Mom at Sixteen (TV 2005)

Pregnant sixteen year old Jacey's well-meaning mother forces her to keep the birth a secret and decides to raise the baby as her own.

Director:

Peter Werner

Writer:

Nancey Silvers

Stars:

Danielle Panabaker, Jane Krakowski, Clare Stone

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danielle Panabaker	...	Jacey Jeffries
Jane Krakowski	...	Donna Cooper
Clare Stone	...	Macy
Tyler Hynes	...	Brad
Colin Ferguson	...	Bob
Mercedes Ruehl	...	Terry Jeffries
Hollis McLaren	...	Marlene
Rejean Cournoyer	...	Mr. Cheevers (as Rejean J. Cournoyer)
Dawn McKelvie Cyr	...	Gretchen (as Dawn Cyr)
Megan Janette Edwards	...	Linda
Matthew MacCaull	...	Dr. Hughes
Sabrina Jalees	...	Sarah
Deborah Allen	...	Pauline
Anastasia Hill	...	Trea
Leah Fassett	...	Gena

Storyline

Mom at Sixteen is about pregnant 16-year-old Jacey, whose well-meaning mother, after finding out she is pregnant, forces her to keep the birth a secret and both decided to give him on adoption when he is born. But the day the social services worker arrives to take him to his adoptive parents Jacey decides to keep him and she agrees that her mom will raise the baby as her own. A guidance counselor discovers Jacey's secret and tries to get her to enroll in a program for pregnant and parenting teens.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage pregnancy | lifetime | female protagonist | teenage mother | number in title

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Taglines:

It's about the choices you make next.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Just a Baby

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In order to keep the film as realistic and current and possible, most of the discussions in the health class discussion scenes was improvised by the actors. Jane Krakowski would simply name a topic and the young actors would answer honestly.

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Quotes

Macy: And now you're the screwed up and I'm the good kid. I'm the one who they can point to and say "This is our good child. She only gets B's and C's, but she's the one who didn't get pregnant".
Jacey Jeffries: Shut up!

User Reviews

loved it

I've seen this movie on lifetime and i think it was great. we actually got to see how hard it is to have and raise a child and what it takes to give it up for adaption. I loved the end where Jasey gave her son to the teacher to raise and then they showed the child saying that the teacher is his mother but that he came out "of my Jasey's stomach". The part where Jasey brought her son to school along with her friends who have or will have kids. It showed that even though those girls have kids they are still just like us. It was very inspirational, especially for those mothers, when the whole room stood up to applaud the girls for their courage.