douchebag is a 2010 film directed by drake doremus .

the film is a black comedy set in los angeles , focusing on thomas nussbaum ( ben york jones ) , his older brother sam nussbaum ( andrew dickler ) and sam 's fiancée steph ( marguerite moreau ) .

douchebag ( film )

explain a film plot badly — douchebag farmer tries to escape from dust then . . .
as this story goes to press , team douchebag are being seriously courted by a small film distributor .
jetter spoke via skype about his fine film and his experiences making “how to tell you’re a douchebag , ” which drops on itunes friday .
what can you say about the challenges of getting an independent african american film made and screened ? your film played sundance .
this story appeared in the print edition under the headline “ douchebag at sundance . ”
doremus let the douchebag project marinate while he made the festival rounds with spooner last year .
although there are some amusing moments in the film , douchebag fails to live up to its compelling and risqué title . i suppose , then , the moral of the story is : never judge a film by its movie title .
but the name is douchebag , ” jones offers , trying to keep his friend’s spirits up .
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with a title like douchebag one would hope for an over - the - top character that would make viewers’ blood boil and cause people to yell the film’s title at the screen , but that’s not the case here .
doremus is now the first member of his afi class to have a film screen at sundance .
‘good - but - perfunctory dialogue’ . . . brooklyn - set romantic comedy how to tell if you’re a douchebag . photograph : pr
called it “subtle as a blow to the head” . he considered it “a failure” if the intention of the panama film commission film panama wanted to convert hands of stone in a vehicle to increase domestic tourism , because “the film manages to make panama a dirty place that nobody wants to visit” .
this guy was essentially a background military type , but his douchebag ways essentially started the whole war between humans and apes . the dick .
a young woman in the crowd suggests doremus marry the real barger to help with the film’s marketing .
the film gives us a glimpse into the evolving relationship of these two awkward and very different brothers .
gary m . kramer is a writer and film critic based in philadelphia . follow him on twitter .
more reviews will weigh in on the film ' s overall reception once warcraft premieres stateside in under two weeks .
, and the pace of the film only rises when the two legendary fights between leonard and duran are recorded .
is more like a gangster film , having the same rise and fall narrative like many movies in that genre .
dressed in a suit he picked up the week before at a los angeles thrift shop , drake doremus nervously trudges over to a microphone stand illuminated by a single spotlight as the end credits finish rolling for the world - premiere screening of douchebag at the sundance film festival .
that’s a buried memory by the time douchebag finishes rolling in the 164 - seat theater at the resort robert redford built . this audience reaction is downright boisterous .
the film ' s constant raunch factor balances out its romantic center in a way that will likely surprise and please many .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
jetter’s debut feature , “how to tell you’re a douchebag , ” a comedy about millennials featuring an all - black cast , premiered recently at sundance . it found a distributor .
the director of the hour holds court in the next room alongside jones , dickler , stidham , schwartz , co - producer marius markevicius and actress amy ferguson , who has a supporting role in the film . decked out in their sundance best , team douchebag cracks up as photographers snap them against a festival backdrop .
there ' s been considerable debate in the film community as to when / if the mumblecore movement ended . some purists like amy taubin…
: “a good film suitable for teenagers and adults . however , the feeing l that we have seen it before is inevitable . ”
the world wide web . planet earth . monday , jan . 25 . following a weekend of douchebag screenings at sundance , the positive reviews pop up online . entertainment weekly ’s owen gleiberman calls it “a bubblingly sharp and fresh and dark and winning comedy . ” erik davis writes on urltoken that “ douchebag is great in its delivery of awkward , relatable humor . ”
he starts fretting about all those seats douchebag will have to try to fill in park city and salt lake city—3 , 445 at six showings , not counting the press - only screening .
audiences both familiar and new to the world of warcraft can now witness the fierce battles of orcs and men on the silver screen , but some may—understandably—choose to wait on the film ' s critical reception before seeing it for themselves in theaters . unfortunately , warcraft appears to only further perpetuate the trend of poor quality video game - to - film adaptations , with the movie being met with generally mixed to negative reviews from film critics and reviewers .
“with the festival halfway over , ” sharon waxman reports on thewrap . com , “so far features titles like douchebag , buried ( which sold to lionsgate ) and blue valentine have the most heat . ”
dickler concedes it’s weird being on the acting side of the sundance buzz - athon , as is having strangers come up and praise his acting or say they can’t believe douchebag is his first lead role .
this was the first film i saw at sundance 2016 , and while my eyes were gleaming with the anticipation of watching a sundance film , i came out with the feeling of
meh .
this movie is definitely a product of our times which is both a good and a bad thing .
douchebag , which premiered at the 2010 sundance festival , follows the story of two estranged brothers who embark on a road trip — a plot that sounds as thought it has promise , but ultimately falls flat .
when talking about her son , kerr worries about coming off like she’s taking credit for his success . this is particularly true when she describes how he showed her an early douchebag scene but explained the project was on hold because his buddy jones had moved to new mexico . unbeknownst to doremus , kerr later got jones on the phone and said that scene convinced her he should return to finish douchebag and further pursue acting .
the end credits produce hearty cheers and applause , although film critics and distributors in the room are sitting on their hands like poker players concealing their tells .
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he says douchebag is more in the spirit of the shirt than spooner was . starring matthew lillard ( scooby - doo , slc punk ! ) , who attended tustin schools from first grade through high - school graduation , spooner was about a guy who had no interest in growing up until love came along . it was based on a story idea , doremus says , while the darker douchebag
is way more personal . ”
we decided we should make a movie , ” jones says .
we decided to base the film on one of the characters from the play . ”
; david and efraim are big fans of the film , they have a big poster in their office and the film even has a similar plot trajectory ; men in miami quickly go up the ranks of an underhanded world , making bigger and bigger deals before their arrogance and crossing the wrong people leads to their downfall .
film festival headquarters . marriott hotel . park city , utah . sunday , jan . 24 , 7 : 20 p . m . standing with dickler , kerr and a family friend in the hotel lobby before leaving for an intimate douchebag screening an hour away at sundance resort , doremus is jazzed about a post that went up on an la times blog a couple of hours earlier .
the most surprising disclosure of the night is that dickler , who plays a committed vegetarian in the film and really is one , ate five hamburgers for one scene .
schwartz jokes spooner is now showing as a double feature with avatar . actually , it’s to be distributed on dvd and pay - per - view , although a douchebag – spooner package deal is also being floated to potential buyers .
although the film revolves around a road trip , it has no direction . one could argue that the film is more about the journey rather than the destination , but it leaves the audience asking , “what was the point ? ” the ending is disappointing and leaves the viewer wondering why they were forced to ride along on this pointless trip .
seems to speak to a continually - budding generation of twitter - philes that are equal parts socially aware and self - obsessed .
— dan mecca , the film stage
shoestring productions of personal stories such as that of douchebag are exactly what sundance co - founder robert redford was talking about at the previous day’s opening press conference , where he vowed the festival had returned to its roots of presenting groundbreaking new voices .
writing about the thriller buried starring ryan reynolds being the first feature film to sell at sundance 2010 , john horn reported that many of the festival’s most star - laden movies had not yet been snatched up .
instead , ” he wrote ,
the buyers’ attention was focused on smaller genre titles like the low - budget road comedy douchebag , the digital - age romance documentary catfish and the afghanistan war documentary restrepo . ”
“they wanted to take out the elements that made the film unique and make it more general , ” he says . famuyiwa found independent financing instead and made the movie his way .
it was entirely improvised with drake’s direction , ” jones says .
it was a very free - form , comedic improvisation . ” he also stressed that dickler’s douchebag character
was a wacky caricature of his personality , as was mine . ”
each movie in that sundance category last year was bought for movie - theater distribution—the holy grail for american independent filmmakers . douchebag is the only movie in that group this year without a single hollywood name attached to it as a star , director or producer .
we use the name of my fifth - grade girlfriend , my best friend is one of the stars , and my film editor from spooner is the other , ” he says .
so kung went with a new , inexperienced distributor who didn’t tell him until the week before the opening where the film was scheduled to play . “it was mortifying , ” he says .
the rise of funny , scruffy cable - tv sitcoms has made it all the harder for filmmakers to get much play with the kind of quirky , low - key comedies that used to be fêted at festivals . drake doremus’ douchebag , for example , is a scattered , slight , simplistic indie - com , and yet the movie’s leads are strong , and douchebag has moments that suggest how much better it would’ve been if doremus , his cast , and his co - writers had allowed themselves the space and time to develop their ideas . at 70 minutes , douchebag feels both rushed and way too slack , but the bigger problem is that the kind of characters and humor this movie traffics in can be found in a more compact , amusing package on the average fx show .
ray livingston is a blogger ( occasionally dating black women ) and plays the field - - dating multiple women at once . he confronts a woman on the street , and she gives him the dressing down of his life , calling him out as a douchebag .
in the end , she got a job as a pharmaceutical rep and saved $ 200 , 000 of her own money to make her first film , “ go for it ! ” lionsgate bought it , and it only made $ 180 , 237 , according to box office mojo . but it won audience awards in film festivals , and she found gina rodriguez , now of “jane the virgin” fame , on youtube , and gave the young puerto rican actress her first feature role . marron now earns a living writing and directing , and she is working on her third film .
errs in how much it asks the audience to juggle , and as a result , the things that the film does well ( and i think there are many ) are muffled somewhat .
filmed mostly on the isthmus with large bands of local extras , it was screened out of competition at the international film festival of cannes but the critics reception at best has been luke warm .
the negatives in jetter’s film come , problematically , with the more dramatic material . the big conflict comes when jake writes a drunken blog post about rochelle that goes viral . it’s not so much that anything is done poorly , it’s just that these scenes do feel somewhat rote . moreover , this is an extremely low budget film , and some drawbacks of what was no doubt a rushed production schedule inevitably end up on the screen . the flatter moments ( which , unfortunately for the movie , are some of the more important moments ) have the whiff of an elevated student film .
lost love · douchebag focuses on two long - separated brothers , sam and tom ( andrew dickler and ben york jones ) , as they reunite before sam’s wedding and hit the road to try to find tom’s fifth - grade crush . - photo courtesy of prodigy pr
“ice cube and i have had long discussions about the need to not overspend , ” he adds . “any film you make , particularly starring people of color , you almost need to overdeliver . ”
in the few meetings she managed to get , she recalls sitting in rooms with “nine or 10 white guys” and her , a latina with an inner - city background pitching a film about latinos .
i was fortunate enough to get into sundance . all the money i got to make this film [ the budget was under $ 1 million ] was from family and friends . i had the goal of getting into sundance because it’s a great market and showcase , and supportive of indie films . but when you make a feature , you have to make money back if you want to make another film . we earned our money back because we were able to screen at sundance . if you don’t get into sundance , sxsw or tribeca , it’s hard to get distribution . when you make an indie film with a movie made for a niche audience , it’s a real gamble . but i think the producers wanted to give this film the best push . you won’t see anything like this in hollywood .
this moment , like many others in the film , has potential to be funny but misses the mark . as is the case with some films , the title generates more laughter than the actual movie .
there are some moments in the film however , that invoke a nervous , unintentional laughter just as with its title . there is a scene where sam and tom arrive at the doorstep of the “wrong” mary barger , forcing sam to ask her to give back the bouquet of flowers they gave her . viewers cannot help but chuckle at this awkward situation , but the film lacks enough of these small moments .
park city - - the unexpected reunion of two young men leads to an ill - advised eventful project in
douchebag ,
a clever diy comedy that could be this year ' s
humpday
for art house audiences in search of characters they recognize from their own lives .
a young newspaper reporter and a music talent scout attempt to make a bi - coastal relationship work . i think that it is difficult to render the pressures of a long - distance relationship without resorting to what super reviewer alice shen calls
go - to distance conflicts .
as a former victim of a long distance relationship , i can attest to the fact that much of the conflict is internal and doesn ' t lend itself to film . but at the same time , i can ' t blame the film for trying . eventually what the film amounts to is a solid romantic comedy . the characters ' relationship develops and degrades all in accordance with the formula that has been tried and true . there is an appropriate balance of pathos and comedy with some decent performances from drew barrymore and justin long . these people won ' t stay with you for very long , but it ' s nice knowing them for the film ' s ninety - seven minutes . overall , this is a fine film but nothing to write home about .
in addition to the demands of submitting a completely finished film and doing three media interviews per day , he continues to play with his burbank - based east valley ymca league ice - hockey team , agent orange .
producer matt alvarez made “straight outta compton , ” pictured above . “any film you make , particularly starring people of color , you almost need to overdeliver , ” he says . ( jaimie trueblood / universal pictures )
this feels like the new york city of right now , where brooklynites deal with gentrification as best they can , trying to stay true to their roots while admitting that artisan coffee shops and yoga spots aren’t all that bad . not unlike justin simien’s superb dear white people ( which premiered at sundance in 2014 ) , douchebag seems to speak to a continually - budding generation of twitter - philes that are equal parts socially - aware and self - obsessed . ray falls decidedly into the latter category , too often coming off too much like , well , a douchebag with little in the redemption department .
director carmen marron says that financing her first movie “was hell . ” granted , she was a high school guidance counselor with no actual film background . “my own mother wouldn’t even give me financing , ” she says .
the film , which includes robert de niro , edgar ramirez and ruben blades , is part of a group of limited release films . , it will not be in as many cinema complexes in north america as others like
for much of its 79 minutes , tahir jetter ‘s how to tell you’re a douchebag feels like the type of raw , diy and impressive indie picture that barely stands a chance of getting in to the 2016 model of the sundance film festival . if that sounds like a back - handed compliment , that’s more - or - less the intention . after all , it is a talky rom - com set in new york with no recognizable faces , no real visuals to showcase or even edgy subject matter to mine through .
at the time of writing , warcraft holds a freshness rating of 22 % on film review aggregator rotten tomatoes based on eighteen reviews , and 37 % on metacritic based on eleven . excerpts from some of these reviews read :
i know some people are going to hate it , ” he says of douchebag .
but if you add up the amount of people who will see it at sundance , more people will have eventually seen it than any of my other films . not enough people saw spooner to hate it . ”
starts with a scene that actually takes place in the middle of the film ; it has a voiceover narration , shows men living a life of excess and as well as having a subplot involving the main character ' s troubled relationship .
sausage party is the exception . sausage party is dumb and pointless and i hated it , although i am — to be fair — in the minority among critics who have delighted in what is the first r - rated all cgi - film ( and it’s a hair away from being nc - 17 ) . i hate feeling like the buzzkill on this film , but here we are . i’m not going to lie and say i liked something because everyone else did .
then came kerr’s phone call , which inspired jones to recommit to douchebag . so did e - mails from stidham , who is credited as a writer along with doremus , dickler and producer jonathan schwartz—although she was the only one who put anything on paper . as the line producer , stidham also scouted all the filming locations .
how to tell you’re a douchebag is made up of roughly 98 % black people . at no point in the movie does anyone hold a gun or touch a drug that isn’t legal in the great state of colorado , and how goddamn screwed up is our entertainment industry that i even have to point that out as being something novel ? point is that while this is very much a first film it is a solid one , and if the sundance next category is good for anything it’s for launching new talent . tahir jetter hopefully has some more stories to tell .
as david was more sympathetic , just a stoner loser who has to shape up - but the real david packouz has a cameo , so he probably wouldn ' t have wanted to get involved with a film that portrayed him so poorly .
similar struggles abound , as many filmmakers of color are dealing with the typical headaches of being a newbie filmmaker . first - time director steven kung said he raised just under $ 1 million , which his mom gathered from “rich dentist uncles” back in taiwan . he made “a leading man , ” about a talented asian actor relegated to degrading roles . but there were no acquisitions agents at the festival where the film premiered . “maybe because it’s an asian film festival ? ” he wonders .
the shirt , the first short film doremus made after afi , was about a guy who can’t find the perfect shirt , so he ultimately goes without one .
at the premiere , my dad took off his shirt , ” doremus says .
worst decision ever . the whole thing looked like a bad student film . the script made no sense , there wasn ' t much of a plot , the lead character / writer tried to sound way smarter than he actually was . i rested my eyes for a bit during the film , and when i opened them 3 - 4 minutes later i would still be looking at the same shot . really ? it was supposed to be a comedy too , which made it even worse .
bing bar . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 7 p . m . snow flurries have fallen all day on this former mining town . it’s pretty to look at—from inside a toasty room . thankfully for sun - spoiled southern californians , the absolut douchebag party—in deference to the official beverage sponsor , of course—is indoors .
along the way , the screenwriting team rations out little ways for andrew dicker to expose sam ' s selfishness and unreliability . dickler fills the role with insight , aiming for believability instead of the broadness of the film ' s title - - as a result , we don ' t flinch when the brothers seem to be enjoying each other ' s company and don ' t find it impossible to believe when the script grants sam some abrupt insights . in the end , the douchebag isn ' t the star of the show , but he ' s an essential part of making it work .
the premise of trying to find a fifth - grade sweetheart , although outlandish , has potential . the idea of two brothers taking a road trip in search of a childhood crush could have made for some hilarious moments . but the film fails to deliver .
to that end , a new category called next was added for 2010 , reserved for indie films “stretching a low budget to create big art . ” doremus ( pronounced dor - ee - muss ) submitted douchebag hoping that it would be chosen for next . instead , it is among 16 films singled out in the more prestigious u . s . dramatic competition .
well , andrew was my editor on my previous film spooner , ” he says .
i just had this crazy idea that my friend ben play his brother . it was in my heart and my mind , and i just had to do it . ”
years later , as soon as he graduated from film school , he pitched his mostly latino - cast movie “ the book of life ” to every studio in town . “every place told me the same thing : there’s no interest in latino content , ” he said .
doremus mentions to the crowd that while his feature debut , spooner , was being shown at last year’s slamdance film festival , a smaller and scrappier event that runs concurrently with sundance in park city , he snuck over to the racquet club to watch the then - unknown precious .
ahir jetter’s first feature opens with one hell of a gambit . this funny relationship film ( i hesitate to call it a rom com ) starts with some postcard shots of new york city , just like woody allen’s masterpiece manhattan . but this isn’t in black and white and even out - of - towners will recognize that these aren’t the usual landmarks . how to tell you’re a douchebag ( yes , that’s the actual title , unfortunately ) is 100 % brooklyn , but it doesn’t make a big showing of it , shouting “represent ! ” or “718 ! ” or anything like that . brooklyn is just the borough where the filmmakers of the next generation live .
whilst albania was filmed with a drab , grey look [ how hollywood generally sees eastern europe ] . an action set - piece where david and efraim try to smuggle guns into iraq could have fitted in a bay film if it had more explosions . despite being marketed as a comedy
charles brice plays ray livingston , a freelance writer trying to attract attention with a blog , occasionally dating black women , whose self - pitying tone doesn ' t jibe with the cavalier way he treats the women he takes to bed . he ' s a douchebag , all right , no matter how much he claims to be looking for love and blames his emotional unavailability on new york city .
it kind of does , in theory . and maybe it will be for you . i thought it was moronic . and often offensive . for instance , the villain in the movie is a douchebag — a literal douchebag — filled with vodka that tries to flex its muscles and drunkenly rape a hot - dog bun . but it’s comedy , right , so it’s … ok ? and there’s a lot of ugly racial stereotypes , but it’s only hot dogs , and cans of beans , and a gay twinkie and firewater — which is obviously a native american stereotype — so we shouldn’t take offense , right ? well , why not ? because if the “firewater” were played by an actual native american , or if a live - action craig robinson was playing an actual african - american stereotype banging the “crackers” that wouldn’t be ok .
the 26 - year - old filmmaker squints as he tries to make out the people filling nearly all 608 seats of the temporary cinema space . he asks douchebag cast and crew members to join him up front for audience questions . eight people who have worked on the quirky slacker dramedy off and on for two years—and who also managed to make it to park city—surround their director . the remaining two crew members are back home .
the romantic leads are both writers . language is very specific in the film , particularly when one of ray’s ladies asks him “how do you feel about me , ” which he understands as “what do you think about me . ” can you talk about how you used words so precisely ? rochelle is particularly verbal .
while editing spooner , doremus had told dickler he was too funny not to be in a movie . to the amazement of doremus , dickler went for it . somewhere along the way , the director got the idea of playing the strong - willed editor off his mellower friend jones . a 30 - page outline for what would become douchebag was shot with the newbie actors . jones and dickler supplied all the dialogue as it came to them .
contrary to their name , slow motions are often anything but slow . they are generally characterized by short , jerky movements . when done properly , they often appear erratic and involuntary . achieving this seemingly spasmodic display takes years of practice , the difficulty of which is often underappreciated . rather than coming off as slow , individuals untrained in these motions usually just look like a giant knobber . the description
douchebag
has also been used by others .
i’ll be nervous friday night , ” doremus says .
it’ll be the first time anyone has seen it . the la times will be there . it’s so nerve - wracking . it’s not like slamdance , where you’re showing the film to 100 people . this is the biggest stage for movies in the world besides cannes . ”
although director / co - writer drake doremus cues us initially to view tom as the eponymous douchebag - - he ' s an adult sponging off his parents and makes excuses so lame they hardly merit the name when first invited to the wedding - - actor ben york jones doesn ' t let us harbor that illusion for long . moist - eyed and vulnerable , jones projects an endearing willingness to reconcile with his brother even though he clearly fears some kind of mistreatment .
if tv looks far more diverse today than film , it’s due in large part to the work of nogales and his colleagues . in 2000 , they forced the networks to sign memorandums of understanding saying they are committed to diversity . since then , the networks have counted the number of minorities they hire and have created various diversity - pipeline programs .
while the film isn ' t scheduled to be released in north america until june 10th , the long awaited warcraft already started to roll out internationally earlier this week . the movie adaptation of blizzard entertainment ' s hit gaming franchise of the same name was first announced a whole decade ago as a collaboration between the developer and media company legendary pictures .
written and directed by jetter and based off of his blog ‘occasionally dating black women , ’ douchebag tells the story of womanizing blogger ray livingston ( charles brice ) and the comeuppance he receives at the hands of quasi - famous internet writer rochelle marseilles ( dewanda wise ) . filled with self - reflective voice - over and extended musings on things like cat - calling and its virtues or the expectations following a hook - up , jetter establishes an insightful - if - familiar aesthetic .
“i dreamed that someday i’d have a film playing in this room , ” he says , still amazed at what a short , strange trip it has been . he had no idea in january 2009 that his “very personal” picture—shot in 20 days with a minuscule budget , unknown lead actors and a tiny crew—would fulfill his dream a mere 12 months later .
but , for the next two years , jones co - directed music videos in la with fellow chapman alum joseph armario under the pseudonym jurassic technology . jones did perform a small walk - on part in spooner , and while that film was being edited , doremus called to say there was a guy he had to meet : spooner ’s editor , dickler .
and where young people live they fall in love , or at least try to fall in love , and how to tell you’re a douchebag tells the tale of aspiring writer ray ( charles brice ) eventually realizing that maybe his womanizing ways won’t lead to happiness . he discovers this when he first hollers at rochelle ( dewanda wise ) while trying to impress his buddy jake ( william jackson harper ) . little does he know that rochelle is a powerful woman in media and more than a match for his wits .
there was just one problem : after about half the film had been shot , jones suffered what he called a
mini midlife crisis” and retreated to albuquerque , new mexico . the official reason was to learn carpentry from his father , but the more he talks about it , the more it is obvious he needed to find himself after he discovered he hated directing music videos .
doremus recalls that 10 years ago , in this very same room , he and jones hosted a screening of the bum .
we projected it onto a big screen , and we had 70 folding chairs set up , ” doremus says . once the lights came up at the end , the teens solicited donations from friends and family members for the just for laughs film festival entry fees .
that was more of a troll question meant to suggest ray is a douchebag . he’s mocking rochelle in a way that even he doesn’t believe , but he’s confident that he can get a rise out of her in that scene . it speaks to how black men get on black women’s nerves . we can see how black women bring up causes , and black men will troll them for it . that scene is a representation of that tug - of - war that we experience . we are our privilege to a certain extent . ray is aware that he’s good looking , a ladies’ man , and well - spoken , but that’s his charm to a fault . i wanted to see the paradigm of this man not getting what he wants , what that means and feels like , but in a larger sense , the film is about how everyone doesn’t get what they want in the modern dating milieu . sometimes things don’t go your way .
we had ridiculous expectations , ” jones says .
we thought we were going to make a 90 - minute feature film . . . . we pieced it together into an hour version , and then a 13 - minute version . we showed it to people for fun . it was our first foray into filmmaking together . it’s the first time we made something together and realized people liked it . ”
despite being directed by duncan jones and having a cgi budget seemingly the size of a small country ' s gdp , warcraft the movie never quite manages to come together as enjoyable . while fans of the franchise can most likely derive some satisfaction out of seeing the faithfully recreated video game settings , the wooden acting , breakneck pacing and excessive amounts of fantasy jibber - jabber mostly renders the film nonsensical to everyone else .
the film was trying to start a conversation on male masculinity , feminism , our current technology , and blogging , yet while there were many points made about the subjects , i left wishing they delved more deeply on the critiques . the funny thing about their biggest critique , which was on our current state of technology ( especially blogging ) , is that the characters the filmmakers decided to focus on were at extremes . everyone sounded like…
this movie is real . these situations are real . street harassment is real , entitlement is real , people get possessive and demanding even with new relationships and encounters . they get petty and when things don ' t go their way they cross boundaries . this happens all the time and this film isn ' t here to preach about it , it ' s just telling a satisfying story about how people can grow and learn and better themselves .
a womanizing blogger gets put in his place in how to tell you ' re a douchebag , tahir jetter ' s feature debut . not funny enough to call a rom - com , though it borrows many of that genre ' s tropes , the movie plays like a technically proficient , very expensive substitute for going into therapy after a painful breakup . heartfelt but lacking some key ingredients , the pic has limited commercial potential ; in any event , it ' s certainly much too conventional for sundance ' s next section , meant to showcase titles with an
innovative , forward - thinking approach to storytelling .
when she came home at 2 : 30 p . m . one day after doremus had earned his diploma and found him lying on the sofa in his boxers , eating ice cream and watching movies on tv , she threatened to kick him out of the house if he did not find a job . he instead applied to the american film institute ( afi ) in los angeles and , at 19 , became the youngest member of his class .
not necessarily incendiary and diabolical , this relatively innocuous indie film , shown only in a few select theaters , still had the ornery temperament of a relentless curmudgeon and the razor sharp guile of a confident screenwriter . two estranged brothers apprehensively join forces to find a lost love . emotional indigestion follow . a cool , remarkably airy score by goddamn electric bill make this one of the most sentient , blue - in - the - face road films in the past decade .
that’s a silly premise , especially for a movie that doesn’t take a silly approach to the material . at times , doremus and company seem to be struggling to force a narrative arc onto douchebag , when it’s clear they’d rather be watching the characters just hang out . doremus has a good eye for the varied landscapes of california , and dickler creates such a distinctive type—a self - centered man - child who covers his preoccupation with toys , games , and girls by feigning a detached , scholarly expertise—that it’s a shame they slip so easily into conventionality . these people and the world they inhabit are vivid enough to sustain something much more original .
in the end , neither character is extremely likeable , but they are not utterly detestable either . in fact , audience members don’t have strong emotions about the characters either way and remain indifferent about them throughout the film . because audience members lack interest in the two characters , it is difficult to remain invested in the story . on the surface , the characters’ differences make for an interesting story and good material for dialogue , but the characters fail to capture this potential .
i do think the likability comes from the fact that despite his looks and charm , he’s a bumbling person and that makes him endearing and human . i wasn’t worried about making him unlikable ; he was interesting . i gravitate to films that are about [ flawed ] characters . i know a lot of men who saw the film who said they acted just like that , and saw a lot of themselves in ray . or women who said they were one of those women .
such a cute romantic comedy : ) justin long & drew barrymore were just amazing & christina applegate was great as drew barrymore ' s sister & charlie day & jason sudeikis were great as justin long ' s best friends . just a great movie about love & how by going the distance your love will survive : ) just watch this adorable film : ) you won ' t regret it ! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
this time around , the nervous - laughter factor comes from the movie ' s barely printable title instead of its premise , which is hardly as outrageous as two straight men trying to make a gay porn film : brothers sam and tom , estranged for two years for reasons we don ' t know , are brought together by the former ' s fiancee , who arrives unannounced at tom ' s door and all but insists that he come back with her to be at the wedding .
marauders is like a sophomoric college essay : it’s full of interesting ideas that get bungled in the execution . interspersed with some well - done robbery set pieces , the film as a whole strives for unearned depth , dropping an entire thesis about the nature of legality and ethics into a straightforward crime flick , thereby making the latter elements needlessly confusing while the former get watered down into lackadaisical platitudes . attempting the profound when you’re out of your depth is the definition of pretentious , and marauders succumbs to this temptation .
the racquet club . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 8 p . m . the temporary , ascending rows of theater seats quickly fill up . if it’s not a full house , it’s pretty darn close . after a brief welcome from doremus , the film begins . it’s funny and better - paced than spooner , although that could also be because of the things coming out of the titular character’s mouth . you’re on the edge of your seat wondering what dickish thing dickler will say next .
the main character , ray livingston , has a job that seemingly only exists in film . he runs some dating blogs , and somehow makes a living from it . scenes predominantly feature young people who seemingly have nothing but free time to walk around and talk to each other , and eat with each other at fancy restaurants . this is the type of movie and characters i frequently hate , so why did i find myself loving it so much ? why did it feel fresh , original and unique , like something i had never seen before ? because these were roles and depictions always reserved for white actors .
the problem at this juncture is this : we have no reason to care about ray ' s wounded pride . nothing in the script has given us a reason to think there ' s more to him than we see , and brice doesn ' t project enough personality here to make up for the screenplay ' s failings . we ' d much rather spend time with jake ( william jackson harper ) , the wry best - friend character who routinely takes the air out of his puffed - up pal (
you ever think you might hate women , ray ?
) and who gets most of the film ' s intermittent laughs .
marauders wants us to ask difficult questions about the value of staying within the confines of the law , and to its credit , it does so by explicitly rejecting the reactionary dirty harry ideology that drives so many cops - vs . - robbers stories . rather than endorsing the fast - and - loose “fuck the law” attitude of heroes we’re meant to laud for their internal moral compass , the film suggests such ethical compromises end up doing more harm than good . even better , it ultimately leaves judgment in the hands of the viewer , refusing to grant either legitimacy or condemnation to well - intentioned criminality . if only marauders didn’t have such difficulty wrangling its own contradictory intentions .
the social network
explores the moment at which facebook , the most revolutionary social phenomena of the new century , was invented - - through the warring perspectives of the super - smart young men who each claimed to be there at its inception . the result is a drama rife with both creation and destruction ; one that audaciously avoids a singular pov , but instead , by tracking dueling narratives , mirrors the clashing truths and constantly morphing social relationships that define our time . drawn from multiple sources , the film captures the visceral thrill of the heady early days of a culture - changing phenomenon in the making - - and the way it both pulled a group of young revolutionaries together and then split them apart .
ray’s friendship with jake ( william jackson harper ) allows for the strongest scenes in the film . the two have a great chemistry , harper finding comedy in moments that would otherwise play dry , even obnoxious . wise’s turn as rochelle is also a highlight . tough and beautiful with a penchant for snappy delivery , the young actress is at her most engaging when she’s dressing down ray for his childish , navel - gazing thoughts on love and sex . when the movie works – and it works just enough – it’s gleefully aware of ray’s asshole - ness . the man’s got good friends and the charms to find the right woman ( not to mention a nice brooklyn apartment ) , but an inability to get out of his own way and get over himself .
i looked at a lot of woody allen and “high fidelity , ” which is precise and particular of how the main character describes his perception of the world . it’s a low - budget film so people are going to latch on to the dialogue , and i wanted rochelle to sound like one of the talented women writers on twitter who has thousands of followers and can rattle off a dissertation at will . i wanted to make ray sound much more banal as a writer , one who does navel - gazing think pieces about their own lives that are silly , but can make a name for yourself and a living . he wants to be a good writer . what attracts him to rochelle aside from her demeanor and poise is that she can actually write a novel . i was intent on trying to convey that , and how these characters spoke to each other .
the racquet club . park city , utah . friday , jan . 22 , 9 : 30 p . m .
prodded at dinner with the couple to open up about his love life , tom reveals he’s still carrying a torch for his fifth - grade girlfriend , mary barger ( the actual name of doremus’ fifth - grade girlfriend at oakridge private school in orange ) . she must be found , it is resolved . much googling ensues , and it turns out there are mary bargers in santa monica , palm springs and san diego .
sam’s wedding day nears , and many errands must be run . so , naturally , he volunteers to help tom find out which mary barger is his mary barger , who can then be the younger nussbaum’s date to the wedding . this leads to a road trip in which the full scope of sam’s douchebaggery and the brothers’ loathing of each other are exposed .
and yet , by the end credits , a real love story has emerged , and it’s not the one you expected .
depietro performance center . santa ana , california . thursday , jan . 14 , 11 a . m . newspaper clippings cover bulletin boards in a hallway inside this brick building ; several yellowing los angeles times and orange county register articles follow the youth stage work of doremus , beginning when he was very young up through his teens . he was obviously a genuine prodigy .
“drake was always with me at the theater , ” cherie kerr says as she sits in a conference room , flipping though snapshots of her son . “it was not forced on him . he loved it . ”
named after late jazz bassist charlie depietro and his singer wife margaret , the depietro includes offices where their daughter kerr runs kerr public relations and execuprov , a communications - skills training center for business people .
adjacent to those offices is a 70 - seat black - box theater that is home to the orange county crazies , which kerr , a former cast member with the groundlings in la , founded 20 years ago . then based in huntington beach , the crazies were a comedy troupe with an inaugural cast of 12 . kathy griffin , who ' d also been a groundling , helped kerr with the auditions . known for topical sketch shows with titles such as orange side story , orange - lahoma ! and orange flew over the cuckoo’s nest , the crazies moved to santa ana in 1993 and shifted the focus to improvisational theater . it’s now a school for improv , although kerr hopes to mount a new crazies’ sketch show later this year .


kizzy : mum at 14 was a bbc three documentary about an underage mother , kizzy kay neal .

it was first shown on 11 december 2007 and was shown as the fourth and final part of the born survivor series on bbc three .

kizzy had sex for the first time at the age of 13 , and gave birth , at the age of 14 to a boy , whom she named kaylib .

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kizzy : mum at 14 will be broadcast on bbc three on tuesday , 11 december at 2230 gmt .
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kizzy : mum at 14 was seen by around 2 million viewers across several broadcasts on bbc3 earlier this year and a further 2 . 3 million on bbc1 in august .
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at the moment i am watching the documentary on kizzy the mum at 14 and my personal view is that she is a very amazing girl who suprised me about how brave and grown up she was . . . you can see how she still strives for a good life for her and her son . . . i had my little girl at 19 and i found that very hard but i dont think i could have done it at 14 she is brilliant and i say good on you kizzy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
this has been played to death on bbc3 . at least it shows teenagers that it ' s not easy being a mum at that age and it ' s by no means glamourous .
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nine months later , she experienced another first : giving birth . since may this year , kizzy ' s been mum to her little boy kaylib . in september , kizzy went back at school , with her parents determined that she make the most of her life despite kizzy ' s self - confessed ' mistake ' . her mum kerry has even offered to bring kaylib to the school gates so kizzy can feed him .
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join date : aug 2006 ; location : was portsmouth now west scotland ; posts . . . i watch it i think she a good roll model 4 young mums how is turn her life around . . . . on kizzy the mum at 14 and my personal view is that she is a very . . .
why did anyone try to fight teen pregnancy ? because it sucks for the kid who is born to the teen mum . because a teen mum has no mental capacity to raise a child . because being born to teen mum means skid row for most of childhood .
agree teeny every scene telly on ! that aside she obviously was a lovely mum and her parents were fabulous . she was so much more grown up than i was at that age . horrible to think she got spat at in the street .
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being a mum so young has been tough for kizzy ' s family . her two brothers have been assaulted because their sister is a teen mum . the oldest was attacked with a bottle of vodka and the youngest had his nose broken . he ' s now deaf in one ear .
at de end of documentary kizzy , her moder , broders and her boyfriend michaew travew up to essex to see louie . louie wouwd not awwow michaew or her broders at de meeting and wouwd awso not awwow cameras . kizzy stated dat dis was de first time louie had met his son and it wouwd probabwy be de wast .
bbc3 is to revisit to the subject of one of its most popular documentaries with a new film on teenage single mum kizzy neal as part of a returning series of hard - hitting programmes .
the ' fwy - on - de - waww ' documentary highwights de uks ' high teenage pregnancy rate and fowwows kizzy after she weaves schoow for de summer howidays in 2007 . kizzy was born in leicester in 1992 , but wives in torbay . kizzy cwaims she got pregnant in a one night stand wif a boy named louie , whom kizzy wants to accept responsibiwity for kaywib . louie has moved to essex since kizzy became pregnant . kizzy arranged to have hersewf and kaywib baptised at easter time , her reason being to give kaywib a good start in wife .
didn ' t watch the original but watching now . what a lovely girl . she seems like a good mum .
your not the only one whos physically angry and shouting abusive language at the tv screen .
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but kizzy ' s not the only young mum in her area . torbay has one of the highest rates of pregnancy in britain and it ' s rising . kizzy says that a number of other girls in her year became pregnant and she was asked to counsel a couple of them .
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kizzy did my make up and hair for my 21st and it looked so amazing . i have never felt so confident or looked better ! kizzy is so lovely and completely
i agree this did not glamourise having a baby at 14 , but nor was it judgemental or off - putting . lools like you get quite a lot of attention if you have a baby while still a child yourself , you even get on tv .
a pregnant girl of 14 revealed yesterday that she had been asked by teachers to give advice to four of her school friends who have fallen pregnant this term .
it is claimed 11 other girls at the school also became pregnant , which the school strongly denies .
at the end of the documentary , kizzy says that she feels she let her son down , because he will likely grow up without knowing his father . what do you think about this ?
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kizzy said it had been an awkward , embarrassed encounter , with neither of them really having anything to say . but at least it provided closure of a kind ; a happy ending of a sort .
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i miss being able to get up and go out when i want to and doing teenage things . i can ' t do these things as much anymore but i do get help from mum and dad so i get the chance to be a child as well as a mum .
kizzy is neutered and getting on in years and has cataracts and a skin condition for which she receives treatment . she is the sole companion of her elderly owner who is devastated at her loss . kizzy insists on staying in the front garden so her owner puts a double lead on her and attaches her to t
tonight sees the launch of our bringing up britain season on bbc three - a collection of programmes that explore , without judgement , what life is really like for young parents in the uk . bbc three had produced a number of programmes like kizzy - mum at 14 and underage and pregnant that had been watched by many viewers . danny cohen ( now controller of bbc one ) was keen to explore the next generation of films in this area - instead of focussing purely on pregnancy he was keen to explore what happens when baby comes home .
for instance in # 15 mum claims that her hand is getting on quite well , though it . . . and in # 14 dana claims to be okay , which she straightaway disclaims in her next turn . . . . runs dog kennels ) will come over the next day to return ilene ' s bitch kizzy . . . . or two commitments she has : it ' s beginning to look difficult , and now ilene .
it ' s not just boyfriend - girlfriend ,
says kizzy .
it ' s friendship as well .
this is just as well , since kizzy has few friends among louis ' family .
' ' the fact that kizzy has had to help four pregnant girls , aged 14 and 15 , since christmas just goes to show we ' re all failing somewhere . and it ' s not just the parents , the school and the local authority – it ' s a social problem .
what a lovely lovely girl kizzy is , and a great supportive family . she is a fantastic mum and i really admire her - i don ' t think i would have coped the way she has at that age . caleb is a very lucky little man and i wish her all the best and hope her and caleb have a wonderful , happy , healthy life . xxx
kizzy believes her school takes the wrong approach by too readily giving out condoms and
promoting sex
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yeah , mature enough to get knocked up at 13 . ignorance and stupidity galore . . . what a waste of skin
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it ' s even harder without a father , and earlier this year kizzy took kaylib to southend to meet his dad . on her way home , it struck kizzy that the two probably wouldn ' t meet again .
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when it became known locally that kizzy was pregnant , she was bullied at school , as well as kicked and punched by people on the street . she even received threatening text messages . this was partly because people believed she was cashing in on her notoriety ( neither kizzy , nor anyone else in this film about her , were paid for appearing it ) .
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at 15 i found myself in a similar situation to kizzy but i had a miscarriage at 12 weeks . i ' m now 21 and about to graduate from university with a first - class degree . i don ' t regret my actions at 15 and i would have had that baby . yes it would have changed my life , but there is no reason why i couldn ' t go on to finish a degree . not all girls who get pregnant young are the type of girls people seem to think they are . i wish kizzy all the best with her exams and i hope she gets a job she loves .
kizzy ' s story is not uncommon in the uk , which has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in western europe .
he gate post . one of the leads is missing along with kizzy and therefore she is believed to be stolen .
holly , who became increasingly agitated with miss prudham during the interview , said : ' i would struggle to sleep at night ' .
s . she was amazing . had a trial with her a few weeks ago before the big day and felt so at ease w
in september 2007 , kizzy was set to go back to schoow , but de schoow said dat it wouwd be better in aww interests if she went to cowwege . kizzy aims to join de uk youf parwiament , wif her powiticaw focus being on youf and sex education . [ 3 ] in august 2011 kizzy gave birf to her second chiwd , a boy named taywor .
oh , and the only bit i didn ' t like was the sensationalist title - she actually was nearly 15 when her baby was born , not 13 ! she must have been very near 14 when she got pregnant .
i just watched this with my 7 months pregnant 15 yr old daughter it was brilliant but my daughter wasnt impresed by the 18 hr labour or the amount of stitches kizzy had to have but was inspired by kizzy and her ability and her ambition .
a buying opportunity – “we’ll buy you the pram ! ” “i’ll buy you the cot ! ” “aaaahhh , let’s go shopping ! ” the standard response from your mum and other shopaholics .
' i don ' t care what men think . i ' m not interested in men at all . i would love a sperm donor .
the tests cost £30 and £300 and are said to look at the ancestral lineages that contribute to the make - up of an individual’s dna .
of course it was heartening to see the way everyone had rallied round kizzy and her baby , but the political slant , even on the supposedly neutral voiceover commentary , was unmistakable . kizzy didn ' t have an abortion because
life is too precious
, it intoned self - righteously , forgetting that some would consider kizzy ' s specific life more precious than
life
as an abstract .
kizzy wants louis to be a part of caleb ' s life , though not as her partner . she has a steady boyfriend called michael , who ' s 18 and as level - headed and ambitious as kizzy . michael is happy to be a father to caleb .
feb 10 , 2013 - schoolgirl kizzy neal was just 13 when she fell pregnant with son kaylib . . . . kizzy , 17 - who gave birth soon after her 14th birthday - said :
when i found out i was . . . but she said :
i dealt with it and people are ok now .
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while the father of her child rejected being a dad and moved away from torbay in devon , kizzy never considered having her pregnancy terminated .
this fine documentary went beyond the grim statistics - - and beyond the lazy cliches about ' pramfaces ' - - to profile kizzy neal , a truly exceptional girl . kizzy had sex with a boy called louis when both of them were 13 and fell pregnant first time out .
one caller kizzy called in with the message : ' good luck to her ' , but another viewer had a far more poignant message .
the first programme of the born survivors series follows 13 - year - old kizzy through her pregnancy and the following six mont . . .
documentary centred around teenager kizzy neal , who became pregnant to a 13 - year - old boy who left town when he heard the news .
i ' m watching this now and we watched the original program a while ago following her pregnancy . she now wants her own place and wants to move out of her parents house , her dad has told her he doesn ' t think she ' s ready and they have to still teach her things and i wonder whether she would know any more or less about being a mum than i did at 25 ? this program has put across that she is doing a fantastic job , and it doesn ' t seem that she is doing any better or worse than any other 1st time mum
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she is a mature 14year old . agreed not sure on some of the views of family but very supportive . but i do think she will a good mum probably better than a lot a older girls who get pregnant
from that moment on , says kizzy ' s mother kerry , who is in her 40s , the atmosphere changed .
there was so much negativity about kizzy having the baby in the first place , then when he was born there was so much joy and excitement and everyone loves him .
ir which stayed in well all day and evening . i got lovely comments from people . i will for sure be using kizzy again ! much recommende
she told him she was on the pill ,
barked maggie , who lays all of the blame for the pregnancy at kizzy ' s door . louis , she says , is too young to be a father . besides , she ' s not convinced caleb is his child . she wants a dna test .
since i got pregnant , i ' ve learnt so much about contraception , abortions and sex but at school i think i had so few sex education lessons .
' ' sex education in schools isn ' t as good as it should be . kizzy said she never had any lessons , but now she ' s pregnant she ' s had two . the school has become more aware of the problem now though , and they have been brilliant with kizzy .
kizzy tewws de interviewers about mixed reactions from her friends . she says dat when her friends found out she was pregnant dey wanted babies too and , dree weeks water , dey were pregnant . not aww de reactions were positive . her broders tawk about having abuse shouted at dem and even being physicawwy beaten on severaw occasions .
documentary centered around teenager kizzy neal , who became pregnant to a 13 - year - old boy who left town when he heard the n . . .
repeated invites to louis and his family to visit caleb , and to be present at his christening , have slammed up against the formidable shield that is louis ' grandmother , maggie .
khloe kardashian ' anxious but eager ' as she gets back to work for the first time since true ' s birth . . . and her alarm goes off at 4 . 35am
hi , hope you dont mind me replying to your comment , yes it was a very long labour and lots of stiches , but kizzy says she only remembers the joy , please tell your daughter she will feel frieghtened , thats natural , but parental instinct does take over , we wish you and your daughter all the best and would love to hear from you ( about how it goes ) like wise kizzy would be only to happy to talk to her if that helps . merry xmas . . . . . . . . kerry ( kizzys mum )
though i do congratulate kizzy on her inner strength in having the baby and raising it alone , i had to question the admiration i am meant to feel . are we supposed to ignore the fact that she had unprotected sex at 13 , which ( correct me if i ' m wrong ) is the average age for girls to just be starting their periods and developing ? i am 13 myself ( 14 in february ) so i know exactly how bizarre it would be to be pregnant right now , and although i am going to try and stay a virgin until my wedding night , some of my friends ( who are not ) are sensible enough to wait until they are at least 16 . at my previous school , in our sex education that feeling was : go off and have sex , just don ' t get pregnant . while this is a good idea , it ' s still sending out the message that it doesn ' t matter if you have sex when you ' re underage , surely the law saying that you have to be 16 makes this illegal , and yet i see no punishment or at least ' ticking off ' towards those who ignore this law .
of the four other girls at her school who have fallen pregnant , two have already had abortions , one is keeping her baby and the fourth has not yet decided what to do .
definately ! not letting her and / or baby stay at the boyfriends house ? i think kizzy and her boyf have proven that they are both mature enough to take their relationship in any direction they wish to . the boyf is only 19 and looks to be doing a great job in the father role . i think that if it was your average 16 year old , you ' d obviously have reservations about allowing your daughter to spend a night sleeping over at the boyfriends , but due to the circumstances , kizzy has shown she is capable of making sensible decisions for herself and her son and as she has been forced to become a grown - up , maybe she should be allowed to act like one
i would like to congratulate the bbc on their ongoing series , underage and pregnant . the episode i watched tonight ( 11th july 2011 ) showed how young mum abby was coping with her young son riley and his dissabilities . i found it very emotional to watch but more than that , abby was a truely inspirational young girl . i would like to congratulate her on the fantastic job she is doing as a mum . i admire everything she is trying to achieve and would expect her mother is very , very proud . i am a single mum myself and for someone so young to be so nuturing and aspiring is a lesson to us all . there will be great times ahead for both of them and i wish them every hapiness .
kizzy ' s mother , kerry , 42 , said she was not surprised to hear how the teenage conception rate has shot up by 10 per cent since 1998 . she said : ' ' we couldn ' t have done more to educate kizzy . no one was to blame for her getting pregnant apart from herself . she was defiant .
documentary centered around teenager kizzy neal , who became pregnant to a 13 - year - old boy who left town when he heard the news . britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in western europe , and torbay , where kizzy lives , has one of the highest in the country . the film follows kizzy through her pregnancy and the first six months of the infant ' s life as she struggles to come to terms with her enormous responsibilities and battles to get the baby ' s father to acknowledge his child .
holly willoughby became increasingly agitated with miss prudham during the interview and said : ' i would struggle to sleep at night ' . she highlighted the plight of those who struggle to receive benefits they deserve
we see kizzy getting to grips with motherhood and the very real loss of her own childhood at such a young age . we ' ll also find out if the baby ' s father , 15 - year - old louie , will make an appearance . he left town and moved to essex when he discovered he was going to be a father , and kizzy says it ' s now or never for him to get to know his baby son . but with all that distance between them , will he ever agree to acknowledge his little boy ?
just watched this documentary , thanks for the link . what a supportive family , kizzy is a lucky woman . wishing her and caleb all the best for a happy life x
as it went on , she became the target of abuse from people . she was spat at and her brothers were attacked because , her father kevin believes , she chose not to have an abortion .
the secret baby carriers – “omg ! you’re pregnant ? ! so am i ! but don’t tell anyone yet…” oh don’t you worry ; after all this time we’re now pretty good at keeping a secret .
well you silly little * * * * er , if you had used one you wouldn ' t be where you are now would you . she also says sex education at school should . . .
the new film , kizzy : sex , prams and exams , part of the second series of born survivors , will follow her as she turns 16 and juggles motherhood and school .
the caring souls – “how are you feeling ? ” “has the morning sickness get only better ? ” “is there anything at all i can do to help ? ” arguably the sweetest group of them all .
struggling to keep calm , holly willloughby said : ' do you struggle to sleep at night ? ' but miss prudham replied : ' not really . i ' m not the one who makes up the rules '
abandoned at birth - gatwick baby and jono lancaster ' s so what if my baby is born like me ? are moving portrayals of childhoods lost . steven hydes was abandoned at gatwick airport when he was 10 days old and is on a life - defining search to find out his true identity . jono has treacher collins syndrome - a rare genetic condition - and is trying to decide if or how he should ever have children .
the teenager believes that getting pregnant is considered ' ' fashionable
by some schoolgirls and fears that her peers at paignton community college have seen the support her parents have given her , and think becoming pregnant is acceptable .
in an interview at the weekend sir tom , now 75 , said he is often told he is ‘just passing as white’ and as a result he has decided to ‘get my dna tested . i want to find out’ .
i agree - she was blaming it all on kizzy when it obviously takes 2 to seal . . . thank you for sharing the link with us fmkirby , i just watched it now . . .
kizzy said : ' ' when my friends see my bump they say they wish they could have a baby , then three weeks later they ' re pregnant and don ' t know what to do .
hello , i just watched this for the first time , and was struck by what a wonderful programme it was - what a wonderful mum kizzy is , and how gorgeous is caleb ! i just wanted to send my smiles to her family and her , as it was really courageous to make the programme in spite of the narrow minded and disgusting individuals who would spit in a pregnant woman ' s face ! these people ought to be ashamed of themselves , and it shows how ignorant they are . . . kizzy is an inspiration to myself as a mother anyways , and i think she is doing a fab job , and her family are fantastic - what a brilliant support network ! big smiles x
it ' s hard to let go of your childhood , you have to break away from that , you have grow up really fast , you have to mature quickly . it ' s hard getting to grips with being a mum and how to look after your child the best you can .
yeah i watched it for the first time . would be interesting to see how everything is with her now and if she ' s still with her boyfriend . i don ' t think the programme glamourised getting pregnant especially near the beginning when it showed her in labour . well at least she ' s trying to be a good mum and get on with her life . she had quite a good attitude compared to others in the same situation . that ' s really sad about the producer / director of the programme who died . rip tricia williamson
but although kizzy may look like any other student in the classroom , she is constantly reminded of her responsibilities as a parent because of the sacrifices she has to make and what she describes as her lost childhood .
according to kizzy :
when my friends saw my bump , they said they wished they could have a baby . then three weeks later they ' re pregnant and don ' t know what to do .
kizzy makes it clear that she loves her son ( and who wouldn ' t , . . . it would be good to see a follow up programme now , to see how they are all . . .
feb 24 , 2007 - kizzy said she never had any lessons , but now she ' s pregnant she ' s had two . the school has become more aware of the problem now though , . . .
kizzy neal , of torbay , devon , who is due to give birth in may , spoke out as new figures showed that the seaside resort is one of the worst areas in the country for teenage pregnancy .
kizzy ' s father , kevin , 43 , a builder , has condemned the ' ' gang culture
which he said had developed in paignton , where teenagers hang around drinking , taking drugs and having sex .
i loved this programme for all the reasons you have stated , but i hated the fact that the baby always seemed to be in a chair in front of the telly . i wanted to get him out and play with him ! apart from that , great family , lovely boyfriend , and very mature mum .
kizzy , caleb and michael made the train journey to see louis . the viewer , however , wasn ' t quite so privileged . louis didn ' t want the meeting filmed , nor did he want michael present .
aug 8 , 2008 - despite this , kizzy , who ' s 16 now and gave birth to a healthy baby boy she named caleb , is mature beyond her years . she ' s ambitious and . . .
as calls are made for sex education to be compulsory in all schools kizzy neal , 15 , is one teenager with a lot on her plate - exams , boyfriends and looking after her seven - month - old son .
and steve jones , emeritus professor of human genetics at university college london , said : ‘on a long trudge through history – two parents , four great - grandparents , and so on – very soon everyone runs out of ancestors and has to share them .
the performers included russell brand , of course . throw something at the tv , these days , and the chances are it will hit russell brand . he doesn ' t even need to look in the mirror any more ; he just switches on the box . last week he was on boys who do comedy , the royal variety performance and the culture show , which covered his appearance at the oxford union ( and included a hilarious sequence in which a don gave an earnest critique of my booky wook ) .
the film follows kizzy through her pregnancy and the first six months of the infant ' s life as she struggles to come to terms with her enormous responsibilities and battles to get the baby ' s father to acknowledge his child .
kizzy returned to college in september , leaving her mother to look after kaylib while she studies for six gcses . she wants to be a member of parliament but if that doesn ' t happen , to be an occupational therapist .
i was thinking about the baby growing up without a dad and thought i ' d let him down . it ' s ideal to have a mum and a dad and to have a proper environment but it ' s very different for me . he ' s got as much love as he needs , even without a dad .
hi , hope you dont mind me replying to your comment , yes it was a very long labour and lots of stiches , but kizzy says she only remembers the joy , please tell your daughter she will feel frieghtened , thats natural , but parental instinct does take over , we wish you and your daughter all the best and would love to hear from you ( about how it goes ) like wise kizzy would be only to happy to talk to her if that helps .
despite this , kizzy , who ' s 16 now and gave birth to a healthy baby boy she named caleb , is mature beyond her years . she ' s ambitious and intelligent and doesn ' t conform to the teen mother stereotype .
born survivors is at the heart of bbc3 current affairs output . it ' s a fully joined - up multiplatform project , combining thought - provoking tv documentaries with short - form online content generated by the bbc3 audience ,
the bbc3 controller , danny cohen , said .
dec 10 , 2007 - she was 13 .
i didn ' t stop crying for three weeks and i was really , really scared ,
says kizzy , who is now 15 .
i knew i ' d done something wrong .
saw this when it was on bbc3 . it ' d be good to see a follow up on this , see how she is now . its not glamourising underage sex or pregnancy at all , its really off - putting . it ' d put anyone off having a baby .
when news of her pregnancy spread through the local community , kizzy was spat on and verbally and physically abused , by adults as well as by her peers . her brothers were assaulted in the street and one of them suffered a serious eye injury .
the ' fly - on - the - wall ' documentary highlights the uks ' high teenage pregnancy rate and follows kizzy after she leaves school for the summer holidays in 2007 .  show and background  reaction of friends  meeting with louie  references
i don ' t think it is fair to put the blame to a school because they are not giving enough
sex education
talks . the foundation of one ' s education should always start at home and not some place else . kids can sometimes be a reflection of the parents .
also , i ' m not sure that the father saying to her
this isn ' t what you expected when you had unprotected sex is it ?
repeatedly at her whilst she was writhing around in pain was particularly helpful . not sure what it said about the parents . . .
the presenter said : ' how can you sleep at night ? you know how important your kids are to you . that person with a young carer . that child is equally important to them . but they haven’t got their money , because where is it going ? into your pocket . ’
i didn ' t stop crying for three weeks and i was really , really scared ,
says kizzy , who is now 15 .
i knew i ' d done something wrong . thirteen is not the ideal age to have a baby .
my sister asked me if i was worried about having the baby . fairly standard , i guess . she then clarified that what she meant was whether i was worried that i’d have the baby and then realise that i wasn’t in love with my husband any more and i would ‘end up’ a single mum with a kid screwed up by a divorce . ‘um , no’ , was all i could manage…true story .
i too became pregnant in my early teens but it was in a time when young girls were given no choices . my mother decided for me and the result of clinical intervention meant a life without children . good for you kizzy . kaylib is blessed to have you as him mother .
kizzy never gave in and abortion was never an option . she likes being a mother and she has the support of her parents , kelly and kevin ( the neals seem to have a thing about the letter k ) , and her brothers kye and kierran ( see what i mean ? ) .
what an interesting story ! however , bbc , as a teacher , i know full well the people who should be watching it won ' t be at 10 . 30 pm on bbc3 . i hope you offer schools an opportunity to buy this in some way , as i am sure it would be useful to phse or child development classes .
i watched this and thought what a lovely mum she is , and what a wonderful supportive boyfriend . the whole family are really engaging , and i think the programme showed them as a normal family dealing with an unusual situation . i did really like the angle her parents took on it all - ie as a cautionary tale . i also thought they were wonderful and supportive . what a lucky little baby he is , to be surrounded by such a good family !
cot death is another word for sids or sudden infant death syndrome . this is a phenomenon where seemingly healthy infants , most before the age of six months , die of unexplained causes while sleeping . how might the experience of losing a child to sids / cot death have influenced kizzy ' s parents feelings about caleb ?
tic tac has been held up by the government as a model of good practice but kizzy ' s father kevin believes its work undermines a parent ' s efforts to instil abstinence in a child . his daughter accepts it was her mistake but her fears that having kaylib meant the
end of fun
have not been realised .
the bringing up britain season kicks off tonight with is breast best ? at 9pm . bbc three presenter cherry healey found the experience of breast feeding both painful and traumatic and with the uk having such low breastfeeding rates in comparison with the rest of europe she is on a mission to find out how other mums feel . viewers can also chat with her online during the programme .
thankyou kerry , like all 1st time mums she is nervous about the labour but knows she will be fine , thankyou for taking the time to reply . kizzy has most likely touched alot of young girls lives whether they are pregnant or not she is very brave to have taken part in the documentary series and im sure you are all very proud of her .
finally , a child learning from her mistakes , saying that schools promote sex . all teenagers hear about in the media and at school is sex . of course they will experiment . we need to get back to teaching morality , and abstinence until marriage and stop advertising sex everywhere . you can ' t even go to the shopping centre without seeing posters of women in underwear . of course this nation has a problem !
in their different ways , all the programmes paint an intimate picture of both parenting and childhood - from extraordinary personal stories to practical advice and debate programming . it ' s not just aimed at mums and dads , we hope bringing up britain will also offer a unique window into the complex , varied and sometimes downright hard lives of young parents , and the many issues they are now facing in today ' s society .
next he was on have i got news for you , where the blokey all - male panel brought out his more epicene side and he started flicking his diva - from - a - ditch hair and rolling his huge kohl - rimmed eyes at jack dee and charlie brooker . he even stalked off halfway through to go to the loo , girlishly flaunting those bendy black pipe - cleaner legs . brand is like the hermaphrodite clownfish , male or female when it suits him . he ' s completely mesmerising at the moment , a self - perpetuating paradox : the more brand you get , the more you want . recently he has blossomed , dropping the big brother ' s big potty mouth shock - and - uurgh stuff , and relaxing instead into a more intelligent persona , bubbling with barmy eloquence , skipping nimbly between the gutter and higher things . fame becomes him .
she wants a university education and a career , possibly as a probation officer , and plans to use her experience to help other girls in her situation . she agreed to let her family videotape her agonising , 20 - hour labour as a way of showing girls the painful realities of having a baby , which in kizzy ' s case included an episiotomy that required three cuts and 80 stitches .
i ' d like to have seen some searching interviews with all of the protagonists . i ' d like to have heard some statistics put to them all about kizzy ' s and her baby ' s chances in life . 90 % of young , single mothers remain on benefits for life and children born to such young mothers are statistically likely to be underachievers in everything except crime . i felt the programme was just a bit too cosy .
i was pregnant at 17 , during the final year of my a levels . there was no way i wanted a termination - i did not see my age or situation as a reason to do this . the baby ' s dad did not want to know . i faced a lot of criticism for my decisions ;
you ' ve ruined your life
,
what a waste
and
i had high hopes for you
are a few commonly used phrases that spring to mind ! i ' m 25 now . my son is seven . he was also diagnosed with autism aged two and is in an autistic unit at school . i ' ve brought him up on my own and , yes , it ' s hard work , but it doesn ' t mean your life is over . i went to university , got a first degree in film and media and am now managing media relations and pr for a political campaigning organisation in london . i bought my first house at 22 and have just completed a part - time masters degree . i resent being classed as another statistic . what is
right
for some people may not be right for others . i ' ve lived my life the unconventional way , but don ' t regret a second . teenage , single mums have so much on their plate and have to work a lot harder to achieve their dreams . they should be given the credit they ' re due . it ' s hard doing it on your own , but in no way does it mean your life is over .
i caught a few minutes of it while tidying up before going up the wooden hill to bedfordshire . very interesting stuff from the bits i saw . the father ' s gran was terrifying , and refusing to acknowledge that her boy could have any responsibility .
kids having kids
is part of life nowadays , but not a good thing . compulsory and detailed sex , moral and relationship education is needed . kizzy seemed quite sensible from what i saw of her , but she ' s in for a tough time , and her son will have a difficult start to his life .
sadly , that is so true ! i belong to aa . many years ago , this one woman mentioned her 16 / year - old daughter was pregnant . she had been living with her father and stepmother . father and stepmom made it very clear they were not going to have a knocked - up teenager living with them . the girl refused an abortion so she moved into her mom ' s place , an apartment complex for welfare cases . i was stunned when all of the women in the room were crowing how this woman was going to be a grandmoo . many of the female aa ' ers at the meeting were not single moos or welfare cases . i did not understand how
lights , camera , harp glissando - the royal variety performance was upon us again . which meant : dame kiri te kanawa making cow eyes up at the royal box while singing the national anthem , acrobats balancing on ikea shelves , gruesome twosome katherine jenkins and darcey bussell out - hoofing one another , joan rivers accidentally swearing and offering her neck up to the queen (
go on , slice it !
) - oh , and seal singing
lucy in the sky with diamonds
backed up by a whirling , gurning dog ' s dinner of dancing boys and girls , fireworks and stiltwalkers . the variety performance is so naff it has almost gone full circle and become cool again . every year it dies of overkill and comes back stronger .
this is not a new problem . growing up in a small town , there were many girls who became pregnant in our regional high school , some younger than kizzy . what they did do is integrate them into the high school , paying attention to their special needs , rather than sending them away as they would have in my parents ' day . they got the support they needed to finish school with a trade or prepared for college . there were various reasons they were pregnant , but seeing someone my age heavily pregnant in the cafeteria line was a sobering experience for me and spoke more for contraception than the dry lectures in sex education classes given by the gym teachers .