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Some Kind of Wonderful

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Original title

Some Kind of Wonderful

Year

1987

Running time

95 min.

Country

United States

Director

Howard Deutch

Screenwriter

John Hughes

Cast

Music

Stephen Hague, John Musser

Cinematography

Jan Kiesser

Producer

Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment

Genre

Romance. Drama. Comedy | Teen/coming-of-age. Comedy-Drama

Synopsis

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. Unfortunately, the girl's old boyfriend, who is from the rich section of town, is unable to let go of her, and plans to get back at Keith.

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Critics' reviews

"A simple, lovely and thoughtful teenage story that occasionally shines due to fine characterizations and lucid dialog."

Variety Staff: Variety
"It has a light touch, a disarming cast, a well-developed sense of humor and a lot of charm."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"Masterson and Stoltz possess talent and charm to spare... Wonderful aspires to be little more than the hot-and- happening teen flick of the moment. At that it succeeds."

Peter Travers: Rolling Stone
"This is kid stuff, but such well acted, well made stuff that inside 15 minutes you're sitting there like a teenager yourself wondering which girl Keith will wind up with"

Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle
"It is not about whether the hero will get the girl. It is about whether the hero should get the girl, and when was the last time you saw a movie that even knew that could be the question?"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Hughes/Deutch are too busy playing Mr. Goodvibes to worry about the contradictions at the heart of their shallow moral vision."

Pat Graham: Chicago Reader
"Stoltz turns in a restrained, realistic performance, and Thompson is quite good in what could easily have become a thankless role. But far and away, this is Masterson's film"

TV Guide
"Mary Stuart Masterson, a delicate blond, steals the show as the sensitive gal under the tomboy's leather jacket, her natural magnetism offsetting the story's predictability."

Rita Kempley: The Washington Post

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