
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertFor Keeps is an intriguing movie that succeeds in creating believable characters, keeping them alive, and steering them more or less safely past the cliches that are inevitable with this kind of material. It’s a movie with heart, and that compensates for a lot of the predictability. |
| Tampa Bay TimesHal LipperThough the film finally opts for ear-bashing histrionics, its prevailingly pedagogic tone is both coy and tricksy. The dialogue is relentless in its banality, the stereotype characters unattractive and poorly motivated, the plot protracted and predictable. |
| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...about as compelling as an afterschool special. |
| Kalamazoo GazetteJames SanfordRingwald at the start of her downward slide |
| United Press InternationalCathy BurkeA dreary television-movie-of-the-week drama, far beneath the considerable talents of the mostly gifted cast. |
| New York TimesJanet MaslinMost of For Keeps is entirely predictable, but that should do little to diminish its interest for audiences of high-school age. Here again, Miss Ringwald is the very model of teen-age verisimilitude, and she's most impressive in making even the most hackneyed situations seem real. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonAlmost any movie with Molly Ringwald at its centerpiece has a built-in plus to it. The wonder about For Keeps is that not even Ringwald's customary glow and bedrock believability make a smidgen of difference. Muddled it is and muddled it remains. |
| User Review♥Miss Jennifer Rose =Omg! I love this movie! I haven't seen it in ages Lol. But its definitely one of my favorites :]] I think they're really adorable<3 |
| User ReviewNicholas LI love this movie its cute and molly is a great actress. |
| User ReviewAlexander Cone of my favorite movies that I watched when I was a kid! |