Masterful Movie

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The combination of John Hughes behind the camera and Moly Ringwald in front produced some of the iconic moments of 80's film comedy, and here is their sadly last collaboration.Filled with great performances from not only Ringwald, but also Jon Cryer as Duckie, this is another example of the brilliance of John Hughes's teen comedies that are so full of humour and heart that can't be beaten.Yes, people will moan about the famously reshot ending, but in all honesty it doesn't spoil a lovely film.

I just only watched this because I could see that young Jon Cryer was involved in this. This movie had an OK storyline but I felt Molly Ringwald who played Andie was too preppy to be considered a weakling in this. She was actually not that kind of person who wouldn't be that sensitive. Although I would consider her a whiner at the same time!I found Jon Cryer's character very annoying and distracting to look at. I think his character was way too giddy for anyone to date. I'm not saying Jon Cryer isn't a bad actor, I'm just saying his character needs to be rewritten again because it just was the worst role for his acting career! I would suggest that his character should've been a greaser who doesn't give a crap and doesn't care about anything that stands in his way but only for his love! It's not a good but an alright movie.......

This movie would be forgettable, without Molly Ringwald, and John Cryer. They made the movie come alive.The plot is fairly well re-tread story, told many times since the dawn of mankind. The story relates to a class struggle between the rich and the poor and much like Romeo and Juliet, or Pride and Prejudice, we have two people trying to bridge the gap. We see the difficulties with trying to do that.Finally we get the ending, that audiences picked, but the writer, John Hughes did not intend. They way it was filmed, it looks very contrived and needed a lot more thought in the way it was written. It would be the ending I would pick, but not the way they wrote and filmed it.John Cryer cuts loose with some pretty good performances throughout the movie, and Molly, is very pretty and appears as the perfect role model for her time. We know that her character will not make a choice that is not popular with audiences.The music is very 80s, with three New Order songs, all very synthesized techno-pop and from the portion of these songs that is in the movie, they sound like instrumentals. As it stands, they are not bad songs, but, New Order has much better sounding music. There is a decent Title Theme, played twice in the movie. However, there is an overplayed song at the ending (If You Leave) which just goes on and on and on, endlessly until finally the movie ends.

A poor girl (Molly Ringwald) must choose between the affections of her doting childhood sweetheart (Jon Cryer) and a rich but sensitive playboy (Andrew McCarthy).Of all the films John Hughes wrote or directed, this is probably the least best. At no point in time does the boyfriend give us a reason to think he has changed, or that he is even someone we can see the lead actress falling for. Years later, Molly Ringwald said they probably broke up shortly after the film ends. This is probably true, as nothing suggests otherwise.Jon Cryer was impressive here, and it is a bit of a shame he is playing a geek (or a closeted homosexual, as some have suggested). Clearly he has a great deal of talent and physical ability, so it would have been nice to be able to show that off without having to be the fool.The film's redeeming quality -- and there is only one -- is the casting of Annie Potts. Although best known for "Ghostbusters", she is allowed to show off her acting and range here, and she comes across as the most lovable character. (Interestingly, she is supposed to be fifteen years older than Ringwald -- which she is in real life -- but has aged so well that they could be in the same grade.)