Granted my hopes werent very high considering it was a lifetime movie but this was truly awful. A lifetime movie where every teen gets pregnant youtube. Camryn manheim encourages open dialogue with teens about sex and pregnancy, in this public service announcement. The pregnancy pact lifetimes ridiculous teen pregnancy. 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. 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. Watch on lifetime movie club with prime video channels.
A blogger investigating a sudden spike in teenage pregnancies in her hometown finds. Starring thora birch, nancy travis, and camryn manheim. Watch the pregnancy pact starring nancy travis in this drama on directv. Jan 22, 2010 lifetime will premiere a new original movie, the pregnancy pact, this saturday, january 23 at 9pm. Gender roles throughout the pregnancy pact are painfully stereotypical. 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. 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. Pregnancy pact tv movie 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Does anybody else remember this movie about these airhead girls. High school who agreed to get pregnant at the same time. Griffin and max ehrich in pregnancy pact 2010 kelly heyer in pregnancy pact 2010.
The pregnancy pact is a 2010 television film directed by rosemary rodriguez and starring. So its kinda cheesy but as usual it also sucks you in. The movie was inspired by a true story and its a competent madefortv issue melodrama, engaging enough if somewhat schematic and bland. 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. Dec 27, 2018 im not usually one for lifetime movies, and i should probably be embarrassed to admit this, but i couldnt stop watching the pregnancy pact. 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 21, 2010 lifetime s newest movie the pregnancy pact airs saturday.
Lifetimes the pregnancy pact becomes adsupported cables. They should have just changed the name of the characters and the movie and it might not have been as huge a let down because it wasnt even loosely based on the book. A new french movie about the gloucester pregnancy pact. A blogger thora birch investigates a rash of teen pregnancies at her old high school, and rumors swirl about a pact between the girls. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2010 movies 2010. A woman thora birch returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden increase in teenage pregnancies. 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. A blogger investigating a sudden spike in teenage pregnancies in her hometown finds herself at the. Stream full episodes of lifetime series and original movies, including dance moms, married at first sight, bring it, rap game, and more. Mar 29, 2018 lifetime televisions original movie the pregnancy pact became the mostwatched film on adsupported cable in over 15 years among women 18 to 34. You can watch the pregnancy pact online on video on demand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. 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.
Meanwhile, the school nurse camryn manheim fights with. Lifetimes pregnancy pact is cables mostwatched film. 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. An american girl chrissa stands strong movie american duration.
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. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. One of my favorite guilty pleasure lifetime movies is on. Its another supposedly educational film made more to shock and titillate and make us feel superior to those stupid girls in gloucester. This pregnancy pact hasnt been confirmed by any of the teens, but that hasnt stopped lifetime from making a movie based upon these events. 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.
Catch online at lifetime details about the pregnancy pact. The pregnancy pact lifetime movie the pregnancy pact. 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. Watch the pregnancy pact online stream full movie directv. This movie is based on a true story about four teenage girls that make a pact to get pregnant. On january 23, 2010, lifetime premiered a new movie called the pregnancy pact, which is inspired by these events. Lifetime is basing an original movie on the true story of a group of massachusetts high school girls not shown who allegedly formed a pregnancy pact. 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. This is a pretty disturbing movie to watch, especially when you know it is inspired by a true story. Inspired by the true story of teenagers at gloucester high school in massachusetts 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. The pregnancy pact provides a stereotypical and shallow view of teens and a false view of teen sexuality. The pregnancy pact is available to watch and stream, download, buy on demand at amazon prime, lifetime movie club, the roku channel, amazon online. Lifetimes the pregnancy pact portrays several high school girls who intentionally get pregnant, apparently seduced by fantasies of loving, carefree motherhoods.
The movie, the pregnancy pact, starring thora birch, madisen beaty, and camryn manheim. And less than 2% of them end up getting a college degree before. The gloucester pregnancy pact now a lifetime movie. 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. Inspired by the true story of teenagers at gloucester mass. The controversy is also the subject of a documentary, the gloucester 18. Sep 18, 2009 the truelife tale of the socalled teen pregnancy pact is coming to tv. Lifetime s the pregnancy pact portrays several high school girls who intentionally get pregnant, apparently seduced by fantasies of loving, carefree motherhoods. Pregnancy pact weds pair, lifetime hollywood reporter.
Lifetime will premiere a new original movie, the pregnancy pact, this saturday, january 23 at 9pm. The 15 best lifetime movies of all time, from speak to. Lifetime movie based on alleged teen pregnancy pact thriving blog. The only similarities between the book and this movie was the title.
The investigation reveals its the result of a pregnancy. 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. 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. Lifetime s 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. Pregnancy pact 2010 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. May 01, 2020 it purports to tell the story of a fictional pregnancy pact, inspired by areallife pregnancy pact that allegedly occurred in gloucester, massachusetts in 2008. Thora birch, nancy travis and camryn manheim star in the lifetime original movie the pregnancy pact, premiering january 23 at 9 pm etp. Sex, lies, and sensationalism in pregnancy pact the. Did you know that less than half of teen moms graduate from high school. The pregnancy pact, starring camryn manheim, thora birch and nancy travis.
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 comes up against. Gloucester high school faces its troubles with the 18 pregnancies it is dealing with in just two months. The pregnancy pact wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. With thora birch, madisen beaty, david clayton rogers, max ehrich. Crazy, naive teenagers all getting themselves pregnant at the same time because of a pact to stick together. True story of teens pregnancy pact coming to lifetime. The movie, ostensibly based on a sensationalized 2008 incident in which a group of high schoolers made a pact to get pregnant together. 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. Casting has begun for a lifetime original movie based on the true story of a group of massachusetts teens who allegedly.
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