Pretty in Pink

4.00
    Pretty in Pink
    1986

    Synopsis

    Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

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    Cast

    • Molly RingwaldAndie Walsh
    • Harry Dean StantonJack Walsh
    • Jon CryerPhilip F. "Duckie" Dale
    • Annie PottsIona
    • James SpaderSteff
    • Andrew McCarthyBlane McDonough
    • Jim HaynieDonnelly
    • Alexa KeninJena Hoeman
    • Kate VernonBenny Hanson
    • Andrew Dice ClayBouncer

    Recommendations

    • 88

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      The movie made me so happy, and here I am back on the subway with Nerdo, and there's this jerk across the aisle who's like ancient, 30 at least, and he's got the nerve to look right into my see-through Madonna lace outfit. And he winks. Oh, barf- ola.
    • 80

      Los Angeles Times

      Delightful... The film is buoyed by a captivating performance by Ringwald, who has an unerring ability to share her character's emotions with an audience, as if we were eavsdropping behind her makeup mirror. [28 Feb 1986]
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      Although it is not a great movie, it contains some moments when the audience is likely to think, yes, being 16 was exactly like that.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Very high on my list of good movie titles, has fascinating deep tones, surprising poignancy, and tendor humor for a movie aimed at teenage audiences. [28 Feb 1986]
    • 70

      Time

      Blane's snooty friend Steff (Spader) could be a tired stereotype, but with his all-year tan, his hip-blase voice and hs view of high school as a "career," Steff becomes a recognizable character of any age: upscale slime in embryo. [3 Mar 1996, p.83]
    • 70

      Variety

      A rather intelligent (if not terribly original) look at adolescent insecurities.
    • 60

      TV Guide Magazine

      While the script contains trite and unbelievable dialogue, the superbly convincing performances make up for these faults.
    • 60

      Film Threat

      I got my first date because of this movie so you won't see me giving it any less than three stars.

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