Overview:
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.| Status: | Released (1984-05-04) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins & 1 nomination |
| BoxOffice: | $23,686,027 |
| Screen: | John Hughes |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Channel Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 21625: Molly Ringwald - Samantha Baker
- 140777: Michael Schoeffling - Jake Ryan
- 16181: Haviland Morris - Caroline Mulford
- 16183: Gedde Watanabe - Long Duk Dong
- 1904: Anthony Michael Hall - Geek (Ted)
- 71241: Justin Henry - Mike Baker
- 15900: Paul Dooley - Jim Baker
Crews
- 11505: John Hughes - Director - Directing
- 4387146: Tommy Cox - Best Boy Electric - Lighting
- 2393133: Mike Henry - Production Intern - Crew
- 2238414: Pam Green - Production Assistant - Production
- 1412227: Glenn Hoskinson - Sound Editor - Sound
- 1983922: Bob Johnston - Sound Editor - Sound
- 1455403: John Stacy - Supervising Sound Editor - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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I've never bagged a babe. I'm not a stud. It's Samantha Baker's 16th birthday and her family are so wrapped up in her sisters impending wedding, they have completely forgotten Sam's big day. Not only that but she has the hots for school hunk Jake Ryan who, apparently doesn't know ....
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Really fun, and funny, romantic-comedy that is to me akin to Ferris Bueller's Day Off style of humor from John Hughes (vs. something like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink with a more serious tone or themes). Anyway, this was my first time seeing this and while I still place TBC ....
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