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Summary: Pales in comparison to other Hughes/Ringwald collaborations.
Review: 1986 brought the third of three John Hughes / Molly Ringwald movies, "Pretty in Pink", and I'm afraid it's the worst of the three.
The storyline asks us to suspend disbelief over and over again, Molly's character seems weak and childish at times, and Jon Cryer is just annoying as the misfit "Duckie".
I am a huge Molly Ringwald fan, but "Pretty in Pink" is certainly a step down from the heights of "The Breakfast Club" and the pinnacle of "Sixteen Candles".
On a side note, Annie Potts is great (as usual) in a supporting role.
"Pretty in Pink" will be a necessary purchase for any 80s, Brat Pack, Hughes, or Ringwald fan, but it lacks a certain "something" that the other movies seem to have.
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Summary: A classic, I absolutly love this movie........
Review: This movie is an all time classic, for those of us that grew up in the 80's. I will never get tired of this movie. It's a heart felt, romantic, comedy that will always be a "one of a kind". I love all the actors and their personalities. To say anything bad about this movie would be like saying that the 80's wasn't a time we'd all love to experience again. By all means, by this movie, you won't waist your time or money.
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Summary: Molly Ringwald looks AWFUL in pink
Review: I grew up in the 1980s and I didn't know about Molly Ringwald until just recently. So I went and got 'Pretty in Pink' and, let me tell you, it was pretty lame. Molly plays a nobody named Andie who dresses up in old lady clothes. Her mother walked out on her and her father three years ago, so Andie has decided to change her role from being a daughter to a substitute wife. Her dad is a loser who's too lazy to get a job and every morning Andie wakes him, serves him breakfast, and nags about him having to find a job. Anyway, she has this screwed up friend name "Ducky" who is more annoying than funny and is in love with Andie. But Andie is in love with this rich guy at school named Blayne who isn't even hot. Basically, the movie is about poor Andie in love with rich Blayne. The acting was okay, but the story was boring and unbelievable. Molly's wardrobe was horrendous and that prom dress she wore at the end should have been ripped off of her and burned. It was *that* awful.
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Summary: Another classic John Hughes film
Review: John Hughes pretty much owns the '80s. His films to me are absolutely timeless. He had a real eye for teenagers and their high school experiences were like back in the Reagan era. "Pretty in Pink" definitely ranks as another classic from John Hughes. Once again we see Molly Ringwald as the protagonist Andie Walsh, the social outcast in her high school. Her best friends consists of Duckie (played by Jon Cryer) and Iona (Annie Potts). Andie lives with her father Jack Walsh (Harry Dean Stanton) who is an unemployed alcoholic. Like I said before, Andie is an outcast in her school. She dresses a lot differently from her classmates (as does Duckie). One day, Andie gets asked to the school dance by a rich classmate Blane (Andrew McCarthy) which does not sit well with Duckie who is secretly in love with Andie. Andie and Blane comes from two different worlds, Andie is from the wrong side of the tracks while Blane was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The class issue becomes an issue when Blane's best friend who is played by the brilliant James Spader makes an issue out of it, with the intentions of driving a wedge between Andie and Blane. The '80s music fit perfectly with the film. James Spader and Jon Cryer really stole the show here. I especially loved James Spader's smarminess as he tries to sabotage the budding relationship between Andie and Blane. James really has a lot of screen presence and his performance in "Pretty in Pink" was a sure sign to tell for his future Emmy winning performance as Alan Shore on "The Practice".
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Summary: this makes me wish it was 1986 all over again!...
Review: ....even though I was only four years old at that time. "Pretty in Pink" is a throwback to a whole other mindset that we have definitely lost nearly twenty years later. What is it that we have lost? In my opinion, in the films of today, we have lost a sense of innocence, we are no longer upbeat and it seems to me that many of the films pandered to teenagers and young twentysomethings are filled to the brim with cynicism and leave a sour taste in your mouth, once you have left the movie theatre. I find myself saying, "Did I really pay $7.50 for this?!"
What makes "Pretty in Pink" so good is the great cast. This is truly Molly Ringwald at her finest, cast as a high school senior from the "wrong side of the tracks" who is pursuing a romance with a classmate with seemingly all of the breaks (Andrew McCarthy). Her best friend, "Ducky," is masterfully played by Jon Cryer. Ducky, of course, is interested in her on more than just a friend level, and feels threatened when this new guy with money and popularity comes around to woo his best friend. Ducky has a combination of unusual fashion sense (where did he get those shoes?!), he's got that wonderful combination of gawky teenage vulnerability and stand-up comedy timing to match. The strong cast, along with a great 80s soundtrack that will take you back, great direction and a great plot that challenges us to think about whether your class standing truly determines who you can love in the end makes the film both entertaining and intelligent. This film should be a pre-requisite for young filmmakers and 1980s film buffs alike.
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Summary: One of the 1980's Finest!
Review: This movie is one of the best for 1980's fans:
1. The soundtrack is outstanding, featuring several huge hits from that great decade!
2. Molly Ringwald is superb. She does a great job portraying the intelligent girl who has one problem, she is from the wrong side of the tracks! Jon Cryer is great as the wacky best friend "Ducky" who has a secret love interest in Molly. Great performances by Andrew McCarthy (as her love interest) and James Spader who plays McCarthys evil best friend (a role he would often play in the 1980's).
3. It is a somewhat of a 1980's version of Cinderella. I enjoyed how it showed there is good in everyone(except maybe Spader). Except for a few words and a couple of suggestive scenes, this is a great movie for all ages...a timeless piece of history form my youth (class of 1984!).
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Summary: A Classic Story
Review: "Pretty in Pink" is one of the best Brat Pack movies and really should have been packaged in the High School Reunion Collection, but since it wasn't this movie stands alone by itself just fine. It's a classic story of a girl who has no money who gets involved with a rich kid named "Blaine." Ducky worhips Molly's character Andy, but like so many women, she puts aside the friend who worhips her for a difficult guy from the other side of the tracks. This movie is almost 20 years old but still very relavent and entertaining. Andy is so filled with teen angst, this movie is the perfect Sunday afternoon flick.
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Summary: Watch 16 Candles or The Breakfast Club, instead
Review: Pretty in Pink is truly one of the worst bratpack movies ever made. Whiny Molly Ringwald has by this time thoroughly worn out her welcome; her perpetual pout, her eye-rolling and her generally sour disposition are extremely grating, all the moreso because she is in virtually every scene! The only interesting thing about Ringwald's "performance" is her ever-changing haircolor (throughout the movie, her hair goes from strawberry blonde to dark auburn to nearly chartreuse back to strawberry blonde, and so on. At least SOMETHING changed; her expression never did!).Andrew McCarthy is the wimpiest "romantic hero" ever, and, like Molly, his expression never changes. "Must remain bland" was surely his mantra throughout filming. Jon Cryer plays "Ducky" (did YOU go to high school with anybody who had a nickname like that???) like a spastic goofball. James Spader is wasted in a one-note role as "The Mean Snobby Guy." There's no end to the talent wasted in this film: Annie Potts and Harry Dean Stanton are also squandered in thankless, my-character-only-exists-to-showcase-Molly-Ringwald roles. As if all that's not annoying enough, Molly's character is the richest "poor girl" ever, with her own lilac-colored Kharman Ghia, an endless supply of funky vintage dresses, petticoats, sweaters, granny boots, and hats (if you think she picked all that swag up at Salvation Army, you're crazy), and her own phone complete with answering machine (no big deal now, but it was in the '80s). The cherry on top is the fact that the dress Molly cobbles together and "triumphantly" wears to Prom is ugly. Ugly, ugly, UGLY. That's not just my opinion, either: I saw this dog in the theater, and people LAUGHED when she made her entrance. Bottom line: if you're in the mood for a bratpack movie, watch 16 Candles or Breakfast Club, instead.
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Summary: One of the better Brat Pack movies.
Review: Molly Ringwald did an good job in this film. The movie wasn't the best brat pack movie, but it is enjoyable. The supporting cast is okay, and the romance you are able to relate to. All, in all good, and heartfelt. See it, if you love teen romance movies.
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