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MPAA Rating: PG
Director: John Hughes
Genre: Teen Movie, Coming-of-Age, Comedy
Box Office: / $23,686,027
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Summary:
On the eve of her sister's wedding, suburban teenager Samantha (Molly Ringwald) suffers silently as her family forgets her birthday. Even worse, some total dork (Anthony Michael Hall) keeps propositioning her with sophomoric innuendo when she really craves romantic attention from high-school hunk Jake (Michael Schoeffling). Moving from Samantha's f... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Molly Ringwald - (Samantha Baker)
Anthony Michael Hall - (Geek)
Michael Schoeffling - (Jake)
Paul Dooley - (Jim Baker)
Liane Alexandra Curtis - (Randy)
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Review:
In his directorial debut, successful comedy screenwriter John Hughes maps out the insecurities of middle-class adolescence with wit, empathy, and a large cast of enjoyably loopy teen characters. The film made pouty, chic Molly Ringwald a star, and mo ... Continue >>

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