Watch the pregnancy pact online stream full movie directv. Time magazine claimed the spike was due to a pregnancy pact among the girls, and the worlds media decamped to the seaside town to cover the story. Inside edition has caught up with one of the 18 teens and gets a definitive answer on whether there was even a pact to begin with. Inspired by the true story of teenagers at gloucester mass. Meanwhile, brady gets divorced and sidney returns, possibly meaning a new beginning for the two. A blogger had found a increase in teen pregnancies in the town. I generally thought the film was well acted especially by the young teen girls. When online magazine journalist sidney bloom thora birch, returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden rise in teen pregnancies at her high school alma mater, she. Gloucester high school faces its troubles with the. Release dates 5 also known as aka 11 release dates usa 23 january 2010. This movie is based on a true story about four teenage girls that make a pact to get pregnant. Parents need to know that this madefortv movie about teen pregnancy which is partially inspired by an alleged reallife pregnancy pact in 2008 calls attention to the rising teen birth rate in the united states and addresses some of the potential reasons behind it. Fab five the texas cheerleader scandal girl fight 2011 the pregnancy pact shes too young all american girl mary letourneau story. Rent the pregnancy pact 2010 starring thora birch and camryn manheim on dvd and bluray.
Lifetime will premiere a new original movie, the pregnancy pact, this saturday, january 23 at 9pm. Meanwhile, the school nurse camryn manheim tries to convince. Discover top rated, most viewed, and editorial picked teen pregnancy movies on allmovie. The teacherstudent duo develops a unique bond while struggling to go through their pregnancies. Its another supposedly educational film made more to shock and titillate and make us feel superior to those stupid girls in gloucester.
The pregnancy pact is a 2010 television film directed by rosemary rodriguez and starring thora birch, madisen beaty, and. Lifetimes newest movie the pregnancy pact airs saturday. Pregnant belly scene from womb 2010 movie duration. Jan 21, 2010 did you know that less than half of teen moms.
The pregnancy pact lifetime tv movie fushion magazine. When she arrives in town, she learns of the existence of a pact amongst teenaged girls at a local high school to get pregnant at the same time, facing significant obstacles in the form of resistance from the sociallyconservative gloucester community as she struggles to raise public awareness of the growing epidemic of tooyoung motherhood. The pregnancy pact great lifetime movie full based on a true story. The pregnancy pact tv is a film directed by rosemary rodriguez with thora birch, nancy travis, camryn manheim, madisen beaty, year. The pregnancy pact 2010 is a biography, drama movie starring thora birch and madisen beaty.
The lifetime movie i watched last night was the pregnancy pact s entry doesnt have the definite article but all lifetimes publicity does, inspired by the alleged pact made by highschool girls in gloucester, massachusetts in 2008 that they would all seek to get pregnant simultaneously, or as nearly so as the vagaries of. Sidney bloom thora birch is a internet blog reporter who travels to her hometown of gloucester, massachusetts to investigate a string of teenage pregnancies and stumbles upon a clique of gullible and naive schoolgirls who have formed a pack to get themselves all pregnant to stick together. A new french movie about the gloucester pregnancy pact. Meanwhile, the school nurse camryn manheim fights with. The pregnancy pact lifetime movie the pregnancy pact. In 2008, 18 teenage girls upended a quiet massachusetts town and caused america to let out a collective gasp. What to expect when youre expecting 2012 similar movies related stories.
A group of high school virgins must deal with a mysterious pact of female zombies who are after something other than their brains. The controversy is also the subject of a documentary, the gloucester 18. After a few days, she get to know that one of her best students is also pregnant. Lifetimes the pregnancy pact portrays several high school girls who intentionally get pregnant, apparently seduced by fantasies of loving, carefree motherhoods. Comparing 17 filles to lifetimes pregnancy pact is like comparing a fine camembert to a package of kraft singles.
The real story behind the teen pregnancy pact jun 26, 2008, 7. Inspired by a true story, the lifetime tv movie, the pregnancy pact, explores teen pregnancy with fictional characters set against the backdrop of actual news reports about teen pregnancies from june 2008. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, serious, humorous, sentimental and emotional films and tv shows about with teenage pregnancy, pregnancy, youth, family relations, teenage life, teenage girl, coming of age, teenager, high school and baby plots mostly in drama, comedy. High school who agreed to get pregnant at the same time. The june 2008 allegation that a teenage pregnancy pact may have existed at gloucester high school in massachusetts, resulting in 17 pregnancies in a school of 1200 students, rocked a town that counts among its residents a large catholic population. The pregnancy pact 2010 cast and crew a woman thora birch returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden increase in teenage pregnancies.
Teen pregnancy isnt always unplanned inspired by the true story of teenagers at gloucester mass. The pregnancy pact 2010 rosemary rodriguez synopsis. If you like pregnancy pact you are looking for thought provoking, serious and realistic movies about with pregnancy, high school, teenage life, journalism, society, social relations and teenage pregnancy themes of biography and drama genre shot in usa. Watch the pregnancy pact starring nancy travis in this drama on directv. Inspired by true events, seventeen teenage schoolmates decide to become pregnant at the same time. Sidney bloom thora birch, an online magazine journalist, returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden spike in teenage pregnancies at her old high school. The 2011 french film 17 girls is based on the same events. On january 23, 2010, lifetime premiered a new movie called the pregnancy pact, which is inspired by these events. Lifetime movies frequently rip their stories straight from the headlines, and 2010s the pregnancy pact is no exception. Unexpected is a beautiful movie where a teacher in a school in chicago finds out about her pregnancy suddenly. The movie was inspired by a true story and its a competent madefortv issue melodrama, engaging enough if somewhat schematic and bland. The pregnancy pact great lifetime movie full based on. A blogger thora birch investigates a rash of teen pregnancies at her old high school, and rumors swirl about a pact between the girls. The previous year, the school had only 4 student pregnancies in comparison.
Thora birch,madisen beaty,david clayton rogers,max ehrich,james mccaffrey,camryn manheim,nancy travis,michelle defraites,jenna leigh hall,kelly heyer,tim powell,alexandre lemonier,karen beyer,douglas m. Rent the pregnancy pact 2010 on dvd and bluray dvd. In this parody of the lifetime original movie pregnancy pact, teenagers are faced with the worst fate they could ever imagine parenthood. The film is based on the true story that occurred in gloucester, massachusetts. The french movie is coherent and beautifully filmed, but its a european take. It edged the january 2011 hit the craiglist killer 5. In 2008, 18 students at the public high school in gloucester, mass. The list contains the best, new and most relevant teenage pregnancy movies ordered by relevance. Almost immediately, she comes up against lorraine dougan nancy travis, the head of the local conservative values group and mother of sara, a newly pregnant 15tyearold. The film takes direct inspiration from a reallife event involving a group of high school girls in gloucester, mass.
The real story behind the teen pregnancy pact rewire. The pregnancy pact provides a stereotypical and shallow view of teens and a false view of teen sexuality. A woman thora birch returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden increase in. Pregnancy pact 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The film crew interviewed a number of the girls allegedly involved in the pact, many of whom speak publicly for the first time in the movie. The pregnancy pact is a 2010 television film directed by rosemary rodriguez and starring thora birch, madisen beaty, and camryn manheim, based on the allegedly true story of a 2008 media circus surrounding a large group of teen girls in gloucester, massachusetts, who allegedly agreed to concurrently get pregnant, give birth and raise their children communally. The movie, the pregnancy pact, starring thora birch, madisen beaty, and camryn manheim. Pact or no pact, public furor over the teen pregnancy spike in gloucester, massachusetts, reveals our profound discomfort with teens who decide, for whatever reason, that they want to have children. When the phrase pregnancy pact is used one gets the vision of the girls stacking their hands up high and saying all for one, one for all, sort of like alexander dumas the three musketeers. Inspired by a true story, the film explores the costs of teen pregnancy with a story of a fictional pregnancy pact set against the backdrop of actual news reports about teen pregnancy from. A woman thora birch returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden increase in teenage pregnancies. Starring louise grinberg, juliette darche and roxane duran. Add to watchlist the film is an american madefortelevisionmovie that is a biographical drama.
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