Genre: Drama, Comedy, Coming Of Age, Teenage, Suspense, Love, Christmas, Biography, Marriage, Drugs, School / Campus
Tagline: Based on a true story.
Plot: It's 1965, and Bev (Drew Barrymore) is a bright and gifted girl whose dream is to one day move to New York City and become a writer. But as a teenager in working-class Wallingford, Connecticut, the daughter of a cop and a homemaker, reading Shakespeare and one too many romance novels is the closest it seems she'll get. Her talent for writing has drawn praise from her teachers and helped fuel her ambition to go to college, but she is also a typical teen-sassy, funny, mercurial, rebellious... boy-crazy.She meets Ray Hasek (Steve Zahn), a tough, not-too-bright 18-year-old dropout, at a party. Rejected by the boy she has a crush on, Bev turns to Ray, who is instantly taken with her, only to be stunned by an unintended and unexpected pregnancy months later. Now she faces the nightmare of telling her parents. In a "nice" family in a place like Wallingford, unwed motherhood was definitely not embraced. Bev's suggestion that she keep the child and finish high school is thwarted by her stern father (James Woods) and heartbroken mother (Lorraine Bracco). She quits school and agrees to marry Ray to keep family peace. After a woefully awkward wedding ceremony, she and Ray set up housekeeping. With her new husband working as an air conditioning installer and a carpet layer, and
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 | Steve Zahn
You've Got Mail, Out of Sight, Crimson Tide |
 | Adam Garcia
Coyote Ugly, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest |
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 | James Woods
Contact, Casino, Once Upon a Time in America |
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 | Rosie Perez
Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump, Night on Earth |
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Hans Zimmer
Gladiator, Batman Begins, As Good as It Gets |
 | Heitor Pereira
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