Film

For Keeps 1988

Directed by John G. Avildsen

  • Comedy, Drama, Romance
  • 98 min
  • PG-13

"You're what?!"

Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant. Unwilling to go through an abortion or an adoption — despite their parents' pleas — Darcy and Stan decide to sacrifice their college experiences and degrees in order to keep and raise the baby. After a quick marriage, the two realize it won't be as easy as they thought.

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Classical in form, earnest, spare and raw.

  • classical in formformally daring
  • earnestironic
  • sparerichly built
  • rawmeticulous
  • intimateepic

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