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In 1965, bright and ambitious 15-year-old Beverly discovers she's pregnant. Therefore, at 16, Beverly is a wife and mother. She has always dreamt of becoming a writer, but finds her life radically altered by the event. Now she has to go through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
6 September 1964, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1989, New Jersey, USA
1 June 1973, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia
16 January 1959, The Bronx, New York, USA
10 November 1977, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
12 February 1975, Paris, France
2 January 1956, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
14 November 1974, New York City, New York, USA
2 September 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
25 January 1956, Portland, Oregon, USA
28 September 1992, Houston, Texas, USA
7 July 1964, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
22 February 1975, Culver City, California, USA
1 July 1972
4 July 1979, Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA
26 September 1996, Springfield, Vermont, USA
8 November 1993, Burlington, Vermont, USA
16 November 1977, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
December 28, 2010
Not a great movie, although Drew Barrymore shines.
October 24, 2001
A film with honesty, sincerity and a great big heart.
October 19, 2001
There's a sort of Hallmark tyranny at work.
January 22, 2002
Beverly is supposed to be a bad girl running with the wrong crowd, but most of the time she seems to be right out of a serioso episode of Laverne & Shirley.
October 19, 2001
The movie may be based on Beverly Donofrio's memoir of the '60s, but it misses the honesty and grit of the source.
August 01, 2003
...[Drew Barrymore's] best performance to date...
February 13, 2003
should bring Barrymore at least the promise of more interesting scripts through the letterbox.
November 14, 2003
We've suffered through worse chick flicks throughout the years . . .
April 24, 2007
Columbia's marketing exploits the commercial title and producer James Brooks pedigree, but this humorless chick flick is one of Penny Marshall's worst films.
October 21, 2002
Barrymore is a wonder in this role.
October 29, 2001
The rough edges of Donofrio's life are either ignored or smoothed away, replaced by broad laughs and easy sentiment.
October 19, 2001
Despite being scrubbed almost spotless, the story still makes its mark.
