Sixteen Candles

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It might have been fun when it came out, but it has not aged well. I just saw it for the first time in 2020 and it was not a pleasant experience. The parts that are not outright disgusting are just dull and boring. Racism, sexism, mocking the disabled, it has it all. And a full repertoire of non-consensual sexual advances, from harassment to rape, portrayed as being tolerated or even desired by the female protagonists. In real life that poor girl would have had much deeper concerns than her boy crush liking her or not. The premise would make a better horror movie than a rom com.

This John Hughes film is one of the best romantic teen comedies in history. Starring 2 of the Brat Packers, Molly Ringwald, playing the lovesick Samantha, and Anthony Michael Hall who plays "The Geek", he pratically stole the entire movie with his one-liners. His friends were the best, it's funny to see John Cusack as one of his geeky friends, and I just noticed Joan Cusack makes a small appearance in this as the girl with the neck brace on. That's funny. I recommend this classic to anyone who likes romantic teen comedies. Oh and whoever said that "Sixteen Candles" was perverted, all i have to say is WHAT? What is perverted about this movie, American Pie was perverted, this movie is a classic. There was ONE scene of nudity and it lasted about 3 seconds. I give "Sixteen Candles" 10 out of 10!!!!

This is the film which started the John Hughes/Molly Ringwald/Anthony Michael Hall trilogies: Molly's SIXTEEN CANDLES, BREAKFAST CLUB, and PRETTY IN PINK / Anthony's SIXTEEN CANDLES, BREAKFAST CLUB and WEIRD SCIENCE. The story is about Samantha. A teenage girl who has a crush on a boy who, she thinks, doesn't know she exist. Not only does the boy know she exist, but KNOWS she has a crush on him and has been thinking about her A LOT. Her friends are at a lost of what to do. Some geek wants to bag her to show his friends he's King of the Dip Sh*ts. Her family is going crazy because her sister is getting married to a RiceChex. Relatives are swarming all over the house in their underwear(gross me out to the max!). There's a horny Chinese guy running around. To make matters worse, it's the Samantha's birthday and NO ONE remembered! Like gag me with a spoon!! What a crazy 24 hours where anything that can happen, and does. Geeks are supreme and sex is everywhere! This is a fun ride down 80's memory lane. PS; Does anyone remember Molly' fav band of the eighties?? (HINT-Check out her notebook)

I had to write about this film after seeing the last 10 minutes of it on TV last night. I didn't miss much after all cause I had seen the film countless times when I was younger. Man I remember how much I enjoyed it. This has to be the most 80's character driven film about high school I have ever seen. It is just plain out stupid funny and heartwarming. While Breakfast Club tries to handle the seriousness of social peers, and Ferris Beuller just solidifies the ultimate 80's experience with some great performances and total hip coolness, Sixteen Candles is just a crazy fun romp through the perils of being a teenager. Ringwald is at her prime as the overburdened teenager, and Michael Hall is at his greatest as the ultimate schemer-geek. The party aftermath always cracks me up everytime I see it, plus so many more things. Also, there's a scene where the geek gets unloaded out of the trunk of a car, and i SWEAR it's not a human person but a dummy cause the guy does not move but stands like a broomstick.. It's just one of those bizarre movie qwerks I wish someone could explain to me. And who can forget those alligator shirts.... I laugh now at the way everyone and the bands look in these 80's movies. Alas it seems, Hall and Ringwald got stuck in stereotyped roles that they never seemed to shed or outgrew them as they became adults, which is to bad cause Ringwald, and particularly Hall's comedic sense of timing in this film is just amazing. Rating 8 out of 10.

The teen comedy to which every teen comedy made for the rest of eternity will be compared. "Sixteen Candles" is one of those movies that has entered the vocabulary of Gen-Xers everywhere. All you have to do is say a line like: "Oh look, Frank, she's got her boobies"; or "Thanks for lending me the Donger here, he's totally bitchin'"; or "What's happening', hot stuff?", to anyone between the ages of 30 and 40, and I guarantee they'll know what you're talking about. Molly Ringwald raised teen surliness to Shakespearean heights; Anthony Michael Hall channeled hormonal distress; and Joan Cusack brought acceptance to head-gear wearers everywhere, proving that kids with bad teeth are humans too. Grade: A+

Okay, so I watched this when I was a lot younger and I enjoyed it at the time. However, after re-watching it at a more mature age, I'm shocked at how I didn't notice how alarming some of the stuff in this film is! First of all, how can a movie that is so highly regarded have an incidence of rape that is completely glossed over and considered "okay"?? Why are none of the characters even slightly alarmed by what happens? I was honestly surprised by how racist and sexist this movie is. Shocked at how people can watch this without being alarmed.

So glad evolution has happened a little since this film was made, it is disgusting! In what planet or society could this film be funny or a classic? skip it!