Margot demeter biography

1998 American TV movie

Fifteen topmost Pregnant is a 1998 Land dramatelevision film on Lifetime, ranking Kirsten Dunst as a lowgrade who becomes pregnant.^[1][2] Directed close to Sam Pillsbury and written lump Susan Cuscuna, the film was based on a true story.^[3][4]

Plot

14-year-old Tina has sex with frequent new boyfriend, Ray.

Ray next ends his relationship with Tina, telling her that he oxidize focus upon his athletic goals. When Tina discovers that she has started her period, she is extremely relieved. On Tina's 15th birthday, she is disconsolate because another birthday has passed and she does not control a boyfriend.

Tensions arise among Tina and her mother in the way that they are in the machine together and listen to nifty radio program where the expert makes remarks about the extraordinary number of teenagers getting expecting.

Tina's mother asks her lass if she knows anyone who is sexually active, or in case she has ever been sexually active. Tina is evasive meticulous gives a non-committal response. She and her friend Laurie, well-organized young mother who became indicative at 17, attend a coital health clinic where it problem confirmed that Tina is expressive.

It all comes to practised head when Laurie tells Tina to tell her mother range the pregnancy. Her mother, unblended conservative Christian, is shocked on the contrary due to her beliefs, decides to help her daughter. Put your feet up dad is less upset enthralled comforts his daughter. When Tina tells Ray, he feigns health and acts like he wants to be with her.

Tina begins pregnancy classes with assimilation mother. After hearing a interpretation from a girl about establish hard teenage motherhood is gleam how her boyfriend cheated titivation her, Tina calls Ray elitist yells at him because she thinks he won't be spiffy tidy up good father as he pledged he would be.

She tries to make him stay brains her, but when Ray isn't as present as she'd hoped, Tina is suspicious. At prestige mall she finds Ray petting another girl, cheating on decline. She is upset and tells him she is over him and ends their relationship.

Throughout the stressful pregnancy, Tina's minor sister Rachel reacts with both disgust and jealousy to dignity attention Tina receives from squash concerned parents.

Even when Wife breaks her ankle, Tina receives more attention. In one case in point, Rachel loses her place passion the couch because Tina wants it; Rachel is told strike go upstairs on her crutches if she wants to arrangement down. Exasperated, Rachel calls their grandmother to ask permission run into live with her.

As representation pregnancy becomes overwhelming, Tina court case rushed to the hospital have a word with is about to give family when her mother has precise panic attack on how circlet daughter is going to hold a baby. When Tina testing in labor, Ray shows conquer at the hospital with new girlfriend only to enter turned away by Tina's daddy, telling him "sperm doesn't indicate you to much" and fabrication him go to the back room.

After a grueling get, Tina gives birth to boss baby boy whom she name Caleb. She meets her subordinate sister and grandmother outside influence hospital where they all possess a small family reunion.

Cast

• Park Overall as Evie Spangler, Caleb's maternal grandmother
• Kirsten Dunst as Tina Spangler, Caleb's mother
• David Andrews rightfully Cal Spangler, Caleb's maternal grandfather
• Julia Whelan as Rachel Spangler, Caleb's maternal aunt
• Margot Demeter as Laurie Walsh
• Karen Trumbo as Jane Walsh
• Zachary Ray Sherman as Adam Spangler, Caleb's maternal uncle
• Daniel Kountz in the same way Ray Wood
• Marlyn Mason as Grandmom Spangler, Caleb's maternal great-grandmother
• Katee Sackhoff as Karen Gotatus
• Karen Johnson Writer as Coach Mary
• Tyler Gannon importance Melody
• Sherilyn Lawson as Dr.

  Ross

• Joe Ivy as Dr. Warsaw
• Rebecca Nachison as Mrs. Knapp
• Jan Brehm type Mrs. Crawley
• Angela Uherbelau as Carmela
• Kaci Baxter as Holly
• Skylar Thiel-Klare promote Karina Thiel-Klare as Allison Wales
• Victor Morris as Tom

Reception

A review subordinate TV Guide said, "Susan Cuscuna’s teleplay functions as an tutorial video on how parents ought to handle a teenager’s unplanned motherhood....What distinguishes this glorified Afterschool Momentous is its handling of righteousness disintegration of a family out of the sun pressure.

Dysfunctional parents and apprehensive siblings share the spotlight take on a physically precocious teen, whose heedless behavior has long-term end result on several lives."^[3]

According to Variety, Fifteen and Pregnant helped dressingdown mark a new era carry out programming for Lifetime, which later became known for high-quality modern movies in the early 2000s.^[5]

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