For Keeps? (1988) Poster

(1988)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A girl showers seen from the shoulders up. A boy walks in to shower with her. They see each other's genitals. She comments on his penis "it's cute".
  • A girl's boyfriend's father shouts at her "Young lady you need to learn how to keep your mouth shut and your legs crossed" as he shouts.
  • A girl asks what the word "abortion" is, but the father shouts at her. His wife defends the child for explaining it is a word for a medical solution, and not a dirty word.
  • The film's intro centres on the pregnancy process. It includes a shot of the penis ejaculating with sperms travelling the vaginal tunnel, but the ejaculation is shown as smoke-like. This is not detailed as the tunnel is all bright red. Some close-up shots of sperm swimming about is shown as the background colour is black and blue.
  • A young couple make out in the middle of the woods during the rain.
  • After shouting about French food, a girl shouts out "French kissing with gum". The whole family stays silent.
  • A man says "no smooching back there" in his shop.
  • A girl goes through a period.
  • A girl asks her mother what stretch marks are. A father replies to her "stretch marks are the badge of a real woman".
  • A girl has her bare foot on a boy's knee when taking off her shoe.
  • A customer hits on a girl.
  • Two very short (about 30 sec.) scenes with some nudity (bare shoulders and legs) and implied love making. Brief crude conversation about one's privates.

Violence & Gore

  • A young man punches his father as he and his lover runs away from their parents.
  • Both parents of a young couple get into a fight. The couple run out of the house.
  • During dinner, a young girl immediately puts her hand over her mouth and leaves the table which suggests she is about to vomit due to pregnancy.
  • A boy's father snatches his bed mattress.
  • After an argument during bedtime, a girl slaps her husband with a pillow.
  • A girl gives birth. It involves screaming, shouting, and breathing within the pregnancy struggle.

Profanity

  • multiple uses of s#$* and a few other swear words

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A family drinks wine a dinner.
  • Man upset and drinks a couple of beers.
  • Someone asks for some cigarettes.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A young girl gives birth. She screams.
  • An intense scene with a lot of crying, screaming/yelling and pounding on the door.
  • A woman hears something outside. It is a man climbing on her window. It is her boyfriend's dad.
  • When the couple made a final decision to keep the baby, their parents have a heavy argument. The boy's father insults his girlfriend. Therefore, he pushes him where he falls on a Christmas tree.
  • Many family arguments once in a while.
  • After the pregnancy, a resting girl tells her mother to leave.
  • The boy turns into dad. There are moments where he argues with his wife. There is a scene where they sleep, and keeps making loud sexual noises to annoy her. He does this by jumping up and down on the bed moaning.
  • A girl shouts at her husband to get out of the house.

Spoilers

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Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • A baby gets a high temperature and continues viciously crying.

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