Mom at Sixteen (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

2 nominations.

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. Deevers (as Rejean J. Cournoyer)
Dawn McKelvie Cyr	...	Gretchen (as Dawn Cyr)
Megan 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:

female protagonist | baby | adoption | guidance counselor | teenage daughter | 

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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

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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Goofs

When Jacey is playing the DVD that Macey gave to her, it says "For Charlie" on the DVD, but on the opening scene of the video it says "For Charley." The movie credits say that the baby's name is spelled Charley, meaning the name on the DVD is spelled wrong.

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Quotes

Charley, 5 years old: I'm Charley Cooper and I'm going into Kindergarten.
Bob: Uh ha and how do you feel about that?
Charley, 5 years old: I'm happy cause I'm good at reading and numbers.
Bob: Anything else new in your life?
Charley, 5 years old: I got a baby sister last year.
Bob: And Where did she come from?
Charley, 5 years old: Inside of my mommy's tummy.
Bob: And where do you come from?
Charley, 5 years old: Inside of my Jacey's tummy.
Bob: Who's Jacey?
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Connections

Featured in MsMojo: Top 10 Best Teen Pregnancy Movies (2019)

User Reviews

Done to death?

When I sat down to watch this it was purely because I had nothing else to do; this subject area's been done to death. Unlike anything else I've seen, this film showed the young mother's perspective and I could actually feel Jacey's pain as she didn't know whether she'd rather have her baby or keep her secret. I also think it showed the incredible sacrifices mothers will make; most other films and programmes about this subject show cold mothers who either kick their daughters out or resent them if they stay, which is not always the case. I would recommend this film to anyone and I hope to see Danielle Panabaker in something else soon as her acting is second-to-none.

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Just a Baby

Filming Locations:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sofronski Productions, Von Zerneck-Sertner Films, Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1