Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Starring: Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Written by: John Hughes
Tagline: Before they could stand together, they had to stand alone.
Grade: A+

Don't let the stupid tagline (or the fact that it's not a very well known movie) fool you. This film isn't as famous as John Hughes's other teenage masterpieces (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Pretty in Pink) but it's still great. It's kind of Pretty in Pink, but the main character is a boy instead of a girl...and he ends up with his best friend instead of the popular person. This film is how Pretty in Pink would have ended if the studio hadn't intervened. Keith Nelson (Stoltz) is a "grease monkey" and very unpopular in school. That changes, however, when the most popular girl in school, Amanda Jones (Thompson), agrees to go out with him. What he doesn't know is that his best friend, Watts (Masterson), is in love with him. Okay, it's pretty much Pretty in Pink, but Hughes (my all time favorite filmaker) had a good reason! Still, this is a great chick-flick...I even watched it twice in one week...it's that good.