AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

calvinnme ... not even in the 80s, not even in a teen movie in the 80s.This is a cult favorite starring Molly Ringwald as Andie, a high school senior of limited means. She gets persistently bullied by the rich crowd at school. Her mom ran out on her and her dad, and as a result dad is chronically unemployed and likes to drink, but he's not a mean drunk. Molly also has to deal with Duckie (Jon Cryer), an amiable goofball who is madly in love with her.Andie is surprised when wealthy Blaine (Andrew McCarthy) casts an eye in her direction. However, their dating is causing tensions among his elite circle. Or should I say elitist circle? They have all the charm of the French aristocracy before they were guillotined. Blaine asks Andie to the prom, but when he comes up against brick wall opposition from all of his friends he wilts and pulls away from Andie, making lame excuses about having already asked somebody else to the prom. She sees right through him. Meanwhile Andie's dad has managed to buy a pink dress at a thrift shop, and she decides to fix it up as a prom dress and go to the prom anyways.How will this all turn out? Watch and find out. Let me single out James Spader as doing a great turn as Blaine's snobby friend Steff. He is the one who convinces Blaine that Andie is nothing special. Plus there is a scene I will never forget. At the high school, as Andie passes Steff at a distance, he gives her a look like she is something he scraped off of his shoe. It is creepy and it is real. Kudos to Mr. Spader for such a great early performance.The excellent supporting cast includes Harry Dean Stanton as Molly's dad, James Spader perfecting his rich jerk persona, Annie Potts as Andie's kooky co-worker at a record store who thinks she is a relic because she is mid 30s, Kate Vernon, Gina Gershon, Kristy Swanson, Margaret Colin, Dweezil Zappa, and Andrew "Dice" Clay. The script by John Hughes mostly works, and the good New Wave songs on the soundtrack add to the film's charm. I'm not exactly the target audience for teen romance films, even thirty years ago when it was released, but even I enjoyed it, so if it's your kind of thing, you should love it.Just one more thing...Jon Cryer grew up and filled out nicely. Who would have thought in 1986 that 25 years later Cryer would be the hunk and Charlie Sheen would have the appearance of a death mask. Go for depth girls, you don't know what the geeky guy in high school will look like when he matures.

katiefanatic-791-306918 i was born in December 85, right before this movie came out, so it's taken me awhile to get around to the brat pack movies, but ducky has always been built up in other movies and TV shows to be this awesome best friend sidekick. did anyone else think he was absolutely NOT? i understand the 'he was in love with her' angle, but the emotions he ever expressed were jealousy, possessiveness and anger. he basically had the traits of a sociopath. I see a lot of people calling this film cliché. not sure if it was cliché for 1985 but definitely it's cliché for 2015. interestingly enough, this seems to be one of the few films where the 'rich person falls in love with poor person' formula doesn't work. it works in 'titanic', 'a walk to remember', 'the notebook', which makes me wonder what people would think of this movie if it came out nowadays. anyway, on to the actual movie. i actually thought it was really charming and sweet. because i was a floater in high school (hung out with everyone) i could relate to the potential disaster that could be one social group dating another. the thing i can't believe is how people crucify Blaine for how he handled it. he was a TEENAGER. he wanted to fit in and belong as much as Andie. he was scared. It's a shame more people aren't sympathetic to him. better late than never i say and when he finally does tell his best friend, i was proud of him, and i was proud of Andie for forgiving him and taking him back because it was a mature thing to do and i think that's a great, positive message to teens. we're not above making mistakes and we can't hold people on pedastals.

GusF It's quite a good film but the writing is not as sharp as in the best of John Hughes' teen comedy dramas. The original ending would have featured Andie ending up with Duckie instead of Blane but it was changed over Hughes' objections. I really wish that it hadn't been as it would have been a stronger ending as Duckie cares about Andie far more than Blane does. In an interview for the film's 25th anniversary, Jon Cryer and Molly Ringwald said that they thought that Andie and Blane would have broken up soon after the events of the film but she and Duckie would have remained lifelong friends. They also thought that Duckie would have long since come out. I'm going to imagine that that is exactly what happened.However, I can't fault the film's cast. Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy are very natural in the leading roles while Cryer is very sweet as Duckie and James Spader is suitably smarmy as Steff. The great character actor Harry Dean Stanton is excellent in the supporting role of Andie's heartbroken father Jack but Annie Potts steals the show as Iona, who has all the best lines. It also features an early role for Kate Vernon as the catty Bunny and very small appearances by Kirsty Swanson and Gina Gershon. Sadly, Alexa Kanin, who played Andie's friend Jenna, died at the age of 23 several months before the film was released and it is dedicated to her memory.

gavin6942 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.)