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Classic 80's Teen movie on a very poor DVD
If you want to own this movie on DVD then you'll have to be prepared to pay an arm and a leg. It's only out on region 1, and has long since been deleted, so commands a very high price for no apparant reason other than the film itself - its certainly not for the extras - there aren't any.

The film stars 80's starlet Molly Ringwald (Breakfast Club) and Anthony John Hall (Weird Science, Breakfast Club) and also reunites them with director John Hughes, also from "The Breakfast Club". Comparisions between the two cannot be helped. Personally I prefered "The Breakfast Club" but there must be many who disagree - both are good, assuming that you like that sort of thing. High School coming-of-age movies are after all pretty much of a muchness, as the recent spoof movie "Not Another Teen Movie" so aptly illustrates.

Where both Hughes movies fall down on DVD is with the lack of extra features. "Sixteen Candles" is at least in widescreen, but that's all - there's no remastered 5.1 audio mix, no subtitles, no trailer, no cast biographies, no featurettes, no commentaries, no nothing. And if the other reviewers are to be believed then the music on the DVD isn't even the original soundtrack, supposedly due to rights issues. I say this because I'd never seen the film before I brought the DVD so don't know any different. If true, it'll certainly be interesting to see the proper soundtrack if and when it ever comes to DVD again. 2004 will mark the 20th anniversary of the film, so prehaps the time is right to ask Universal to consider a re-release with decent extras.

This Movie Put John Hughes On The Map
Wow! The cast of this movie is incredible! So many of these actors went on to become big stars.... Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, John Cusack, Jami Gertz, Joan Cusack, etc. Even Molly Ringwald's sister is in it. Most importantly, this was the directorial debut of John Hughes. Hughes put out box office hits left and right in the 80's using his amazing teen comedy formula. After this film, Hughes went on to direct The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, and of course, Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Seeing all these stars when they were so young is a real treat. The story is very humorous, it really makes you look back on those high school days with laughter. One thing Hughes always did well was write movies that teenagers could relate to, even though his teenage years were long since past. Clearly Hughes had a good grasp on teenage issues, and his movies show this. It's too bad he stopped making these types of movies, because all we get now are gross-out over-the-top teen comedies. Check out Hughes' other films as mentioned above, because they are just as good.

Still pretty good
This movie has some politically-incorrect jokes based on nationalities and sexual preference - but I'm not politically correct and don't care.

Molly's character Samantha turns 16 and her family does not remember it because they are busy with her sister's impending wedding. The sister gets zonked on Midol or equivalent before and during the wedding.

Anthony Michael Hall is perhaps the funniest character, and because he is basically the same in all his films, this was probably his best role.

A few notable small parts for John and Joan Cusak, and Jamie Gertz.

Apparently an earlier DVD release had music, sound and picture-quality issues, but this one boasts having the original music mix, and sounded and looked fine.

Odd thing is that Amazon has it rated as "R", while the cover and opening of the movie have it as "PG". There is a fair amount of four-letter words, body-part references, and a bit of shower nudity.

No extras to speak of, so you are buying it for the movie only.

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