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For Keeps is a american film of genre Drama directed by John G. Avildsen released in USA on 15 january 1988 with Molly Ringwald
For Keeps (1988)
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Add to a movie listFor Keeps is a 1988 American coming of age comedy drama film starring Molly Ringwald and Randall Batinkoff as Ivy and Seth, two high school seniors in love. Complications ensue when Ivy becomes pregnant just before graduation and decides to keep her baby. This movie is noted for being Ringwald's final "teen" movie, and is cited as one of her most mature performances, particularly in a scene where Ivy is suffering from postpartum depression after the birth of her child. It has been regarded as one of Ringwald's best roles.
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In Kenosha, Wisconsin, Ivy, editor at her high school paper, and her long-term boyfriend Seth are in their final year of high school and already have been accepted at good colleges; before Ivy goes to college to study journalism, she will go on a trip to Paris with her mother for her graduation present, while Seth will go to Caltech to study architecture. With the help of Ivy's best friend Laura, Ivy and Seth spend a weekend together, where they sleep together, and Ivy becomes pregnant. They announce the news at Thanksgiving, and neither Ivy's mother Denise, who was abandoned by her husband and brought up Ivy alone, nor Seth's Catholic parents are very supportive. Respectively, they urge the young couple to have an abortion or give up the baby for adoption. Ivy plans to have an abortion, but does not go through with it, much to Seth's relief.Actors
Molly Ringwald
(Darcy Elliot Bobrucz)
Randall Batinkoff
(Stan Bobrucz)
Kenneth Mars
(Mr. Bobrucz)
Miriam Flynn
(Donna Elliot)
Conchata Ferrell
(Mrs. Bobrucz)
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