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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Paramount
Salesrank: 74345
Released: August 5, 2008 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
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.System Requirements:Running Time: 94 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA/LOVE & ROMANCE Rating: PG UPC: 097361381046 Manufacturer No: 138104
Description of Some Kind of Wonderful:
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
Some Kind of Wonderful Reviews:
Surprised by "Some kind of Wonderful" 
2008-09-11 - I chose to watch this movie because I am and always will be a Lea Thompson fan. However, this movie became one of my all time favorites for a very different reason. I purchased it because I found Mary Stuart Masterson's performance absolutely captivating. And, I probably would have hated the movie forever if she hadn't "gotten the guy." Her performance moved me in the deepest recesses of my heart!!!
Born in the wrong decade...
2008-08-01 - As a 17 year old high school senior, I often wish I would have grown up in the time my parents did, simply for all the awesome movies like Some Kind of Wonderful. For as long as I can remember I've been watching Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as well as any other 80s teen movies I can get my hands on. For some reason, I had never seen Some Kind of Wonderful until recently when I went to Target and was in awe to see an 80s section of dvds. Some Kind of Wonderful is comparable to Pretty In Pink, and is an extremely good movie that teenagers, no matter what decade they were born in, whether it be the 60s or the 90s, can relate to.
Some Kind Of Wonderful
2008-05-12 - Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
I thought the movie was good. I think the best part was the party and the Prep got what was coming to him. I have watched it a couple of times since I got it.
I've always loved this movie!
2008-05-04 - This is one of thr best teen movies to come out in the 1980's. The characters were well developed and had more than one dimesion. There was good and bad in ALL of the charcters, just like there is in real people. I love how confident Eric is, getting along with Amanda, his best friends, and the toughs he meets. My fave scene in this movie has to be when the tough guys show up to help and the party, and how some of the rich girls liked them. It ended the way I wish it would, although I wonder if the money on those diamonds could have been put to better use, his girl would have loved him anyways. If you haven't seen it, check it out cause it's not a cheesy bubble gum movie. I still love it as an adult.
Diamonds are a tomboy's best friend
2008-05-02 - This wasn't my favorite 80s movie at first but after seeing it for the 50th time, it kind of grew on me. You start to relate to Amanda Jones and feel sorry for her. Gosh, all the popular girls in this movie remind me of chicks I went to school with. Gag me with a spoon!
