History Film / Keith

-->'''Natalie:''' I don’t... I don’t care where you’re gonna be next year. I don’t care if you’re crazy. God, I just know I wanna be with you. I don’t understand what you’re doing. It seems so pointless, I mean everything... It just seems pointless but when I’m with you it’s different. I don’t know why.

''Keith'' is a 2008 romantic drama starring Elisabeth Harnois and Jesse [=McCartney=] (yes, ''that'' [[Music/JesseMcCartney Jesse McCartney]]).

'''Keith:''' Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. ''[puts his hand on Natalie's head]'' He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time.


-->-- '''The office scene'''

'''Keith:''' Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. ''[puts his hand on Natalie's head]'' He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time.\

'''Keith:''' Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. ''[puts his hand on Natalie's head]'' He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time.\\

'''Keith:''' Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. ''[puts his hand on Natalie's head]'' He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time.

'''Keith:''' Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. [puts his hand on Natalie's head] He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time.

''Keith'' is a 2008 romantic drama starring Elisabeth Harnois and Jesse [=McCartney=] (yes, ''that'' Music/JesseMcCartney).

Natalie Anderson (Harnois) is the perfect high-school student -- straight A's, varsity tennis player, member of the yearbook club, etc. Naturally, her boyfriend is the equally impressive and attractive Hispanic jock Raphael (played by Ignacio Sericchio). But unbeknownst to her, fellow student Keith Zetterstrom ([=McCartney=]) has made plans to "have fun with her", and a seemingly innocuous assignment as lab partners turns into a bizarre friendship which changes Natalie's life -- apparently for the worse -- as her picture-perfect life gives way to an insatiable curiosity about Keith and the secrets he's keeping.

* BookEnds: The scene where Natalie is lying on the back of the pickup truck as it inches toward the edge of a cliff.
* [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim Break Her Heart To Save Her]]: [[spoiler:At the end, Natalie tries to make up a "goodbye scene" after learning of Keith's fatal condition. In response, Keith claims that he played her and deliberately plotted to take her down with him as a final act of spite. To his surprise, Natalie sees right through his words, refuses to let him walk away, and makes him try again. He finally confesses his true feelings]].
* CharacterDevelopment: Natalie learns to live her own life rather than what her parents had planned out for her as she grows closer to Keith. [[spoiler:With Keith, although he's accepted that his sickness will kill him, he finds one last reason to live as he falls in love with Natalie, and regrets that he doesn't have enough time. The last we see of him, he finally returns Natalie's feelings for him and accepts that she's willing to stay with him, however long he has left]].

* DeusExMachina: Natalie was so close to making a clean break from Keith, until a car drives by his truck and a kid alights from it, gushing about playing video games with Keith. This sudden glimpse of a softer side of Keith changes Natalie's mind, and further heightens her curiosity about him.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The first scenes of the movie basically describe both Natalie and Keith, particularly how disparate their lives are from one another. Natalie is the quintessential high-school overachiever, while Keith is depicted as a charmingly irreverent jerk whose bad attitude is excused by the adults around him for some unknown reason.
* HiddenDepths: The majority of the movie is about Keith's secrets, and particularly how they appear to be pulling Natalie into a downward spiral throughout the film.
* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:Keith really ''did'' want to have fun with Natalie, as he said at the beginning of the movie. The last thing he expected was to fall for her, and he hated it because he was dying and was just coming to terms with the fact]].

* SorryThatImDying: [[spoiler:Keith: "I just wish I had a little more time."]]

'''Keith''' is a 2008 romantic drama starring Elisabeth Harnois and Jesse [=McCartney=] (yes, ''that'' Music/JesseMcCartney).

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[[caption-width-right:431:"We've got a yellow truck, a road in front of us, and nothing but opportunities."]]

->'''Natalie:''' ''"You're not very good at reading minds."''\\
'''Keith:''' ''"Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. [puts his hand on Natalie's head] He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't mean having to play tennis all the time."''
-->--'''The office scene'''

[[caption-width-right:431:"A yellow truck, a road in front of us, and nothing but possibilities."]]

Natalie Anderson (Harnois) is the perfect high-school student -- straight A's, varsity tennis player, member of the yearbook club, etc. Naturally, her boyfriend is the equally impressive and attractive Hispanic jock Raphael (played by Ignacio Sericchio). But unbeknownst to her, fellow student Keith Zetterstrom ([=McCartney=]) has made plans to "have fun with her", and a seemingly innocuous assignment as lab partners turns into a bizarre friendship which changes Natalie's life, apparently for the worse, as her picture-perfect life gives way to an insatiable curiosity about Keith and the secrets he's keeping.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Keith gives a very mean one to Natalie when she contrives a "goodbye scene" [[spoiler:after she finds out that he's dying. To his surprise, Natalie doesn't buy it for a second]].

'''Keith:''' ''"Well, that's cause I wasn't really trying. [puts his hand on Natalie's head] He manages stacks of paper, moving them from side to side everyday. He hates his job. When he was your age, he dreamed of going to Duke, but they rejected him. So he pored over every detail of your application, night after night until you finally got it right. Natalie Anderson, the star of the household, who loves being the center of attention. She just wishes it didn't have to mean playing tennis all the time."''

Natalie Anderson (Harnois) is the perfect high-school student -- straight A's, varsity tennis player, member of the yearbook club, etc. Naturally, her boyfriend is the equally impressive and attractive Hispanic jock Ralph (played by Ignacio Sericchio). But unbeknownst to her, fellow student Keith Zetterstrom ([=McCartney=]) has made plans to "have fun with her", and a seemingly innocuous assignment as lab partners turns into a bizarre friendship which changes Natalie's life, apparently for the worse, as her picture-perfect life gives way to an insatiable curiosity about Keith and the secrets he's keeping.

* RomanticFalseLead: Ralph. To be fair, Natalie does wish him well; it's just that it's easier than trying to explain why she's so obsessed with figuring Keith out.