According to the story, a group of high school girls. The pregnancy pact is a 2010 television film directed by rosemary rodriguez and starring. 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. Casting has begun for a lifetime original movie based on the true story of a group of massachusetts teens who allegedly. Did you know that less than half of teen moms graduate from high school. With one in six teenage girls becoming pregnant before age 20, the main premise of the movie that the expectations of pregnant teenagers seldom turn out the way they thought, and that teens need more information from their parents in order to make informed choices is a solid one. The real story behind the teen pregnancy pact jun 26, 2008, 7.
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. True story of teens pregnancy pact coming to lifetime. Behind the scenes the pregnancy pact lifetime youtube. The pregnancy pact touches on teen sex, teen pregnancy, abstinence and the realities of. On january 23, 2010, lifetime premiered a new movie called the pregnancy pact, which is inspired by these events. 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.
Lifetimes the pregnancy pact portrays several high school girls who intentionally get pregnant, apparently seduced by fantasies of loving, carefree motherhoods. Reviewed in the united kingdom on september 17, 2011. The pregnancy pact lifetime original movie premieres tonight about an online magazine journalist who goes to her hometown to investigate why suddenly there are 18 girls pregnant in her old school. With thora birch, madisen beaty, david clayton rogers, max ehrich. The movie, ostensibly based on a sensationalized 2008 incident in which a group of high schoolers made a pact to get pregnant together. The 15 best lifetime movies of all time, from speak. This is a pretty disturbing movie to watch, especially when you know it is inspired by a true story.
Nov 07, 2017 the scandal erupted after a school official told time magazine in june 2008 that the students had made a pregnancy pact. Watch with lifetime movie club start your 30day free trial. The lifetime original movie the pregnancy pact premieres at a time when nearly three in ten teenage girls in the united states will become pregnant. Starring thora birch, nancy travis, and camryn manheim. Special victims unit riffed on the story, and lifetimes 2010 madefortv movie version, the pregnancy pact, drew 23 million. The movie, the pregnancy pact, starring thora birch, madisen beaty, and camryn manheim. Lifetime s the pregnancy pact becomes adsupported cables number one rated movie among women 1834 in over 10 years lifetime spins the numbers for saturday, january 23. From there, heaps of unwanted attention piled on the small fishing town. As the number of pregnant girls climbs to 18, a media firestorm erupts when time magazine reports that the rise in the number of pregnancies at the school is the result of a pregnancy pact. Jan 22, 2010 obviously, the pregnancy pact makes a more alluring movie title than mysterious pregnancy spike just as it was a more alluring media notion than ordinary teen pregnancy back in. Does anybody else remember this movie about these airhead girls.
Meanwhile, the school nurse camryn manheim fights with. When a socalled suicide pact between their teenage children goes awry and only one child is dead, two sets of parents who have been friends for years must deal with their loss and guilt as they try to figure out the truth about that fateful night. The gloucester pregnancy pact now a lifetime movie. The film uses actual news footage from the time of the story, including footage of gloucesters thenmayor carolyn kirk accusing school principal bachman of giving unverified.
Granted my hopes werent very high considering it was a lifetime movie but this was truly awful. Gender roles throughout the pregnancy pact are painfully stereotypical. Jan 30, 2010 tonight i watched the pregnancy pact on lifetime television. This movie is based on a true story about four teenage girls that make a pact to get pregnant. The pregnancy pact wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jan 22, 2010 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 pregnancy pact centers on sidney bloom thora birch, an online magazine journalist who returns to her former gloucester, mass. Photo from the pregnancy pactlifetime i was channel surfing the other day and came across the pregnancy pact movie on the lifetime. Lifetime is a premier femalefocused entertainment destination dedicated to providing viewers with a diverse selection of critically acclaimed and awardwinning original movies, scripted dramas.
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. I just wanted to comment that i saw the movie and my husband thought i was crazy for watching it then later asked if my friends and i had a pact 5 of us are pregnant right now and no. The 10 most sobadtheyregood lifetime movies of all time. Gloucester high school faces its troubles with the 18 pregnancies it is dealing with in just two months. The controversy is also the subject of a documentary, the gloucester 18. And less than 2% of them end up getting a college degree before. Lifetimes the pregnancy pact is adsupported cables. Lifetimes the pregnancy pact becomes adsupported cables. Pregnancy pact tv movie 2010 pregnancy pact tv movie. With one in six teenage girls becoming pregnant before age 20, the main premise of the movie that the expectations of pregnant teenagers seldom turn out the way they thought, and that teens need more information from their parents in order to make informed choices is a solid. Crazy, naive teenagers all getting themselves pregnant at the same time because of a pact to stick together. So its kinda cheesy but as usual it also sucks you in. As the mystery unfolds about whether or not the pact is real, sidney soon realizes that all of the attention is disguising the much larger issues that.
Lifetimes the pregnancy pact becomes adsupported cables number one rated movie among women 1834 in over 10 years original movie about teen pregnancy also becomes cables most watched film in. 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 story of how some girls decided to get pregnant even though there is no evidence that any agreement was made. The real story behind the teen pregnancy pact rewire. Lifetime s the pregnancy pact portrays several high school girls who intentionally get pregnant, apparently seduced by fantasies of loving, carefree motherhoods. The pregnancy pact, a hokey lifetime dramatization of a nonexistent pact between a group of pregnant teen girls in gloucester, aired saturday as basic cables most successful original movie in years even though the films premise is based on rumors and even blatant lies. Imagine my delight when this pregnancy pact story got wrapped up in the third thing i like to write about. Obviously, the pregnancy pact makes a more alluring movie title than mysterious pregnancy spike just as it was a more alluring media notion than ordinary teen pregnancy back in. About halfway through the movie, moreover, the pregnancy pact story breaks in time magazine as it did in 2008, bringing a media frenzy upon the small town. Jan 22, 2010 lifetime will premiere a new original movie, the pregnancy pact, this saturday, january 23 at 9pm. Pregnancy pact 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Jan 21, 2010 about halfway through the movie, moreover, the pregnancy pact story breaks in time magazine as it did in 2008, bringing a media frenzy upon the small town. What lessons from the lifetime show the pregnancy pact can you share with your teenager. The movie was inspired by a true story and its a competent madefortv issue melodrama, engaging enough if somewhat schematic and bland.
When a socalled suicide pact between their teenage children goes awry and only one child is dead. High school who agreed to get pregnant at the same time. Jan 25, 2010 photo from the pregnancy pact lifetime i was channel surfing the other day and came across the pregnancy pact movie on the lifetime channel. Inspired by the true story of teenagers at gloucester mass. One of my favorite guilty pleasure lifetime movies is on. The pregnancy pact great lifetime movie full based on a true. 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. Of the two hundred and fourteen lifetime original movies released up to 2011, the pregnancy pact was ranked as the fourth highest rated movie on lifetime television. The pregnancy pact lifetime movie the pregnancy pact. The scandal erupted after a school official told time magazine in june 2008 that the students had made a pregnancy pact. Casting has begun for a lifetime original movie based on the true. The only similarities between the book and this movie was the title.
Sex, lies, and sensationalism in pregnancy pact the. The investigation reveals its the result of a pregnancy pact. Lifetime will premiere a new original movie, the pregnancy pact, this saturday, january 23 at 9pm. A new french movie about the gloucester pregnancy pact.
A blogger investigating a sudden spike in teenage pregnancies in her hometown finds herself at the. A blogger investigating a sudden spike in teenage pregnancies in her hometown finds herself at the center of media firestorm surrounding the teens pregnancy pact. The pregnancy pact, a hokey lifetime dramatization of a nonexistent pact between a group of pregnant teen girlsin gloucester, aired saturday as basic cables most successful original movie in years even though the films premise is based on rumors and even blatant lies. Lifetimes pregnancy pact treats surge in teen pregnancy. Sep 18, 2009 the truelife tale of the socalled teen pregnancy pact is coming to tv.
Also there is already a lifetime movie called the pregnancy pact and if someone was looking for that movie this would not be the place to find it. 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. Jan 20, 2010 as the number of pregnant girls climbs to 18, a media firestorm erupts when time magazine reports that the rise in the number of pregnancies at the school is the result of a pregnancy pact. Premiering january 23, thora birch, nancy travis and camryn. The truelife tale of the socalled teen pregnancy pact is coming to tv. Published on dec 24, 2009 behind the scenes of the lifetime original movie, the pregnancy pact airing january 23 on lifetime. A blogger investigating a sudden spike in teenage pregnancies in her hometown finds. Premiering january 23, thora birch, nancy travis and. I remember watching this movie in one of my classes to teach us how teen pregnancy can mess up our teenage years, and we had to do an. Lifetimes the pregnancy pact becomes adsupported cables number one rated movie among women 1834 in over 10 years lifetime spins the numbers for saturday, january 23. Pregnancy pact is loosely based on news reports in june 2008 that a surge in teen pregnancies in gloucester, mass. 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. Special victims unit riffed on the story, and lifetimes 2010 madefortv movie version, the pregnancy pact, drew 23 million viewers, smashing several ratings records for the network. Catch online at lifetime details about the pregnancy pact.
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