Our Time

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Our Time

It was supposed to be scarey in the 70s like Reefer madness in the 50s. Its a very bad movie. Amazing that the US is heading back there except the religious right think they have a monopoly on decency. When Roe v Wade gets overturned dont come whining to me.

I was with my family (5 kids 2 parents) one Saturday night in 1974 and we decided to go to a movie, we had one theater in town showing one movie. "Our Time" was playing and I believe it had a PG rating so my parents thought it would be OK. We watched a little over half the movie I think, but the sex scenes, although implied were a little too much for my parents. They yanked us all out of there quickly and then my parents demanded their money back from the counter girl. She refused so my mom grabbed her by her braids and pulled her to the counter, my dad threatened to break the glass counter unless they got their money back. My face was hot from blushing! Mom and dad got their money back. The next day at school some kids I knew saw us get dragged out of the movie and ribbed me a bit. I actually liked what I saw of the movie but I will never forget the scene my parents made.

This portrait of the uptight and silent 50s is a well done drama of two upper class teen girls, Pamela Sue Martin and ?Betsy Slade and what happens after their first romantic encounters. That first time can set a pattern, but back in the 50s sex was not something discussed in polite company. Not in the prep schools that Edith Atwater runs for girls Nor in the one for boys that Parker Stevenson, Michael Gray, and George O'Hanlon, Jr. This is a picture of the stark world before Roe vs. Wade became law and what we could go back to if the radical religious right has it's way. In the supporting cast look for Robert Walden as your friendly abortionist who for a good fee will break the law and relieve a woman of her pregnancy. He will really creep you out. This film of the 50s from the 70s is quite relevant for today.

Pamela Sue Martin and Parker Stevenson are the leads in this story that takes place at a 1955 girls' school, but Betsy Slade steals the show as her search for love takes a very dramatic turn. It was somewhat painful to watch, as she learned and had to endure the repercussions forced on her. Pamela and Parker are good in their roles, but virtually are given very little to do. I would watch this again and would recommend this to all who happen to find it. It will definitely leave an impression on you, depicting an innocent time that grew up too fast.

This film about the coming of age of two girls who attend a boarding school is a little predictable at times, but interesting to watch. The film takes place in the 1950's with Pamela Sue Martin a beautiful debutante type, and Betsy Slade a quirky girl who is insecure. The whole plot pretty much involves wanting to lose virginity, boys, and an unwanted pregnancy. Worth watching, a little predictable though.

"Our Time" is set against a backdrop of 1950s boarding schools, and like other films of that sort, it has a "coming of age" theme. What makes it unique is its details: the coming of age in this case is the horror of pregnancy in a pre-Roe v. Wade era. Well-made, well-acted and very absorbing, "Our Time" is a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks abortion should be illegal. (Warning: it does not have a happy ending.) An interesting side-note is that three of the principal actors were reunited just 3 years later; Pamela Sue Martin, Parker Stevenson and George O'Hanlon, Jr., all were regulars in the "Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" TV series.