Film Analysis: I 'M Saving It All For You Daddy'

The demure teenage daughter of a purity evangelist tries to hide the fact that she’s not really a virgin.

BRIEF SYNOPSIS:

DAISY (17) and her sisters, KATIE (15), and AMANDA (9) attend the purity ball with their father, TERRY (40) and their mother BECKY (40). Terry leads the Father-Daughter Purity Ball to celebrate abstinence. They will finish the ball with the V ceremony where they make their commitment to purity official. Daisy sings, “I’m Saving It All For You Daddy.”

Becky counts the money for the ball and donations, but they haven’t made very much. Becky worries about their finances and encourages Terry to ask for his old job back at the Sneaker Lokker.

Daisy reminds her parents that when she turns 18 years old, she doesn’t want to participate in any more purity balls. At home, Daisy sneaks in

her boyfriend, DAVE (18). They kiss and have sex. Daisy wants to marry Dave and have kids. Dave reassures her that in the eyes of God they are already married. She’s pure in her own way. Daisy feels guilty for deceiving her family and feels like a phony.

The family watches MERWIN MILLER, another purity evangelist on TV. Daisy thinks he’s also a phony. He announces that HLC Network is throwing Hollywood’s first purity ball and he’ll be hosting.

Terry finally agrees to ask for his old job back, but then prays for a sign from the Lord that better things are in store for him. At the same moment that he prays, a TMZ tour bus hits Merwin Miller. Heartland Channel contacts Terry. They want him to replace Merwin in the Hollywood Purity Show. Terry is ecstatic. They will pay him $10,000.

Daisy isn’t sure she wants to go and leave everyone, but finally agrees to go to Hollywood after Dave tells her that maybe she can get a recording contract.

The family gets into their pink van and they hit the road to Hollywood, where they meet CHAD ARCHER (40), the reality TV producer, and his assistant JILL (30). Jill is a modern, stylish woman who tells the girls that there’s nothing wrong with having sex.

Daisy becomes anxious when her period doesn’t come and she can’t reach Dave. She checks the instructions for her birth control pills and realizes she has been taking them wrong. She sneaks out to a drug store and buys a pregnancy test. It’s positive. She hides her secret from her family. She finally hears from Dave, who has decided that they should split up.

Terry tries to visit his idol, Merwin, at the hospital, but Merwin wants nothing to do with Terry.

As they prepare for the show, Daisy grows more nervous. Jill notices that Daisy is evading some of her questions and wants to know if she’s really a virgin. Daisy lies and says yes.

Chad tells Terry that he has a surprise for him. The show begins and the family is introduced when the surprise turns out to be Merwin. Some words are exchanged between Terry and Merwin. Chad loves the drama. It’s good for the ratings. During the show, Daisy realizes she can’t keep up the fraud. Chad raises the volume in the microphone just when Daisy tells her father that she’s not a virgin and she’s pregnant! Terry is stunned.

Merwin takes over the show and chastises Terry, when Becky grabs the microphone; no one bullies her family. This family sticks together.
Becky reveals that Terry saved her life when she was 16 years old, pregnant and alone. Terry raised Daisy as his own daughter. Daisy is now stunned. She never knew.

The family supports Daisy and they sing, We Are Family. Chad loves it. He wants to sign the family up for their own reality show. It could make them

rich.

A year later, Daisy is now a mother. The family turned down the reality show that was offered, but they are financially stable with Becky’s new maternity fashion business.

They are just ordinary people, trying to do better everyday, and learning from their mistakes