John Hughes is best known for the Brat Pack films, but I could never get into them... This one, however, is one of my top favorites. I think it is very sweet, and I will always have a crush on Mary Stuart Masterson.
Hail to the king, baby.
It was certainly better than St. Elmo's fire, pretty in pink, and Class. I'd put it above 16 candles as well. I'd have to look at a full list of brat pack movies though. Don't remember all of them.
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I like them all - SEF not so much.
SKOW is set apart in one way - it's more of a slice of life film.
Not so much comedy or fantasy moments as in some Hughes directed films.
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John Hughes is best known for the Brat Pack films, but I could never get into them... This one, however, is one of my top favorites. I think it is very sweet, and I will always have a crush on Mary Stuart Masterson.
Eric was also masterful. He is a real master of micro-expressions, giving a performance where it seems like he's not doing much of anything: https://popcultmaster.com/2019/06/28/wonderful-kind-of-some/
shareI like Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Some Kind of Wonderful. Even Weird Science.
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The Hughes related film I liked was Home Alone. I hated all his teen movies. I thought they were obnoxious and full of wish fulfillment on his part.
There is something really strange about a grown adult still trying to work out problems from his teen years. In public, no less.
This film was made because he hated that Molly Ringwald didn't end up of with his Gary Stu self Insert Ducky. Ringwald correctly deduced that her character would never be interested in Ducky. She was correct. The problem remains in this film. It is not believable that Ducky Watts would ever end up with Keith.