Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
by Howard Deutch
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Actor: Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, John Ashton, Lea Thompson, Mary Stuart MastersonDirector: Howard Deutch
Brand: Paramount
Cinematographer: Jan Kiesser
Editor: Bud S. Smith
Editor: M. Scott Smith
Producer: John Hughes
Writer: John Hughes
Producer: Michael Chinich
Producer: Ronald Colby
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
Movie Review: Still Some Kind of Wonderful...
Summary: 5 Stars
John Hughes proves he still had the right stuff to make a superb movie about teenagers with 1987's "Some Kind of Wonderful". Eric Stolz stars as Keith, a sensitive artistic kid from the wrong side of the tracks, who works after school as an auto mechanic and who has a monumental crush on pretty and popular classmate Amanda (Lea Thompson). Mary Stuart Masterson is pitch perfect as tough tom boy Watts, Keith's best friend.
Keith decides to ask Amanda out, a daring act which cuts against the grain of his social standing, the advice of the horrified Watts, and the warning of Amanda's angry former boyfriend Hardy (Craig Sheffer). The rest of the movie is the gutsy Keith's preparation for his date with destiny (and Amanda). Watts helps out, if only to save the dreamy Keith from himself. Keith will also get an unexpected assist from a tough kid he befriends in detention.
Hughes and Director Howard Deutch have the sensitive touch to portray three-dimensional young people with real hopes and fears, without drowning the audience in schmaltz. The conclusion of the movie manages to be dramatic, insightful,and romantic all at the same time. "Some Kind of Wonderful" is still all that, and very highly recommended to fans of John Hughes' other movies, such as "The Breakfast Club".
Summary of Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
A young tomboy, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school, Amanda, (Lea Thompson). Unfortunately, the girl's old boyfriend, Hardy (Craig Scheffer), who is from the rich section of town, is unable to let go of her, and plans to get back at Keith.After dominating the teen-movie genre for the bulk of the 1980s, writer-producer (and sometimes director) John Hughes proved that he had at least one good movie left in him before squandering his talent on lame comedies throughout the 1990s. Like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful treated its teenaged characters like real people with real feelings, hopes, fears, and desire. Mary Stuart Masterson gives a great performance as a tomboy drummer named Watts who's secretly in love with her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), an aspiring artist who is oblivious to her affection because he's got a crush on Amanda (Lea Thompson), the popular high school beauty. Watts will even go so far as to chauffeur a date for Keith and Amanda, if only to prove--after a lot of patient, emotional anguish--that she's better for Keith than Amanda could ever be. The movie's drama comes from Keith's gradual realization that there's more to love than surface attraction, and Hughes gets extra mileage out of the romantic confusion by allowing Thompson's character to be more than a shallow campus cutie. All three of the leads are good fits in their roles, and this was one of the few teen films of the '80s to add genuine depth to its mainstream appeal. It's one of the few John Hughes movies to stand the test of time. --Jeff Shannon
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