Synopsis
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
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Cast
- Eric StoltzKeith Nelson
- Mary Stuart MastersonWatts
- Lea ThompsonAmanda Jones
- Chynna PhillipsMia
- Craig ShefferHardy Jenns
- John AshtonCliff Nelson
- Elias KoteasSkinhead
- Maddie CormanLaura Nelson
- Molly HaganShayne
- Bryan ScottParty Guest
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
A simple, lovely and thoughtful teenage story that occasionally shines due to fine characterizations and lucid dialog. - 80
The New York Times
It has a light touch, a disarming cast, a well-developed sense of humor and a lot of charm. [27 Feb 1987, p.C17] - 75
Rolling Stone
A hand-me-down cast? Far from it. Masterson and Stoltz possess talent and charm to spare... Wonderful aspires to be little more than the hot-and- happening teen flick of the moment. At that it succeeds. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
This is kid stuff, but such well acted, well made stuff that inside 15 minutes you're sitting there like a teenager yourself wondering which girl Keith will wind up with. [27 Feb 1987] - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
It is not about whether the hero will get the girl. It is about whether the hero should get the girl, and when was the last time you saw a movie that even knew that could be the question? - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Stoltz turns in a restrained, realistic performance, and Thompson is quite good in what could easily have become a thankless role. But far and away, this is Masterson's film. An amazingly mature young actress, Masterson skillfully brings subtlety, depth, and nuance to her character. - 60
Washington Post
It's Masterson who dominates Some Kind of Wonderful. Like her energy, Masterson's beauty is kinetic, internalized, and she's a winner even if the film itself runs third in the Hughes opus on teenhood. - 50
Chicago Tribune
It's Mary Stuart Masterson, bringing a depth and tenacity to her role that nowhere appears in the screenplay, who leaves the lasting impression. She escapes the airiness of Hughes's vision to establish something like a human being. [22 Feb 1987]
