Very Good movie that people miss the point of.

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2008)

OK a lot of the negative comments on this movie tend to follow the same basic formula, this movie is not realistic and "NORMAL PEOPLE wouldn't react this way".
Did anyone stop to think that the point of this movie was specifically NOT to imitate real life. Art can imitate life, or art can comment on life or paint a picture of what the author thinks life should be.
The situation is not ideal or what some would consider normal, the teenagers were totally irresponsible. and the parents did not freak out and scream and yell.
Points I see good about the movie. While tons of movies have dealt with teenage pregnancy few have taken such a realistic tone on the subject of abortion. It wasn't preachy and didn't push a pro-life or pro-choice agenda on you she weighed both options and did what she felt was right, without resorting the the typical "NOONE should ever have a abortion or their evil crap"
People dis this movie because of parents didn't scream and freak out. OK maybe that's normal but what good does it really do. does it make the teenager not pregnant by ranting and raving at them, NO it accomplishes nothing except for adding stress to a teenage girl who already knows she screwed up big time and makes it harder for them to make good decisions. It's the screaming parents of the world that cause people so ashamed of their mistake to get the help they need in situations like this. Maybe the parent's weren't normal but if and when I'm a parent and if God forbid that happened to my teenager I really hope I could be as positive and helpful.
Maybe it wasn't realistic but in the end she did what was best for her baby, she gave it to someone that had the resources to take care of it. Some people need to realize that what's normal isn't always right and the way we treat this subject and expect people to react is just plain WRONG.