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57 out of 100

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6.4 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anthony Michael Hall, Molly Ringwald
  • Summary: Nothing seems to be going right for Samantha (Ringwald) on her sixteenth birthday. Her family forgets her birthday, she's in love with the school jock who doesn't seem to know she exists and the school nerd won't leave her alone.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    78
    Molly Ringwald is radiant here as the eternal teen looking for love.
  2. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Jay Scott
    50
    There are individual sequences alternately amusing and touching. [08 May 1984]
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  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    30
    Hughes invokes the classical unities of time, place, and plot symmetry, yet he trashes his careful structure every time he needs a gag - destroying the integrity of his characters, shattering the plausibility of his situations.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 1
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. filmtrashreview
    7
    You can see that a lot of teen comedy tradition is created in this film. The nerdy hero, the young and misunderstood girl, the hunk thats going to steal her heart, even the cheesy and overused soundtrack; a lot has been taken from Sixteen Candles. I cannot believe that saying **** and showing completely nude women was considered PG back in 84, the film simply deserves an R rating. With all this said its still just a basic plot and nothing really special to offer.… Expand
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