Amazon.co.uk Review
The era of Molly Ringwald's profitable collaboration with writer-producer-director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) was at its peak with this 1986 film (directed by Howard Deutch but in every sense part of the developing Hughes empire). Ringwald plays a high-school girl on the budget side of the tracks, living with her warm and loving father (Harry Dean Stanton) and usually accompanied by her insecure best friend (Jon Cryer). When a wealthy but well-meaning boy (Andrew McCarthy) asks her out, her perspective is overturned and Cryer's character is threatened. As was the case in the mid-'80s, Hughes (who wrote the script and produced the film) brought his special feel for the cross-currents of adolescent life to this story. In its very commercial way, it is an honest, entertaining piece about growing pains. The attractive supporting cast (many of whom are much better known now) does a terrific job, and Ringwald and Cryer have excellent chemistry. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews:
A Big-Hearted and Enjoyable Teen Romance.......2008-02-21
This is one of those very rare things, a teen romance movie which has a wonderfully sincere and genuine heart at it's centre. A young woman named Andie is it's main character, a high school senior who comes from an underprivileged background. Her father is superbly played by Harry Dean Stanton.
Andie is convincingly played by Molly Ringwald, and the film is charming, subtle, and lacking the kind of knowing, worldly-wise scripts which are characteristic of teen romance movies of the twenty-first century. Andie is best friends with 'Duckie', a young man with a unique and individual sense of style who would actually like to be in a relationship with Andie. Yet Andie has her sights set on Blaine, a rich young man who she meets at the record shop where she works.
The plot is fairly simplistic, yet it's the genuine honesty and sincerity of Molly Ringwald's performance that steals the show. Fearing that she isn't good enough for the wealthy Blaine, her fears are confirmed when he fails to get in touch for several days. The snobbery of Blaine's friends is generally frowned upon in the film, and director John Hughes almost seems to be striking a blow for individual and down-to-earth misfits like Andie and Duckie.
Which is what makes 'Pretty In Pink' such a great film. It's a romance of a more innocent era, when superficiality and materialism weren't always the order of the day, when there were more young people who were willing to have their own unique style and an aesthetic which didn't come straight off a rack. Andie, with her home-made creations and unusual ensembles is the charm at the heart of this wonderfully innocuous teen romance movie.
I love the eighties!.......2007-09-25
I just bought this on dvd and i cant stop watching it it brings back memories of when i watched it when i was growing up i am now a 37 yr old mum,but i still love it!!!!The soundtrack is brilliant and Duckies dance to Otis Reddings" Try A Little Tenderness" is classic! Anyway get this dvd if your a girlie and you like a slushy movie.
I want to be a Duckette!.......2007-03-22
This is one of those films which I have a habit of remembering as being better than it actually is. This is due to the rose-tinted spectacles I wear when it comes to the 1980's, to the charm of the actors and to the wonderfully awful dress sense and hairdos (Any film which contains a reversable jumper and back-combed hair gets my vote). However, I struggle to get past the part where those two gorgeous dresses are chopped up.
Not the greatest story but this is an entertaining piece of Brat Pack history with charming performances from all of the actors.
Makes you like it, somehow........2006-12-14
Okay, I am only 24 and so was just 4 years old when this movie came out. My sister however, is six years older than me and used to watch this film all the time. We eventually started watching it together and have come to love it.
I must say though, we do spend a lot of time taking the mick out of it. The music is fantastic and the acting is brilliant. I loved the whole idea of the opposite sides of the tracks getting together no matter what but I am not sure about some of the thinkology.
For example at the end when Andie arrives at the Prom, and the Duck Man is there for her, Blain comes over and says that he always believed in her but she never believed in him. This always gets me frustrated because Andie did believe in him, she believed him when he asked her to the prom and believed in him enough to keep ringing his house when he avoided her calls like a wimp.
I DO NOT get that Andrew McCarthy is good looking or a heart throb but maybe it's an era thing. Anyway, despite this annoying factor in the movie, I think this film is a keeper for all time.
Somehow it just makes you feel a certain way when watching it and cheers you up.
One thing me and my sister and everyone else we know who has watched this film will never understand is why, for goodness sake was that dress thought to be Pretty? Okay, Andie had alternative styling and that was fine, but through the whole "I'm going to go to the prom anyway and show them all" dress making scene, you sit on the edge of your seet and can't wait to see what it will look like. And then she steps out to show her dad and it's like deflating a balloon.
The thing was shapeless and ugly, the good thing was that Molly Ringwald looked pretty and her hair was fabulous.
A special mention must go to Duckie who is, not only funny and brilliant in this movie but delivers the best line in the whole film, "Blain, his name is Blain? That's not a name, it's a major appliance." Fabulous!
All in all a great film I will keep a copy of forever.
Classic Film.......2006-01-20
A classic 80s comming of age film starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy of the Brat Pack. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks (quite literally) is romanced by the rich boy from the right side of the tracks. Emotional turmoil ensues as peer pressure builds when he asks her to the prom. Always a good watch and definately worth the upgrade to DVD.
Amazon.co.uk Review
The era of Molly Ringwald's profitable collaboration with writer-producer-director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) was at its peak with this 1986 film (directed by Howard Deutch but in every sense part of the developing Hughes empire). Ringwald plays a high-school girl on the budget side of the tracks, living with her warm and loving father (Harry Dean Stanton) and usually accompanied by her insecure best friend (Jon Cryer). When a wealthy but well-meaning boy (Andrew McCarthy) asks her out, her perspective is overturned and Cryer's character is threatened. As was the case in the mid-'80s, Hughes (who wrote the script and produced the film) brought his special feel for the cross-currents of adolescent life to this story. In its very commercial way, it is an honest, entertaining piece about growing pains. The attractive supporting cast (many of whom are much better known now) does a terrific job, and Ringwald and Cryer have excellent chemistry. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews:
A Big-Hearted and Enjoyable Teen Romance.......2008-02-21
This is one of those very rare things, a teen romance movie which has a wonderfully sincere and genuine heart at it's centre. A young woman named Andie is it's main character, a high school senior who comes from an underprivileged background. Her father is superbly played by Harry Dean Stanton.
Andie is convincingly played by Molly Ringwald, and the film is charming, subtle, and lacking the kind of knowing, worldly-wise scripts which are characteristic of teen romance movies of the twenty-first century. Andie is best friends with 'Duckie', a young man with a unique and individual sense of style who would actually like to be in a relationship with Andie. Yet Andie has her sights set on Blaine, a rich young man who she meets at the record shop where she works.
The plot is fairly simplistic, yet it's the genuine honesty and sincerity of Molly Ringwald's performance that steals the show. Fearing that she isn't good enough for the wealthy Blaine, her fears are confirmed when he fails to get in touch for several days. The snobbery of Blaine's friends is generally frowned upon in the film, and director John Hughes almost seems to be striking a blow for individual and down-to-earth misfits like Andie and Duckie.
Which is what makes 'Pretty In Pink' such a great film. It's a romance of a more innocent era, when superficiality and materialism weren't always the order of the day, when there were more young people who were willing to have their own unique style and an aesthetic which didn't come straight off a rack. Andie, with her home-made creations and unusual ensembles is the charm at the heart of this wonderfully innocuous teen romance movie.
I love the eighties!.......2007-09-25
I just bought this on dvd and i cant stop watching it it brings back memories of when i watched it when i was growing up i am now a 37 yr old mum,but i still love it!!!!The soundtrack is brilliant and Duckies dance to Otis Reddings" Try A Little Tenderness" is classic! Anyway get this dvd if your a girlie and you like a slushy movie.
I want to be a Duckette!.......2007-03-22
This is one of those films which I have a habit of remembering as being better than it actually is. This is due to the rose-tinted spectacles I wear when it comes to the 1980's, to the charm of the actors and to the wonderfully awful dress sense and hairdos (Any film which contains a reversable jumper and back-combed hair gets my vote). However, I struggle to get past the part where those two gorgeous dresses are chopped up.
Not the greatest story but this is an entertaining piece of Brat Pack history with charming performances from all of the actors.
Makes you like it, somehow........2006-12-14
Okay, I am only 24 and so was just 4 years old when this movie came out. My sister however, is six years older than me and used to watch this film all the time. We eventually started watching it together and have come to love it.
I must say though, we do spend a lot of time taking the mick out of it. The music is fantastic and the acting is brilliant. I loved the whole idea of the opposite sides of the tracks getting together no matter what but I am not sure about some of the thinkology.
For example at the end when Andie arrives at the Prom, and the Duck Man is there for her, Blain comes over and says that he always believed in her but she never believed in him. This always gets me frustrated because Andie did believe in him, she believed him when he asked her to the prom and believed in him enough to keep ringing his house when he avoided her calls like a wimp.
I DO NOT get that Andrew McCarthy is good looking or a heart throb but maybe it's an era thing. Anyway, despite this annoying factor in the movie, I think this film is a keeper for all time.
Somehow it just makes you feel a certain way when watching it and cheers you up.
One thing me and my sister and everyone else we know who has watched this film will never understand is why, for goodness sake was that dress thought to be Pretty? Okay, Andie had alternative styling and that was fine, but through the whole "I'm going to go to the prom anyway and show them all" dress making scene, you sit on the edge of your seet and can't wait to see what it will look like. And then she steps out to show her dad and it's like deflating a balloon.
The thing was shapeless and ugly, the good thing was that Molly Ringwald looked pretty and her hair was fabulous.
A special mention must go to Duckie who is, not only funny and brilliant in this movie but delivers the best line in the whole film, "Blain, his name is Blain? That's not a name, it's a major appliance." Fabulous!
All in all a great film I will keep a copy of forever.
Classic Film.......2006-01-20
A classic 80s comming of age film starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy of the Brat Pack. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks (quite literally) is romanced by the rich boy from the right side of the tracks. Emotional turmoil ensues as peer pressure builds when he asks her to the prom. Always a good watch and definately worth the upgrade to DVD.
Amazon.co.uk Review
The era of Molly Ringwald's profitable collaboration with writer-producer-director John Hughes (Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club) was at its peak with this 1986 film (directed by Howard Deutch but in every sense part of the developing Hughes empire). Ringwald plays a high-school girl on the budget side of the tracks, living with her warm and loving father (Harry Dean Stanton) and usually accompanied by her insecure best friend (Jon Cryer). When a wealthy but well-meaning boy (Andrew McCarthy) asks her out, her perspective is overturned and Cryer's character is threatened. As was the case in the mid-'80s, Hughes (who wrote the script and produced the film) brought his special feel for the cross-currents of adolescent life to this story. In its very commercial way, it is an honest, entertaining piece about growing pains. The attractive supporting cast (many of whom are much better known now) does a terrific job, and Ringwald and Cryer have excellent chemistry. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews:
A Big-Hearted and Enjoyable Teen Romance.......2008-02-21
This is one of those very rare things, a teen romance movie which has a wonderfully sincere and genuine heart at it's centre. A young woman named Andie is it's main character, a high school senior who comes from an underprivileged background. Her father is superbly played by Harry Dean Stanton.
Andie is convincingly played by Molly Ringwald, and the film is charming, subtle, and lacking the kind of knowing, worldly-wise scripts which are characteristic of teen romance movies of the twenty-first century. Andie is best friends with 'Duckie', a young man with a unique and individual sense of style who would actually like to be in a relationship with Andie. Yet Andie has her sights set on Blaine, a rich young man who she meets at the record shop where she works.
The plot is fairly simplistic, yet it's the genuine honesty and sincerity of Molly Ringwald's performance that steals the show. Fearing that she isn't good enough for the wealthy Blaine, her fears are confirmed when he fails to get in touch for several days. The snobbery of Blaine's friends is generally frowned upon in the film, and director John Hughes almost seems to be striking a blow for individual and down-to-earth misfits like Andie and Duckie.
Which is what makes 'Pretty In Pink' such a great film. It's a romance of a more innocent era, when superficiality and materialism weren't always the order of the day, when there were more young people who were willing to have their own unique style and an aesthetic which didn't come straight off a rack. Andie, with her home-made creations and unusual ensembles is the charm at the heart of this wonderfully innocuous teen romance movie.
I love the eighties!.......2007-09-25
I just bought this on dvd and i cant stop watching it it brings back memories of when i watched it when i was growing up i am now a 37 yr old mum,but i still love it!!!!The soundtrack is brilliant and Duckies dance to Otis Reddings" Try A Little Tenderness" is classic! Anyway get this dvd if your a girlie and you like a slushy movie.
I want to be a Duckette!.......2007-03-22
This is one of those films which I have a habit of remembering as being better than it actually is. This is due to the rose-tinted spectacles I wear when it comes to the 1980's, to the charm of the actors and to the wonderfully awful dress sense and hairdos (Any film which contains a reversable jumper and back-combed hair gets my vote). However, I struggle to get past the part where those two gorgeous dresses are chopped up.
Not the greatest story but this is an entertaining piece of Brat Pack history with charming performances from all of the actors.
Makes you like it, somehow........2006-12-14
Okay, I am only 24 and so was just 4 years old when this movie came out. My sister however, is six years older than me and used to watch this film all the time. We eventually started watching it together and have come to love it.
I must say though, we do spend a lot of time taking the mick out of it. The music is fantastic and the acting is brilliant. I loved the whole idea of the opposite sides of the tracks getting together no matter what but I am not sure about some of the thinkology.
For example at the end when Andie arrives at the Prom, and the Duck Man is there for her, Blain comes over and says that he always believed in her but she never believed in him. This always gets me frustrated because Andie did believe in him, she believed him when he asked her to the prom and believed in him enough to keep ringing his house when he avoided her calls like a wimp.
I DO NOT get that Andrew McCarthy is good looking or a heart throb but maybe it's an era thing. Anyway, despite this annoying factor in the movie, I think this film is a keeper for all time.
Somehow it just makes you feel a certain way when watching it and cheers you up.
One thing me and my sister and everyone else we know who has watched this film will never understand is why, for goodness sake was that dress thought to be Pretty? Okay, Andie had alternative styling and that was fine, but through the whole "I'm going to go to the prom anyway and show them all" dress making scene, you sit on the edge of your seet and can't wait to see what it will look like. And then she steps out to show her dad and it's like deflating a balloon.
The thing was shapeless and ugly, the good thing was that Molly Ringwald looked pretty and her hair was fabulous.
A special mention must go to Duckie who is, not only funny and brilliant in this movie but delivers the best line in the whole film, "Blain, his name is Blain? That's not a name, it's a major appliance." Fabulous!
All in all a great film I will keep a copy of forever.
Classic Film.......2006-01-20
A classic 80s comming of age film starring Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy of the Brat Pack. A girl from the wrong side of the tracks (quite literally) is romanced by the rich boy from the right side of the tracks. Emotional turmoil ensues as peer pressure builds when he asks her to the prom. Always a good watch and definately worth the upgrade to DVD.
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