.
Now I won't give away the rest of the movie, but the movie shows the downsides of teen pregnancy. For instance, Stan and Darcy get into a lot of fights, Stan takes a second job, and the bills pile up so much that their electricity and their phone are shut off. That's the consequence of not paying your bills if you don't got the money. This results in Stan and Darcy having to move in with Darcy's mother Donna.
Like I said, this movie is a great teaching aid against teen pregnancy, and it was the final movie role where Molly Ringwald played a teenage character (as Darcy Elliot). Molly Ringwald tackled a lot of teenage girl roles in a lot of films throughout the 1980s (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink), but Molly was good when her character was having postpartum depression after having Thea.
Lots of other stars were in the film, such as the late Conchata Ferrell (of Two and a Half Men fame) as Mrs. Bobrucz, Kenneth Mars (voice of King Triton in The Little Mermaid) as Mr. Bobrucz, and Pauly Shore (in his first ever movie) as Retro, one of Stan's friends.
Overall, if you're a teacher in a school and teaching a child development class, this is a good movie to show to your class to show the cons of teen pregnancy.
The premise of the movie is that Darcy Elliot and her boyfriend Stan Bobrucz are seniors in high school and plan to go to college after graduating. Darcy plans to go to Paris, France with her mother before attending her college as a graduation present.
However, Darcy gets pregnant, and their parents urge them to go through an abortion or give up the baby for adoption - neither of which happens. At Christmas, however, both Darcy and Stan plan to keep the baby. They marry, rent a rather seedy apartment, and then they go to the prom, which their prom time is interrupted when Darcy goes into labor and gives birth to a girl named Thea.
Now I won't give away the rest of the movie, but the movie shows the downsides of teen pregnancy. For instance, Stan and Darcy get into a lot of fights, Stan takes a second job, and the bills pile up so much that their electricity and their phone are shut off. That's the consequence of not paying your bills if you don't got the money. This results in Stan and Darcy having to move in with Darcy's mother Donna.
Like I said, this movie is a great teaching aid against teen pregnancy, and it was the final movie role where Molly Ringwald played a teenage character (as Darcy Elliot). Molly Ringwald tackled a lot of teenage girl roles in a lot of films throughout the 1980s (The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty In Pink), but Molly was good when her character was having postpartum depression after having Thea.
Lots of other stars were in the film, such as the late Conchata Ferrell (of Two and a Half Men fame) as Mrs. Bobrucz, Kenneth Mars (voice of King Triton in The Little Mermaid) as Mr. Bobrucz, and Pauly Shore (in his first ever movie) as Retro, one of Stan's friends.
Overall, if you're a teacher in a school and teaching a child development class, this is a good movie to show to your class to show the cons of teen pregnancy.