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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Drama | Romance
Written by: John Hughes
Directed by: John Hughes
Release Date:
Theatrical: May 4, 1984
DVD: May 6, 1998
Running Time: 93 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG
Starring Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, and Anthony Michael Hall
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.
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What The Critics Said
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Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Molly Ringwald is radiant here as the eternal teen looking for love.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
This is a fresh and cheerful movie with a goofy sense of humor and a good ear for how teenagers talk.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff (Not Credited)
The premise is ordinary, but the film is distinguished by funny gags and excellent performances by Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall.
Read Full Review >Variety Staff (Not Credited)
Ringwald is engaging and credible. For the boys, there's a bright, funny performance by Anthony Michael Hall.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Janet Maslin
The movie is cheerful and light, showcasing Mr. Hughes's knack for remembering all those aspects of middle-class American adolescent behavior that anyone else might want to forget.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Jay Carr
Screenwriter John Hughes, making his directing debut, is at his best when he empathizes with the sensitivity in the ugly-duckling Ringwald and Hall characters. [04 May 1984]
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
There are individual sequences alternately amusing and touching. [08 May 1984]
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Along with the lapses of taste that have become standard in pictures aimed at teen audiences, filmmaker John Hughes offers moments of wit and warmth.
Read Full Review >Empire Staff (Not Credited)
Hall is very funny as the energetic adolescent pest and a good supporting cast includes the Cusack sibings John and Joan.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Dave Kehr
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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