She's Too Young (2004)

Halifax is hit with an outbreak of STD's among high-school students. Among them is Hannah Vogul, and her horrified mother tries to find out the story of why this is happening.

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writer:

Richard Kletter

Stars:

Alexis Dziena, Mike Erwin, Miriam McDonald

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alexis Dziena	...	Hannah Vogel
Mike Erwin	...	Nick Hartman
Miriam McDonald	...	Dawn Gensler (as Miriam MacDonald)
Megan Park	...	Becca White
Gary Hudson	...	Bill Vogel
Deborah Odell	...	Ginnie Gensler
Rhonda McLean	...	Kathleen White
Joe Dinicol	...	Tommy
Marcia Gay Harden	...	Trish Vogel
Karen Glave	...	Lauren James
John White	...	Brad
David Christoffel	...	Tom
P.J. Crosby	...	Tess
Lise Cormier	...	Amanda
Christine Dunsworth	...	Heather

Storyline

A mother/daughter relationship is thrown off balance when the mother (Marcia Gay Harden) discovers that her "good girl" daughter (Alexis Dziena) is part of a group who are engaging in sexual activities with multiple partners. Such activity results in an outbreak of sexually transmitted diseases.

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Plot Keywords:

sexually transmitted disease | mother | female protagonist | fellatio | photographer | 

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Taglines:

To fit In, you've gotta put out

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teens

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bleecker Street Films, Jaffe/Braunstein Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

This movie stated that syphilis is caused by a virus. Syphilis is actually a bacterium.

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Quotes

Hannah Vogul: Mom, it's not like when you were a kid.
Trish Vogul: Believe me, Hannah. We had our wild moments too.
Hannah Vogul: You know what? Now you can't even get a date unless you do those things to a guy.
Trish Vogul: Well, that's horrible.
Hannah Vogul: Kids don't care. It's just something that they do. It's like I was the only one who hadn't done it and I didn't wanna be the only one. Can you understand that?
Trish Vogul: Yes, I can, but there must be some of your friends who say no.
Hannah Vogul: Yeah. I have friends who say no and those girls never get a date.
Trish Vogul: This kind of ...

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User Reviews

Deals With real life teen issues

I am watching this movie right now, on the night that it premiered. I believe this movie deals with real issues that need to be handled. I am a Teen myself, and I know it all happens. While all of this happens, I am not so sure as to the extent that it happens. In the film, Hannah does things with an older guy, which results in her getting a sexually transmitted Disease. (STD) The entire community of Teens ends up with it because it's just some game to the males, and the females think they wont be able to get a date unless they do it. While I don't know why the 14 year old girls need to have dates, I do know they need a security, and obviously aren't getting it anywhere else. The nice guys in the film are called gay. This all seems unreal, as if it doesn't happen in real life, but it does, and I don't want to sound like a preacher, but I felt it might help to say what I think on the film, and I think it was a good, if not excellent way to try showing parents what goes on in most high schools, even though everything seems normal. At the end of the film, the main character, Hannah, comes on screen and says 1 in 5 girls have sex before they turn 15, and 35% of all females experience pregnancy before the tender age of 20. This is an excellent film if you want to be prepared to know what happens to your family members or friends that are in high school, and while it doesn't happen to everyone, it does happen, so being prepared for it can never hurt.