- Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Park Overall, Julia Whelan, David Andrews, Margot Demeter
- Directors: Sam Pillsbury
- Writers: Susan Cuscuna
- Producers: Diana Kerew, Erik Storey, Gideon Amir
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Odyssey
- VHS Release Date: 12 Jan 2004
- Run Time: 96 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004CW83
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,304 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Reading the reviews of this film, I am not surprised how many have commented on the fact that it does a great deal to deter teenagers from the idea of pregnancy at an early age.
This film does, however, have a few more layers than simply the after-school-special tone that you may begin to think is its main purpose. Yes, it is about teenage pregnancy, but it is also about relationships and choices and fear and depression. About, in fact, being a girl with a woman's mind-being a teenager. I was fifteen when I first saw this film, and it is true that it would help any young girls at the point in their lives where they would have to make such a weighty decision, but I never had any inclination to get pregnant, so for me the film had different connotations.
Fifteen and Pregnant delves into the fear and frustration that comes with being estranged from the people you love and live with, having relationships and trying to find the safest and strongest ground on which to raise them, and trying to find yourself enough to being able to justify yourself to others. The feelings that Tina experiences as a pregnant teenager can be translated, albeit diluted, into the feelings many young girls live through as teenagers. Only certain actresses could carry such a role with accomplishment, and Kirsten Dunst does her thing as usual, bringing her powerful yet subtle skill to a role that requires so much emotional input from her audience.
So, yes, it is true that this film has a strong voice on the issue of teenage pregnancy, but there are also deep and emotive sub-plots hovering behind, as it were, Tina's ever expanding belly.
9 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
As a teenager myself, i used to dream of becoming a mother and couldnt wait for my day to come. After watching this film ive come to realise what hard work it all is, and also how naive i was. I still want children, and still looking forward to it, but i dont want them at such a young age anymore.
5 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
I would like to take a minute to let everyone know that the movie is great. I am just sorry that it doen't come on TV enough!
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