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  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Think everyone over 17 has forgotten what it's like to be 16? John Hughes hasn't. Now Hughes delivers another funny, savvy, crowd-pleasing look at adolescence in this story about high school misfit Keith (Stoltz), who falls so head-over-heels for the senior class siren Amanda Jones (Thompson) that he's blind to the charms of his beautifu...

Directed By: Howard Deutch

Written By: John Hughes

  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 1987
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 35 m

Some Kind of Wonderful

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
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Summary Think everyone over 17 has forgotten what it's like to be 16? John Hughes hasn't. Now Hughes delivers another funny, savvy, crowd-pleasing look at adolescence in this story about high school misfit Keith (Stoltz), who falls so head-over-heels for the senior class siren Amanda Jones (Thompson) that he's blind to the charms of his beautifu...

Directed By: Howard Deutch

Written By: John Hughes

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
10 Reviews
6% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
55
31% Positive
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
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6% Negative
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80
It has a light touch, a disarming cast, a well-developed sense of humor and a lot of charm. [27 Feb 1987, p.C17]
By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW
75
This is kid stuff, but such well acted, well made stuff that inside 15 minutes you're sitting there like a teenager yourself wondering which girl Keith will wind up with. [27 Feb 1987]
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
60
Mary Stuart Masterson, a delicate blond, steals the show as the sensitive gal under the tomboy's leather jacket, her natural magnetism offsetting the story's predictability.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
50
Hughes is just treading lukewarm water. Stotz is the blandest of his teen heroes yet. [16 Mar 1987]
By David Ansen FULL REVIEW
50
Did you miss "Pretty in Pink," with the glowing Molly Ringwald? No problem. Some Kind of Wonderful, which has the same director -- Howard Deutch -- also has the same story... The real complaint, however, is that Hughes has absolutely nothing new to report -- no fresh perspectives, no gratefully received maturity, nothing added or depleted. [27 Feb 1987]
By Sheila Benson FULL REVIEW
40
Everything comes easy here, especially the right to narcissist complacency, but Hughes/Deutch are too busy playing Mr. Goodvibes to worry about the contradictions at the heart of their shallow moral vision.
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38
John Hughes pours his usual slickness and sentimentality all over everything. [27 Feb 1987]
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
7.9
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26 Ratings
20% Mixed
7 Ratings
6% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 35 User Ratings
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74% Positive
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20% Mixed
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6% Negative
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Production Company Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment
Release Date Feb 27, 1987
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating PG-13
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Tagline Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.
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Awards

Young Artist Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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