Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.
With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.
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Classical in form, effortless, resolved and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
49 profiled raters. Loved most by The Sinceres; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Molly RingwaldSamantha Baker
- Michael SchoefflingJake Ryan
- Haviland MorrisCaroline Mulford
- Gedde WatanabeLong Duk Dong
- Anthony Michael HallGeek (Ted)
- Justin HenryMike Baker
- Paul DooleyJim Baker
- Carlin GlynnBrenda Baker
- Blanche BakerGinny Baker
- Edward AndrewsHoward Baker
Crew
- John HughesDirector
- John HughesWriter
- Bobby ByrneDirector of Photography
- Ira NewbornOriginal Music Composer
- Edward WarschilkaEditor
- Hilton A. GreenProducer
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