History Film / RidingInCarsWithBoys

** Bev and Fay are forced to drop out of high school and miss out on attending their school prom due to their pregnancies, Title IX [[note]]which bars discrimination on the basis of sex[[\note]]

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Bev gets her book published, and Jason leaves to be with Amelia. Still, the relationship between mother and son remains strenuous and is likely to stay so.]]

%%* ButICantBePregnant!

* DeliberateValuesDissonance: When Ray reveals his heroin addiction, it's simply expected of Bev that ''she'll'' be the one who gets him clean; the possibly of rehab or professional detox (without which Ray's sobriety is a virtual impossibility) is never brought up.
%%* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion

%%* NothingButHits: It's TheSixties, after all.

* TheOneWhoMadeItOut: Tina basically gets everything Bev ever wanted; doesn't get knocked up, goes to college, and marries a good, reliable man she loves.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Bev's strongest and healthiest relationship is with with her best friend Fay.

* TeenPregnancy; Beverly and her best friend, Fay, get pregnant at 15.

%%* TheStoner: Ray and Lizard.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Bev's father never forgives her for getting pregnant at 15.

A 2001 drama film and the final one directed by Penny Marshall, based on Beverly Donofrio's bestselling memoir of the same name.

* TheSeventies: The middle of the film is set from 1972-1974.
* TheEighties: The final arc of the film is set from 1985-1986.
* {{Altar the Speed}}: TeenPregnancy tends to do that in some marriages. TruthInTelevision. Also known as a ShotgunWedding.

* BestFriendsInLaw: [[spoiler:Bev's son Jason eventually starts a serious relationship with her best friend's daughter Amelia]].

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Bev gets her book published, and Jason leaves to be with Amelia. Still, the relationship between mother and son remains strenuous and is likely to stay so.]]

* DeliberateValuesDissonance : When Ray reveals his heroin addiction, it's simply expected of Bev that ''she'll'' be the one who gets him clean; the possibly of rehab or professional detox (without which Ray's sobriety is a virtual impossibility) is never brought up.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Bev is more concerned about getting her book published then what kind of emotional damage Jason might suffer coming face-to-face with his deadbeat father.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Bev' strongest and healthiest relationship with with her best friend Fay.
* PoisonousFriend: Lizard. He's the one who introduced Ray to drugs in the first place ''and'' [[KarmaHoudini suffered no consequences for it.]]
* PurpleProse: Bev's letter to her parents about her pregnancy drips with it. The line "But now, like the poison from an adder's tongue..." especially stands out.

* TimeShiftedActor: The story spans twenty five years, so a number of characters are played by two or more actors and actresses.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Bev's father chooses the former when [[spoiler: he arrests Bev for drying weed.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: Bobby leaves Fay for a woman he met in Vietnam named [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Monsoon.]]

* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Bev's father never forgives her for getting pregnant at 15.

A 2001 drama film directed by Penny Marshall, based on Beverly Donofrio's bestselling memoir of the same name.

* {{Altar the Speed}}: Teen pregnancy tends to do that in some marriages. TruthInTelevision. Also known as a ShotgunWedding.

* TheSixties: It's set in 1965.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Bev gets her book published, and Jason leaves to be with Amanda. Still, the relationship between mother and son remains strenuous and is likely to stay so.]]

* TragicDream: Bev just wants to go to college; the demands of her family keep her from it. It's clear that she's now projected all her dreams on Jason.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Bev'sstrongest and healthiest relationship with with her best friend Fay.

* TragicDream: Bev' just wants to go to college; the demands of her family keep her from it. It's clear that she's now projected all her dreams on Jason.

* PlatonicLifePartners: Rev's strongest and healthiest relationship with with her best friend Fay.

* DelibrateValuesDissonance: When Ray reveals his heroin addiction, it's simply expected of Bev that ''she'll'' be the one who gets him clean; the possibly of rehab or professional detox (without which Ray's sobriety is a virtual impossibility) is never brought up.

* MaternallyChallenged: Beverly struggles to take care of her newborn son.

* PlatonicLifePartner: Rev's strongest and healthiest relationship with with her best friend Fay.

* DawsonCasting: Barrymore is 26 and plays a 15 year old and does not look like one.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Bev more concerned about getting her book published then what kind of emotional damage Jason might suffer coming face-to-face with his deadbeat father.

* PupleProse: Bev's letter to her parents about her pregnancy drips with it. The line "But now, like the poison from an adder's tongue..." especially stands out.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Rev's father chooses the former when [[spoiler: he arrests Bev for drying weed.]]

%%* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Bev is this to her father.

* DefliedForever: Bev's parents, especially her father, treat her like this when she gets pregnant.

* DawsonCasting: Barrymore is 26 and plays a 15 year old and does not look like one

* StockAesops: Follow your dreams (Despite some life pitfalls, Beverly still follows her dream of becoming a writer.). Never judge a book by its cover (Teen mom still follows her dream; Not as dumb as thought of). There are many.

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* ButICantBePregnant!

* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion

* NothingButHits: It's TheSixties, after all.

* TheStoner: Ray and Lizard.

* VictoriousChildhoodFriend: Jason and Amelia.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Bev is this to her father.

* BasedOnATrueStory: Beverly D'Onofrio wrote the book about her life.

* TheSixties: It's set in 1965
* TheStoner: Ray

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965. The story follows her through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father, and the challenges of raising a son while trying to follow her dreams. The film stars Creator/DrewBarrymore as Beverly, the protagonist of the film. She is a rebellious daddy's girl, who meets and gets pregnant by a guy she's not really in love with. She marries him anyway (this is TheSixties). Despite the troubled relationship, she tries to follow her dreams. She later leaves him to pursue them. BrittanyMurphy plays her best friend, Fay, who also gets pregnant by her boyfriend, who is shipped off to Vietnam.

A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965. The story follows her through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father, and the challenges of raising a son while trying to follow her dreams. The film stars DrewBarrymore as Beverly, the protagonist of the film. She is a rebellious daddy's girl, who meets and gets pregnant by a guy she's not really in love with. She marries him anyway (this is TheSixties). Despite the troubled relationship, she tries to follow her dreams. She later leaves him to pursue them. BrittanyMurphy plays her best friend, Fay, who also gets pregnant by her boyfriend, who is shipped off to Vietnam.