
For Keeps
1988

Representation Score
Excellent
2020
PG-13Director
Rachel Lee Goldenberg
Runtime
104 minutes
Average Rating
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Unpregnant focuses on bodily autonomy, disrupting traditional expectations of domesticity by centering the plot on young women navigating reproductive healthcare. The film effectively deconstructs the cliché of women as passive subjects of medical or familial authority. The film excels in critiquing Western institutional frameworks and restrictive legal systems. However, it lacks depth in representing LGBTQ+ identities and disabilities, focusing primarily on gender and legal access.
Category Breakdown
The film centers on the cisgender experiences of its main characters. It critiques legal structures that favor heterosexual relationships but lacks explicit LGBTQ+ storylines or same-sex romantic intimacy.
Female characters take charge of their futures, challenging traditional gender hierarchies. They navigate legal and parental structures to achieve their goals.
The cast includes a range of diverse backgrounds reflecting modern socioeconomic realities. However, the central conflict emphasizes gendered legal restrictions rather than a broad spectrum of racial identities.
The story critiques Western institutions and traditional family structures, highlighting socioeconomic and healthcare barriers as systemic issues affecting social justice.
The film does not prominently depict physical or neurodivergent disabilities impacting the plot. Characters' struggles focus on legal and socioeconomic factors instead.
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Official Synopsis
After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.

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