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1986
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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.
Rated: A-Sep 6, 2021 Full Review Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap Essentially a remake of Pretty in Pink but with John Hughes' preferred ending, Some Kind of Wonderful revisits the teen...
- (1.5K)
- Howard Deutch
- PG-13
- Eric Stoltz
''Some Kind of Wonderful'' is a slight and forgettable film, but Hughes still has an eye for young acting talent. Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 17, 2020. Sheila Benson Los...
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- Mature Cast
- Refusal to Recognize
- Another Influence on ‘Creek’
- Truths from A Skewed Angle
The actors also look mature, as this is yet another teen movie starring 20-somethings, but that fits with the aesthetic. Indeed, part of the journey of Eric Stoltz’s Keith Nelson – hounded by his dad (John Aston as Cliff) to pick a college — is to become his own man. Unusual for an 18-year-old, Keith knows what he wants: to be an artist and to date...
Rather than a plot hole, Keith’s failure to recognize what Watts is saying is actually a temporary refusal to recognize it. The whole of “Some Kind of Wonderful” is a portrayal of how little things to an outside observer are the biggest things in the world to a teen, and when you’re laser-focused on one thing (as Keith is on Amanda), you can miss o...
Another riff on this type of love triangle is Season 1 of “Dawson’s Creek”– with Dawson being obsessed with Jen while taking the pining Joey for granted – but by 1998 TV teens were aware that they were playing out storylines from Hughes movies. (Also in 1998, “Can’t Hardly Wait”does a comedic riff on “SKOW’s” party showdown scene. Probably not coin...
It’s the truths that make “SKOW” shine, even when those truths come from a skewed angle. Keith’s other sister, Laura (Maddie Corman), claims to find her brother uncool but secretly hopes he’s her ticket into the cool club. And the school tough known as Skinhead (Elias Koteas, in the role that might’ve landed him the Casey Jones gig in “Teenage Muta...
Feb 27, 1987 · Some Kind of Wonderful: Directed by Howard Deutch. With Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer. When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.
- (34K)
- Drama, Romance
- Howard Deutch
- 1987-02-27
Classic John Hughes teen drama has lots of cursing. Read Common Sense Media's Some Kind of Wonderful review, age rating, and parents guide.
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