Mom at Sixteen (2005)

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

For the most part I really enjoyed this movie (contains some vague possible spoilers).... The script was really there, wasn't at all unreal with a few minor exceptions. And the actors really were on their game. In particular singling out the ever talented Danielle Panabaker, whom I've really been a fan of for a long while and feel she really has a future in the acting world. The mother of a child at only sixteen, she as did her character's family, demonstrated that having a child so young is really hard and isn't something that should be taken lightly. So often you'd expect to see a family rallying to the cause in a movie such as this, but in this movie you didn't and because her world wasn't coming up roses despite the fact of having had a child really made it all the more interesting.What wasn't interesting however, and where those exceptions come into play, was when it started to become preachy documentary. As you would expect for a movie of this type, it quoted facts and statistics and then had what I'd call a "7th Heaven" moment in the school auditorium. I may be saying the wrong thing here, but since when have schools given more than a fleeting conversation or class time to such a thing as teen pregnancy? Maybe that's what's wrong with schools? I myself can only remember one and only one health class in my four years of high school, and that was more about STD's. I'm also not belittling teen mom's, but on parade? Didn't we at all expect that at some point in the movie once Jacey started hanging out with the other teen mothers? Maybe perhaps it would take something like that to scare kids into changing their ways, like putting a wrecked out car on the school front lawn to demonstrate the possible consequences of drunk driving, but I'd more likely guess that today's kids are rather very set in their ways. Cause even wreaked out cars aren't keeping our children from in some cases drinking and driving themselves to death.I lastly had a serious problem with the girls choice of dress and the guys reaction to them. I couldn't imagine a girl being allowed into my school, or most any reputable school dressed such as some of these girls were dressed. And guys hooting and hollering at them such as they were? Do I dare ask if that even goes on? Overall I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't so much like the preachy moments as stated above. But I also liked how such an event as befell Jacey wasn't just a speed bump in the road of her family's life but rather a train wreck. Cause sure, by the end of the movie it was all roses, but it definitely didn't start out that way.Bello

If your a fan of lifetime, you will probably find this movie "touching", "inspirational", and "realistic". If you are a teenager like myself who once and awhile stumbles across a movie such as this one, you will find it utterly phony and predictable.The part that really annoyed me about this movie was the fact that when they would talk about girls doing slutty things in high school, or dress code violations, the girls would stand up and show themselves off while the guys whistle. Excuse me???? At least from my personal experience, that has never been the case. Yes the girls want to express themselves through clothes, but every time someone said "You look slutty in that outfit.", the girl who it was being directed to would blush or try to shrug it off.The whole film was predictable, and I found myself saying "How much longer till she gives the baby to the blonde teacher and her husband?" The only part remotely enjoyable about it was the actress who played Jacey (awful name by the way). For some reason, I could not stop staring at her. Perhaps its because of her deep performance or perhaps the striking resemblance to Lindsay Lohan ala Freaky Friday. Those were the good IL' days...

this movie was actually pretty interesting. unlike most teen-mom movies, the entire thing takes place AFTER the baby is born. instead of the rebelling teen who ends up pregnant and makes her decision by the end of the movie, this movie starts with a girl whose mom has decided to raise the baby for her. expectedly, it is not quite as fairy-tale as the ends of those other movies assume it to be. danielle panabaker does a great job, you can see how much she wants to be a mom to the baby, yet can't quite handle it. the little sister video tapes everything, which allows the viewers to see the past, thus building up the characters a bit more. i would definitely recommend the movie, and a box of tissues to go with.

This was a good movie with a great story! I liked Danielle Panabaker's character in this one. She plays a mom who is still in High School and has her divorced mom takes care of her son while she's in school. In the middle of the two of them is Jacy's sister Macy who is felling the abuse of the mother/daughter relationship. The father of the baby is nowhere to be found. That is, until the middle of the movie where we see Jacy going to see him and tell him that he has a kid! He doesn't believe her and rejects her! Jane Krakowski plays a teacher that talks about teen sex and having babies. The catch is, she can't have any kids. So she goes to a Dr. that tells her she has to adopt! It's definitely a good one to watch!!