Overview:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.| Status: | Released (1987-02-27) |
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| Awards: | 1 win |
| BoxOffice: | $18,553,948 |
| Screen: | John Hughes |
| Productions: | Hughes Entertainment, Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 7036: Eric Stoltz - Keith Nelson
- 31140: Mary Stuart Masterson - Watts
- 1063: Lea Thompson - Amanda Jones
- 77940: Chynna Phillips - Mia
- 4138: Craig Sheffer - Hardy Jenns
- 778: John Ashton - Cliff Nelson
- 13550: Elias Koteas - Skinhead
Crews
- 26502: Howard Deutch - Director - Directing
- 1286008: Tarquin Gotch - Music Supervisor - Sound
- 63714: Ronald Colby - Unit Production Manager - Production
- 1524017: Jerry A. Baerwitz - Unit Production Manager - Production
- 8346: Jerry Ziesmer - First Assistant Director - Directing
- 2314574: Bryan Denegal - Second Assistant Director - Directing
- 21794: Seth Flaum - Associate Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
It must be a drag to be a slave to the male sex drive. Keith Nelson, much to everyone else's surprise, lands a date with Amanda Jones, the most popular girl in school. But with Amanda comes trouble in the form of the ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns. A rich spoilt egotistical bully, Jenn ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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***Working class boy, rich dream girl and faithful tomboy friend in Southern Cal*** Keith (Eric Stoltz) is a high school senior in Los Angeles wherein he fights with his little sister (Maddie Corman) and is pestered by his dad about going to college. He works at a gas station and ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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After watching this, felt like a reverse version of Pretty in Pink only to find out afterward this was John Hughes's attempt to rectify the ending. I actually enjoyed this a lot more as I found the chemistry with the leads to be better (to me, Lea Thompson is an upgrade over Molly Ri ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**An adorable, cute and melodramatic teen romance.** The film begins with a teenager who stands out for his artistic ability – he draws well and also paints – and his love of automobile mechanics. He is not rich and is jealous of his wealthier schoolmates. Is it a problem of lack ....
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