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Sixteen Candles Reviews

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Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most desirable student - can .. Read more

Starring	Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Paul Dooley, Blanche Baker
Director	John Hughes
Genres	Comedy

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- In which writer/director Hughes reinvented the teen movie by introducing real emotions and anxieties behind the usual... read more on Time Out
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  enjoyable fantasy
  
  comic fairytale of a girls overlooked sixteenth birthday.
  
  under the shadow of her elder sisters wedding molly ringwalds all important aniversary is ... read more »
  
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  - 06 Apr 2005 at 22:34
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  An early John Hughes classic....
  
  I rented this as it's the only John Hughes movie I didn't see as a teenager in the 80s. Hughes manages to capture the anxiety of turning 16 and the ... read more »
  
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- - twosoddingcats
  - 50 reviews
  - Kingston-upon-Thames
  - 01 Sep 2011 at 16:27
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  The pain and anguish of turning 16
  
  Sixteen Candles perfectly captures the anxieties, angst and highs and lows of growing up in high school. It’s about the pain of crushes and adolescence, ... read more »
  
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 06 Jan 2011 at 17:12
- - 1
  - 1
  pathetic
  
  If this was made today it would never have been so popular (or at least I f#ckin hope not).
  
  I really do not like John Huhes' early stuff. Crap, ... read more »
  
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- - onion
  - 250 reviews
  - south
  - 20 Dec 2009 at 23:33
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  love it
  
  i love this film. i watched it when i was younger and lost the video. its the time of film 2 watch again and again!!!!!
  
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- - calamitykel
  - 16 reviews
  - Hornchurch
  - 06 Aug 2009 at 11:55
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  good
  
  comic fairytale of a girls overlooked sixteenth birthday. under the shadow of her elder sisters wedding molly ringwalds all important aniversary is forgotten ... read more »
  
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- - scotsgal86
  - 33 reviews
  - scotland
  - 15 Jun 2009 at 05:09
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  - 0
  Good but not Hughes' best
  
  Great 80s film from the then unstoppable John Hughes. Good fun but not as classic as Ferris or Planes, trains. Nice early John Cussak appearance.
  
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- - Nicholas Bestwick
  - South West, UK
  - 23 Apr 2009 at 13:47
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  Blown out
  
  If are interested in who “Malcolm in the Middle”’s parents are or what happened in the period twenty years before “The Wonder Years” ... read more »
  
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- - Stephen
  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 07 Feb 2009 at 12:23
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  Sixteen Candles - Hughes Classic
  
  If you love 80's teen movies, then John Hughes is your man. He pretty much rules the roost is this much maligned genre, often dismissed as kids films or ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 15 Nov 2008 at 20:46
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  Feel Good 80's Teen Movie
  
  If you like Molly Ringwald and classic 80's teen movies you'll love this. The storyline is a little similar to Pretty in Pink but great teen movie none ... read more »
  
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- - Rachel Bassett
  - Gosport, England
  - 30 Oct 2008 at 10:55
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  perfect sunday morning viewing
  
  i loved the eighties and this movie is pure style with molly at her best..not one for the boys but a girlie morning, your rug and your mug of tea..its just ... read more »
  
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- - juicylucy
  - 25 reviews
  - Hull
  - 05 Aug 2008 at 16:43
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- - 10
  - 0
  enjoyable fantasy
  
  comic fairytale of a girls overlooked sixteenth birthday.
  
  under the shadow of her elder sisters wedding molly ringwalds all important aniversary is ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 89470
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - london
  - 06 Apr 2005 at 22:34
- - 4
  - 0
  saterday night movie
  
  This is a a classic cheesy 80's film - it has romance and laughs and big hair. Pefect for the ladies, a night infront of the tv with the popcorn and the ... read more »
  
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- - diana
  - Scotland
  - 05 May 2006 at 14:50
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  - 2
  really boring film
  
  OMg what a boring film, only got it out cause i liked molly ringwald in all the other teenage film.
  
  Sweet sixteen was so boring i just turned it off ... read more »
  
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  - Bicester
  - 12 Nov 2007 at 21:41
- - 2
  - 0
  The pain and anguish of turning 16
  
  Sixteen Candles perfectly captures the anxieties, angst and highs and lows of growing up in high school. It’s about the pain of crushes and adolescence, ... read more »
  
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- 951308
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  - Daniel Pollard
  - Manchester, England
  - 06 Jan 2011 at 17:12
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  Sixteen Candles
  
  Good but thought John Hughes later work got better.
  
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- - Lovejoy
  - 3 reviews
  - Cirencester
  - 02 Apr 2008 at 22:23
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  Customer Review
  
  This is the film that you can see where his other films came from. Not your typcial 80's film and there are some scenes you wouldnt get away with now. Not... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 1
  Ok for a rainy Saturday afternoon
  
  There were some funny bits in this, although the part where the guy offers his passed out girlfriend to The Geek is a bit disturbing!!
  
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- - JenBonJovi
  - 12 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 24 Jun 2008 at 12:17
- - 0
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  perfect sunday morning viewing
  
  i loved the eighties and this movie is pure style with molly at her best..not one for the boys but a girlie morning, your rug and your mug of tea..its just ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 608770
- - juicylucy
  - 25 reviews
  - Hull
  - 05 Aug 2008 at 16:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Feel Good 80's Teen Movie
  
  If you like Molly Ringwald and classic 80's teen movies you'll love this. The storyline is a little similar to Pretty in Pink but great teen movie none ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 651831
- - Rachel Bassett
  - Gosport, England
  - 30 Oct 2008 at 10:55
- - 0
  - 0
  Sixteen Candles - Hughes Classic
  
  If you love 80's teen movies, then John Hughes is your man. He pretty much rules the roost is this much maligned genre, often dismissed as kids films or ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 659410
- - a customer
  - London
  - 15 Nov 2008 at 20:46

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- Sixteen Candles
  
  Samantha Baker (Molly Ringwald) is approaching her sixteenth birthday, but sees little to celebrate about: her family have, in any case, forgotten her big day, and she is suffering from a severe bout of unrequited love. Worse still, the object of her affections is being courted by the school's most ...