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Summary: opposites may attract, but they don't last long
Review: when i saw this movie in 1991, i fell in love with it, because as a free spirit/outcast, i could relate to molly's character and the plight she goes through being different... i still like the movie, but i guess since i've become analytical, i have a habit of dissecting things...in the real world, the geeky girl or guy doesn't get the beautiful one. maybe on another planet , but not here...and while people tell us they admire originality, they really want people to be more like them...in a way, the columbine tragedy was the best thing that ever happened to america because it forced people to see the marginalized as people, and they learned that the freaks do matter and shouldn't be dissed... one stars for the performances, one star for the cool psychedelic furs song, and one star for the people who don't want to fit in....
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Summary: Great Movie With An Awesome Cast
Review: The first time I saw this movie I fell inlove with all the great charcters. Andrew McCarthy, Molly Ringwald, Annie Potts & "Ducky". This is a story of a high school where money doesn't mix with anything else but more money. Molly Ringwald plays a teenager whose father hasn't been inspired to excel since her mother left them years ago. They live a simple lifestyle on the wrong side of the tracks. Andrew McCarthy is the boy who has everything, except true classy friends, although they have tons of money. When he falls for Ringwald he has to face those who begin to snob him. But he's not the only one getting heat......Ringwald's best friend, Ducky, happens to be very much in love with her and fights with all he has, which isn't much, to win her for his future bride. Ringwald works in a record store where she'll get the best advice Annie Potts has ever offered up. This movie is funny, sad and inspiriational. If you like romantic comedy, you'll love this one.
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Summary: CLASSES DON'T MIX
Review: This came at the tail end of a long string of John Hughes teenager movies in the 1980s. You could not be an American teenager in the 80s without seeing these films. Pretty in Pink, though, was not the best of them. In fact the stars of the film were growing a little long in the tooth and this story was a little far fetched to be believable. Molly Ringwald plays a poor girl who lives on the "wrong side of the tracks". Her hobby is to design clothes and make them herself. Needless to say this makes her a bit of an outcast although she has her own sense of style. Her best friends are a dorky guy named Duckie (Jon Cryer) and a thrift shop owner (Annie Potts). By most standards, Ringwald's old car, her retro clothes and her overall "way" would be considered cool, but at her school she is an unknown freak. One day, however, magically, a very rich and very popular Blain (Andrew McCarthy) notices her and starts to pursue her. Naturally his friends make fun of him (particularly a very slimy James Spader) but he tries to ignore them. Eventually though he starts thinking of his reputation more than of her. She is heartbroken, but by the end of the film, at the prom, they hook back up again. And the rest is history. Of all the John Hughes pictures, this is the one you should not bother with unless you happen to want a marathon. There is almost nothing funny or poignant or even nostalgic about this film. Stick with 16 Candles and the Breakfast Club. (The Psychedelic Furs' song "Pretty in Pink", used inappropriately here, is featured, and is probably the best thing about this movie).
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Summary: Q&A
Review: [Spoiler alert. Nothing overt, but I do touch on the ending indirectly.] Burning questions for anyone who liked this movie: Q. Why does Ringwald appear repulsed by Cryer the first time she sees him? A. So that the audience can identify with her, even though it turns out they're best friends. Q. Why does Ringwald's best friend disappear halfway through the movie? A. Because the actress died. But that's no reason to keep the scenes she shot, with no explanation of the character's disappearance, and then scribble new material for Annie Potts' record shop supervisor as the new best friend in the second half of the movie. Q. Why does Spader look like he belongs in college, not high school? A. Because he was clearly too old for the part, although he was otherwise perfect. Q. Speaking of Spader, why has he been chasing Ringwald for years if nothing about people outside of his social status appeals to him? A. Plot point Hughes thought he had to have, but it's actually unnecessary. Q. Why are we supposed to think that Ringwald's perfectly decent house is trashy and shameful? A. Because audiences would presumably be repulsed by genuine poverty. (It's also a mystery why she's so ashamed of it if she rejects the values of her snobby classmates so vehemently.) Q. Why in the novelization does Duckie get the leading lady and not in the movie? A. Because the writer of the novelization knew what the only real logical ending was. Hughes mistook gloss over substance again, as he did in "The Breakfast Club," where Ally Sheedy's transformation from quirky indivualist to Barbie doll was supposed to be a good thing. Q. Why, if the characters' emotions and actions are supposed to ring true, does Potts almost blind a customer with a staple gun? A. Because cheap, easy laughs are excused by audiences raised on sitcoms and music videos. Q. Why, if Cryer and Ringwald are in the same grade and therefore presumably the same age, can't he get into the same nightclub she can? A. Don't ask me. Q. Why is the father played by Stanton such a weakling? A. It's required in any movie from the late 70s on where a child or teenager is the protagonist. Has there been a parental figure in movies in the last 25 years as charming and authoritative as Ferris Bueller? Q. Why would anyone hire an actor whose idea of emoting is to press his lips together and bulge his eyes out? A. Ask Andrew McCarthy's agent. Can I recommend anything about this movie? Yes. Cryer is genuinely appealing in his best role. The soundtrack still kicks. And the climax (moments before the ending itself falls apart, when you think the right thing is about to happen, before it doesn't) is genuinely touching, because Duckie deserves happiness and Andy deserves Duckie.
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Summary: The Girl from the Wrong Side of the Tracks
Review: John Hughes wrote this story about Andie (Molly Ringwald), the girl from the wrong side of the tracks who has two admires - her best friend, and a rich guy. She does not exactly fit in with the guy of her dreams or his popular, rich crowd. And the guy who admires her most, her best friend who's in the same clique as she, is not the one she wants. Her father cannot find a job and is still holding onto the memory of her mother, who left when she was fourteen. Life seems horrible, and she is deeply confused. She wants the guy she likes, but she doesn't want to loose her best friend in the process. The fact that she is being harassed by the popular girls because she is not rich enough makes life worse. But soon she comes to realize that everything works itself out in time.
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Summary: John Hughes written all over it.
Review: You can tell this is a Hughes film from all the vivid color and wacky bits of humor mixed in with teen angst. Girl from the wrong side of the tracks falls for rich guy. Tackles issues of class, father-daughter relationships, feelings of rejection and alienation from the mainstream. Today, we look back and realize that the female lead may have chosen the wrong guy. Or maybe not. Maybe after so many Oprah lectures, we just think she made the wrong choice. I actually had a difficult time relating to the suburban theme of the movie when it came out because I grew up in an inner-city, urban environment. Our issues weren't whether we'd go to prom with the "richie," but rather, would we be evicted at the end of the month? Would we have electricity until then? I remember being confused as to why I should feel sorry for the girl who had a pretty pink sports car, who had a stay-at-home-father (granted, with issues), and who could afford to go out to clubs for drinks. While the urban environment was largely ignored by 80s filmakers in favor of homogenous suburban, white-bread themes, 90s filmakers filled in the gaps with movie references that hit more close to home for me like (Boyz in the Hood, The Wood). With Pretty in Pink, and many other teen angst movies of the 80s, I had a hard time understanding what exactly was the problem. And then I realized that feeling self-conscious about clothes and feeling alienated from the mainstream WAS something that I could relate to. Side note: Even while James Spader plays the snotty high schooler who looks several years older than everyone else, he is extremely attractive. I've had a crush on him ever since. Lots of cameos. Part of the fun of watching these old 80s high school flicks like Pretty in Pink, Say Anything, St. Elmo's Fire, Fast Times at Ridgemont High is reflecting on the body of work that follows. The casts of these movies kind of grew up with us. That makes for sentimental nostalgia when we try to remember if high school really was that bad as we alternate between laughing at them and with them.
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Summary: Another Ringwald must-see teen angst film of the '80s
Review: Annie Potts portrays the owner of "TRAX," a record store where teen Molly Ringwald works and her friend Duckie (Jon Cryer) hangs out. Ringwald and Cryer's characters have less than storybook home lives and they both attend a school in which they are the minority in a school plentiful with snobby, rich, worldy classmates. Andrew McCarthy crosses the boundaries between the jet-set and the less affluent when he expresses his affections for Ringwald's character... which (unknowingly to Ringwald) breaks the heart of her best friend (Cryer). More than just teen angst, the film develops the story around sacrificial love (Ringwald is the adult in her single-parent home, nurturing her heart-broken, deadbeat father), true love and true friendship. No sex or violence, this is a great teen film. You're not scared for your kids to see this film that told it like it was and has real deep characters (not shallow lust-mongers) who are looking for meaning in their lives. The wardrobe is very '80s and most teens today will laugh at the attire, but it's a great film nonetheless and really timeless in regards to the emotions explored. Great acting through-out and a great nostalgic trip for those of us Gen-X folks who saw it when it first came out in the theater. Another John Hughes masterpiece.
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Summary: molly rules!
Review: Being a guy who was a teen during the 80's, I just love this movie. One of the best coming of age movies ever made. At one time we all were cast in the "social ladder" and watching this movies brings back a lot of memories of the awkwardness of being a regular teen. I have always liked Molly Ringwald. As a teen I had a crush on her,(didnt all us guys?).She rules in this movie!
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Summary: I WATCH THIS MOVIE EVERY OTHER DAY
Review: I CANNOT GET ENOUGH OF THIS MOVIE. I GREW UP WITH MOLLY, ANDREW, JAMES AND JON. THIS MOVIE SHOWS YOU CANNOT HELP HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT SOMEONE REGARDLESS OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS. YOU WILL DEFINTELY FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS STORY. THAT JAMES SPADER PLAYED THE HELL OUT OF HIS PART AS "STEF THE JERK". HE WAS NOT A NICE GUY BUT IT MAKES YOU LIKE HIM BECAUSE HE IS SO COOL WITH HIS NASTINESS. BUT MOLLY IS THE "BOMB" ALL HER MOVIES ARE GREAT. YOU NEED TO ADD THIS TO YOUR COLLECTION THIS A WONDERFUL STORY WITH GREAT MUSIC.
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Summary: My favorite movie of all time!
Review: In my mind, Pretty In Pink is the quintessential 80's movie! I remember seeing it in the theatre when I was 11, and I was hooked immediately. The acting is realistic (Molly Ringwald plays one of the best "beautiful outcast"s I've ever seen, and Jon Cryer...well, he's gorgeously lovelorn), and the screenwriting and directing are top-notch. This is one of John Hughes' best films! If you love his other movies, you will positively DIE for this one.... After 15 years, Pretty In Pink still makes me swoon as much as it did when I was a kid. Funny and poignant from beginning to end.
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