For Keeps? (1988)

Darcy, editor at her high school paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep ... See full summary »

Director:

John G. Avildsen

Writers:

Denise DeClue, Tim Kazurinsky

Stars:

Molly Ringwald, Randall Batinkoff, Kenneth Mars

1 win.

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-Rose Lester	...	Mary Bobrucz (as Jaclyn Bernstein)
Matthew Licht	...	Lou Bobrucz
Renée Estevez	...	Marnie
Darcy DeMoss	...	Elaine

Storyline

Darcy, editor at her high school paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. Neither Darcy's mother, who was left by her husband and had to bring up Darcy alone, nor Stan's Catholic parents are very supportive and urge them to have an abortion or give up for adoption respectively. However Darcy's and Stan's love is so intense, they could imagine to have a baby, but this would mean to give up their college careers.

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Plot Keywords:

baby | parent | abortion | adoption | high school | 

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Taglines:

They have their plans. They have each other. And a little something they weren't expecting.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Comedy

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Maybe Baby

Filming Locations:

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$17,514,553 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

ML Delphi Premier Productions, TriStar Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 98 min (HBO Print)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Original title considered: "Maybe Baby".

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Quotes

Mr. Bobrucz: You, Fifi, can take your French fruit and stuff it up your big bird!

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Connections

Referenced in Gilmore Girls: Take the Deviled Eggs... (2002)

User Reviews

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.