Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Will K This film is one of the many iconic movies to star Molly Ringwald. In this film, you have a typical coming-of-age story with a female lead. The story follows her after her parents forget her 16th birthday. She has to deal with her sister getting married, and also having a huge crush on one of the most popular boys in school, Michael Schoeffling. This film is one of the best comedies I have ever seen. It's quirky, tacky and over the top in every right way. The soundtrack to this film is also a highlight, and is truly one to be enjoyed.But, a predictable ending and some goofs that go too far drag the film down a bit. It's a film that is meant to be over the top, but sometimes when a film goes too wild, your suspension of disbelief is broken and you have a hard time believing or even enjoying what you're seeing.

Ian (Flash Review)…of the 80's high school genre. It was actually pretty funny and was able to contain the chaos of these types of stories pretty well. Molly's character's older sister is getting married the day after Molly's 16th birthday. Due to the chaos of the wedding, her special 16th is completely forgotten. To top it off, the boy she has a crush on doesn't even know she exists and a freshman geek is making some bold advances towards her. Ahhh…the problems of high school. Basically, there are lots of high school hijinks with some snappy and clever zingers, the typical dance scene, the house party where the house gets trashed, pure 80's fashion and a lot more. While entertaining, any cinematography was utterly ignored. The pinnacle of 80's.

Leofwine_draca John Hughes' first film as director is SIXTEEN CANDLES, a fast-moving and complex high school romance with a little salt and verve to make it eminently watchable. I certainly found it to be a superior piece of work, better than later and better-known movies like FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, because it has a little more edge and hardness to do which makes it a more realistic movie.The story is your usual stuff about loves and rivalries with sex, of course, playing a big part in the proceedings. Where this film shines is in the characterisation; everyone feels real and raw, dealing with real-life issues that anyone who's been a teenager will be readily able to identify with. The cast have been well chosen for their parts and Molly Ringwald is a particular delight here. The likes of John and Joan Cusack show up in support and Anthony Michael Hall is as goofy as ever. The only real flaw with this film is the racist depiction of the Asian kid, which is over the top and leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Otherwise, as a celebration of the 1980s complete with great music and outlandish fashions, this is fun.

Uriah43 "Samantha Baker" (Molly Ringwald) is excited to turn 16 because she knows her family has something special planned for her. Unfortunately, because her older sister "Ginny" (Blanche Baker) is getting married the next day, everyone has totally forgotten all about Samantha. So as she heads off to school, instead of being happy she has become very depressed. Unfortunately, her day is about to get much, much worse because not only is she being pursued by the biggest geek in school (played by Anthony Michael Hall) but the senior she idolizes named "Jake Ryan" (Michael Schoeffling) doesn't even know she exists. At least that is what she thinks. Now rather than reveal any more I will just say that this was a fairly good comedy which suffered unnecessarily from a few crude scenes here and there which, quite frankly, could have easily been left out. But I liked it overall due in large part to the excellent performances by the aforementioned Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. Likewise, having a gorgeous actress like Haviland Morris (as "Caroline Mulford") certainly didn't hurt in any way either. Be that as it may, while I wouldn't recommend it to a general audience, all things considered I rate this movie as slightly above average.