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5.1/10   1,501 votes
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Director:
John G. Avildsen
Writers:
Denise DeClue (writer)
Tim Kazurinsky (writer)
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Release Date:
15 January 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance | Comedy more
Tagline:
From Backpacks to Strollers more
Plot:
Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Ringwald: 'Teen Pregnancy Is Still A Pressing Problem'
 (From WENN. 30 June 2008, 3:08 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Okay but uneven more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Molly Ringwald ... Darcy Elliot Bobrucz
Randall Batinkoff ... Stan Bobrucz
Kenneth Mars ... Mr. Bobrucz

Miriam Flynn ... Donna Elliot
Conchata Ferrell ... Mrs. Bobrucz
Sharon Brown ... Lila
John Zarchen ... Chris

Pauly Shore ... Retro
Michelle Downey ... Michaela

Patricia Barry ... Adoption Official
Janet MacLachlan ... Miss Giles
Jaclyn Bernstein ... Mary Bobrucz
Matthew Licht ... Lou Bobrucz
Renée Estevez ... Marnie

Darcy DeMoss ... Elaine
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Maybe Baby (Europe: English title) (video title) (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min | USA:98 min (HBO Print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Madison, Wisconsin, USA more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Original title considered: "Maybe Baby". more
Quotes:
Doctor: [after the baby's birth] Stan, would you like to cut the cord?
Stan: Isn't there someone a little more qualified?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Take the Deviled Eggs... (#3.6)" (2002) more

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1 out of 1 people found the following comment useful:-
Okay but uneven, 14 December 2007
7/10

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.

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