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Sixteen Candles (1984)
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Molly Ringwald established herself as the teen queen of the '80s in this fresh comedy. The movie is a day in the life of Samantha, whose 16th birthday is turning out to be anything but sweet. All the traumas of teendom come down on one long day, which sees Samantha surrounded by dithery relatives, mooning over a high school hunk, and pursued by a sawed-off Lothario. Sixteen Candles marked the directing debut of John Hughes, and its goofy energy displayed a promising talent with a great ear for high school lingo ... a promise neglected since Hughes became, after Home Alone, a one-man entertainment industry. There are some pretty...
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Sixteen Candles Movie Review by Zara  (3/13/2007) |
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I should know. I gave birth to one and from that first day, dubbed "Red" by the nursing staff and held up at the nursery window for the big brother and sister tour of the hospital, my little Midget has been getting love from all over.
John Hughes is just another one of an army of redhead lovers, casting Molly Ringwald ...
(complete Sixteen Candles review by Zara)
| Sixteen Candles Movie Review by Tony (2/23/2006) |
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John Hughes directorial debut came in 1984 with "Sixteen Candles". It was the start of a string of classic high school teen comedies and romances by him that are still enjoyed, viewed, and loved to this very day. But this was his first and some say his best. About a teenage girl (Molly Ringwald) who has her sixteenth...
(complete Sixteen Candles review by Tony)
Probably the most risque of the John Hughes Brat Pack movie, this concerns a girl whose family has forgotten her birthday and she tries to survive this tragedy of the epic proportions by crushing on the hottest guy in school, Jake Ryan.
Anthony Michael Hall and his geek co-horts steal the movie by really giving the idea of...
(complete Sixteen Candles review by Jessica Film Junkie)
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