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For Keeps

1988Movie1 h 38 minPG-13

38

WeakGoodWatch score

38

WeakGoodWatch score

Rotten Tomatoes

Summary

Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a drastic turn when Darcy becomes pregnant.

Good for

Date night
Friends night
Teens

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Hits close to home.
Takes you back.
Feels like real life.
Makes you fall for them.
Lifts you up.

Not for laughs, scares or brutality.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+36)
Critics 29Audiences 65GoodWatch 39
Metascore41
Tomatometer17%
Audience score70%
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 38 min
A typical length for comedies
typical 10098
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 33 more
Released
1988
January 15, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaRomance
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
French
Made in
United States
Rated
- PG-13United States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for sexual content, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
ViolenceLittle or none
Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 53
Directing · 1
John G. Avildsen Director, Editor
Writing · 2
Tim Kazurinsky Writer
Denise DeClue Writer
Production · 5
Jerry Belson Producer
Walter Coblenz Producer
William J. Cassidy Associate Producer, Production Design
Doug Seelig Associate Producer
Cindy Pierson Associate Producer
Camera · 2
James Crabe Director of Photography
Robert Samuels Second Assistant Camera
Sound · 1
Bill Conti Original Music Composer
Art · 1
Richard C. Goddard Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 5
Colleen Atwood Costume Designer
Susan Germaine Key Hair Stylist
Tom Lucas Makeup Artist
Robert Jiras Key Makeup Artist
Allen Payne Hairstylist
Other crew · 1
Linn Zuckerman Craft Service

Tropes

Dirty Old Manin 1,012 titlesDarcy: (behind the counter) Welcome to the Pork Pit. May I take your order?Tragic DropoutRare · in 59 titlesOn the advice of her guidance counselor, Darcy drops out of high school and then works toward her GED.All 35 tropes

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