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Some kind of wonderful 198711/12/2022 ![]() Of all Hughes’ teen films, Some Kind of Wonderful is his most grounded work there is very little of the descent into silliness or overt comedy that would sometimes come in randomly in his other films, and it is a more committed and dramatic piece. There’s nothing new here, but what it does, Some Kind of Wonderful does well and – we might have to whisper it – it also happens to be a better film than Pretty in Pink, even if the latter is the better known and more famous film. It is that, admittedly, but it’s also a wonderful piece of work. Now, it might sound like I’m about to complain about the film, and say it isn’t any good and that it’s nothing more but a retread of another film. The film is even directed by Pretty in Pink’s director, Howard Deutch, and Hughes wanted Ringwald to play one of the female characters. Many themes and ideas from the previous year’s film get a similar workout here boy and girl are best friends, boy falls in love with a girl somewhat above his social standing, there is a rich douchebag character making life hell for our hero, but instead of winding up with the rich girl he realises his feelings for his best friend – the ending Hughes originally wanted for Pretty in Pink’s Andie before the audience said otherwise. ![]() READ MORE: Smallville 2×03 – ‘Duplicity’ – TV Rewind Instead of one girl and two guys, we now have one guy and two girls. In many respects, a knee jerk reaction to having the ending of Pretty in Pink changed by the test screening process, Some Kind of Wonderful is arguably the same film, albeit with the genders of the characters reversed. Released in 1987 and the last film of his to feature teenage protagonists, Hughes would move into a cycle of more grown-up centred comedies, beginning with the same year’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles and 1988’s She’s Having a Baby, before finding another ongoing niche to play with thanks to family-friendly comedies such as Uncle Buck and the first two Home Alone movies. In some ways, Some Kind of Wonderful feels like something of an afterthought in the Hughes teen movie cycle. ![]() In our Teen Movie Rewind series, we explore coming of age stories and teen cinema, looking at the impact of the films themselves and the careers that they made. ![]()
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