Pretty in Pink (1986)
Average Rating: 6.4/10
Reviews Counted: 32
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 6
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Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 1
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John Hughes crafts an exemplary '80s Brat Pack romance out of the standard Cinderella story in Pretty in Pink. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is a teenager who lives in the dingy part of town with her terminally underemployed dad (Harry Dean Stanton). She works at a record store with eccentric Ionia (Annie Potts) and is considered a misfit at her uppity high school, but somehow she rises above them all. Her oddball best friend, Duckie (Jon Cryer), is hopelessly in love with her, so he causes
Feb 28, 1986 Wide
Aug 20, 2002
Paramount Pictures
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Cast
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Molly Ringwald
Andie Walsh -
Harry Dean Stanton
Jack Walsh -
Jon Cryer
Phil "Duckie" Dale -
Andrew McCarthy
Blane McDonough -
Annie Potts
Iona -
James Spader
Steff McKee -
Jim Haynie
Donnelly -
Alexa Kenin
Jena -
Kate Vernon
Benny -
Bruno
Talk Back -
Andrew Dice Clay
Bouncer -
Margaret Colin
English Teacher -
Rock Deadrick
Talk Back -
Gina Gershon
Girl Friend in Gym Clas... -
Bader Howar
Sales Girl -
Christian Jacobs
Boy in Record Store -
Emily Longstreth
Kate -
Melanie Manos
Girl at Party -
Maggie Roswell
Mrs. Dietz -
Kristy Swanson
Duckette -
D. Kevin Williams
Talk Back -
Terry Wilson
Rave-Up -
Dweezil Zappa
Simon -
Jimmer Podrasky
Rave-Up -
Jamison Anders
Terrence -
Tommy Blatnik
Rave-Up -
Jeffrey Hollie
Talk Back -
Audre Johnson
Benny's Mom -
Karen Laine
Girl at Prom -
Kevin D. Lindsay
Kevin -
David Sutton
Talk Back -
Timothy J.
Rave-Up -
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All Critics (32) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (29) | Rotten (7) | DVD (23)
Pretty in Pink is a rather intelligent (if not terribly original) look at adolescent insecurities.
Top CriticThis is like every other Hughes film, just a little shoddier.
To be able to give this kind of stuff new and sympathetic twists is a tribute to Hughes' skill with narrative, and to Ringwald's magnetism as a performer.
Miss Ringwald's pouty naturalness remains her biggest asset, and her performance is once again appealing.
Although it is not a great movie, it contains some moments when the audience is likely to think, yes, being 16 was exactly like that.
A grubby and even nasty movie in its understanding of class structure, of culture and counter-culture and the ways that teenagers can destroy one another over the subtle distinctions therein.
...it manages to capture the heart, which makes up for a lot of other deficiencies.
Pretty in Pink is clichéd, stereotyped, remarkably sentimental, and sweet as all get-out.
While the script contains trite and unbelievable dialogue, the superbly convincing performances make up for these faults.
Molly Ringwald is appealing, but the film has little else going for it.
...even the notoriously reshot conclusion comes off as genuinely sweet and touching...
It is perhaps too much to ask that a John Hughes film bear the standard for class warfare in the 1980s, especially when the film was so tone-deaf in depicting its subculture's milieu.
From Molly Ringwald's pretty-in-pink mouth to the political banter of Jon Stewart's Daily Show, Jon Hughes's frustrated sarcasm branded a generation.
John Hughes was born in 1950 but connected deeply with the next generation's cultural brooding.
A guilty pleasure...
Audience Reviews for Pretty in Pink
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- Phil "Duckie" Dale: May I admire you again today?
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- Andie Walsh: If somebody doesn't believe in me, I can't believe in them.
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- Blane McDonough: You said you couldn't be with someone who didn't believe in you. Well I believed in you. I just didn't believe in me. I love you... always.
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- Blane McDonough: You said you couldn't be with someone who didn't believe in you. Well I believed in you. I just didn't believe in me. I love you... always.
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- Andie Walsh: You know, it's so insane that someone you've never met, never talked to can be your enemy.
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- Andie Walsh: If somebody doesn't believe in me, I can't believe in them.
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Very good movie! I love the 80's! Pretty in Pink is one of several John Hughes movies that I'm just getting around to seeing for the first time, and it's a good one. The title had me a little wary that this was going go be way too "girly" for my taste, but that wasn't the case at all. Molly Ringwald was very good. Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer seemed to feel their part more than the rest of the cast. But James Spader was such a realistic jerk, you want to get up and punch his face in. Pretty In Pink epitomizes everything that made the 80's a great time for teen flicks. Secret loves, proms, a great soundtrack and John Hughes. Definitely give this a try. It is like the Breakfast Club crossed with Romeo and Juliet crossed with offbeat pop culture. Just excellent.
Young Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy from school, Blane. He's one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?