Pretty in Pink was another John Hughes teen-centric movies of the 1980s.
It was Molly Ringwald’s third time working with the Director/writer in as many years. John Hughes was so busy in this dual role, and so successful that you will find other movies by him in our list. Including Planes, Trains and Automobiles as well as other teen movies like Weird Science.
Molly Ringwald plays Andie, a middle class girl being raised by her father. She has a goofy best friend called Duckie played by Jon Cryer who is secretly in love with her. She works part-time in a record store and takes advice from her co-worker Iona played by Annie Potts (Corvette Summer). Andie is swooning over some preppy (rich kid) named Blaine played by Andrew McCarthy. Blaine’s interested in the quirky outgoing red-head too and tries to date her, much to the discontent of their respective high-school cliques. Andie is Pretty in Pink when she designs her own dress for the high-school prom. The film had two endings, the first one being rejected by audiences but ending up in a novel about the film. The changed ending was re-shot after the initial screenings and original footage has reportedly been lost forever. When you are done watching ask yourself, is this the happy ending that you anticipated?
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Pretty in Pink is a coming of age film that shows how the 80s generation toughed things out amid the inescapable social angst of adolescence. Faced with high-school cliques, peer pressure, and even bullying, this generation stood their ground. They were confrontational when slighted, and had self respect. Being individualistic was more important than which clique accepted you. It was a time when you knew you worth, what you had to offer the world and if someone else failed to see that, well, that was his/her problem and loss.
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