Fifteen and Pregnant
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Fifteen and Pregnant is a 1998 made-for-television
drama
starring Kirsten Dunst
, Park Overall and David Andrews
. Based on a true story, Dunst portrays a 15-year-old pregnant girl, who has to deal with giving birth before driving a car.
Tina's birthday comes, and she is saddened because another birthday has passed and she doesn't have a boyfriend. Her mother gives her a grey sweater that she desired, but is quickly angered when her mother offers advice on how to wear it, because she is trying to hide her stomach. It all comes to a head when Tina tells her mother about the pregnancy. Her mother, a staunch Catholic, is shocked but due to her beliefs, decides to help her daughter. Her dad is less upset and comforts his daughter. When Tina tells Ray - the baby's father - he feigns happiness.
Throughout the stressful pregnancy, Tina's younger sister Rachel reacts with both disgust and jealousy by the attention Tina receives from her concerned parents. Even when she breaks her ankle Tina receives more attention, for example Rachel is made to get off a couch because Tina was lying there, and is made to go upstairs on her crutches to be able to lie down. Eventually Rachel calls their grandmother to ask permission to live with her. As the pregnancy becomes more and more overwhelming, Tina begins pregnancy classes with her mother. After hearing a story from a girl about how hard teenage motherhood is and how her boyfriend cheated on her, Tina calls Ray and yells at him because she thinks he won't be a good father like he promised he would be. For a while she tries to make him stay with her, but when Ray isn't as present as she would like him to be, Tina goes investigating and while at the mall she finds Ray kissing another girl, cheating on her. She is upset and tells him she is over him and ends their relationship.
Tina is rushed to the hospital and is about to give birth when her mother has a panic attack on how her daughter is going to have a baby. When Tina is in labor, Ray shows up at the hospital with his new girlfriend only to be turned away by Tina's father, telling him "sperm doesn't entitle you to much" and tells him to wait in the waiting room. After a grueling labor, Tina gives birth to a baby boy named Caleb.
Television movie
A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
starring Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...
, Park Overall and David Andrews
David Andrews (actor)
David Andrews is an American actor, best known for his role as General Robert Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.Andrews was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
. Based on a true story, Dunst portrays a 15-year-old pregnant girl, who has to deal with giving birth before driving a car.
Plot
The film opens with fourteen year old Tina having sex with Ray. A few days later Tina is sitting in the car with her mother and a program comes on the radio about the number of teenagers getting pregnant. Tina's mother asks her if she knows anyone who is sexually active at her age, or if she has ever been sexually active, and Tina nods her head yes, although her mother doesn't know what she is admitting. Later in the bathroom at school, she discovers that she has started her period, and is extremely relieved. However, it only lasts two days, and came two months too late. She and her friend Laurie, a young mother, go to the doctor and discover that she is pregnant.Tina's birthday comes, and she is saddened because another birthday has passed and she doesn't have a boyfriend. Her mother gives her a grey sweater that she desired, but is quickly angered when her mother offers advice on how to wear it, because she is trying to hide her stomach. It all comes to a head when Tina tells her mother about the pregnancy. Her mother, a staunch Catholic, is shocked but due to her beliefs, decides to help her daughter. Her dad is less upset and comforts his daughter. When Tina tells Ray - the baby's father - he feigns happiness.
Throughout the stressful pregnancy, Tina's younger sister Rachel reacts with both disgust and jealousy by the attention Tina receives from her concerned parents. Even when she breaks her ankle Tina receives more attention, for example Rachel is made to get off a couch because Tina was lying there, and is made to go upstairs on her crutches to be able to lie down. Eventually Rachel calls their grandmother to ask permission to live with her. As the pregnancy becomes more and more overwhelming, Tina begins pregnancy classes with her mother. After hearing a story from a girl about how hard teenage motherhood is and how her boyfriend cheated on her, Tina calls Ray and yells at him because she thinks he won't be a good father like he promised he would be. For a while she tries to make him stay with her, but when Ray isn't as present as she would like him to be, Tina goes investigating and while at the mall she finds Ray kissing another girl, cheating on her. She is upset and tells him she is over him and ends their relationship.
Tina is rushed to the hospital and is about to give birth when her mother has a panic attack on how her daughter is going to have a baby. When Tina is in labor, Ray shows up at the hospital with his new girlfriend only to be turned away by Tina's father, telling him "sperm doesn't entitle you to much" and tells him to wait in the waiting room. After a grueling labor, Tina gives birth to a baby boy named Caleb.
Cast
- Kirsten DunstKirsten DunstKirsten Caroline Dunst is an American actress, singer and model. She made her film debut in Oedipus Wrecks, a short film directed by Woody Allen for the anthology New York Stories...
as Tina Spangler - Park Overall as Evie Spangler
- David AndrewsDavid Andrews (actor)David Andrews is an American actor, best known for his role as General Robert Brewster in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines.Andrews was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana...
as Cal Spangler - Julia WhelanJulia WhelanJulia May Whelan is an American television actress. She is best known for her role as Grace Manning on the TV drama series Once and Again , and her co-starring role in the 2002 Lifetime Television movie, The Secret Life of Zoey...
as Rachel Spangler - Daniel KountzDaniel KountzDaniel Kountz is an American actor. He got his first taste of acting in the third grade, when he played "Tiny Tim" in a school play. He now resides in Los Angeles, CA.-Career:...
as Ray Wood