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"Some Kind of Wonderful" is a worthwhile film, all right, but it's also entertaining - especially in the scenes between Stoltz and John Ashton, who plays his father. Ashton wants his kid to go to college; the kid would rather devote the energy to his artwork.
76% Tomatometer 45 Reviews 80% Audience Score 25,000+ Ratings Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson) with...
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- Howard Deutch
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Although this is still a fairy tale in which characters act like they never would in real life, "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is the more successful of the two movies. The pacing is tighter, the characters are less sappy, the acting is far superior and most importantly, the ending is more satisfying (if not exactly believable).
Directed by John Hughes. Underscores how feelings of self-worth make all the difference in the lives of adolescents. Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. All the teenagers in John Hughes’s Some Kind of Wonderful are struggling to define themselves as members of a group or as individualists who stand apart from the crowd.
Parents need to know that Some Kind of Wonderful is a 1987 teen drama written by John Hughes. This film contains a fair amount of cursing, including "f--k" and "s--t." A tomboy gets referred to as a lesbian in a pejorative manner. There's some mild locker room semi-nudity (girls in….
Feb 27, 1987 · Howard Deutch. Writer. John Hughes. Stars. Eric Stoltz. Mary Stuart Masterson. Lea Thompson. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +2. Add to Watchlist. Added by 39.4K users. 171 User reviews. 61 Critic reviews.
