Pretty in Pink

"Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy."

1986 1h 37m EN

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6.7

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75%

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 1,257🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes●56Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 93,593

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Synopsis

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Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

“Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.”

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Cast

Molly Ringwald
Andie Walsh
Andrew McCarthy
Blane McDonough
Jon Cryer
Philip F. 'Duckie' Dale
Annie Potts
Iona
Harry Dean Stanton
Jack Walsh
James Spader
Steff McKee
Kate Vernon
Benny Hanson
Alexa Kenin
Jena Hoeman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Howard Deutch
Writers: John Hughes
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Howard Deutch, shot by Tak Fujimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Gore. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Richard Marks shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0091790 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Howard Deutch directs. Tak Fujimoto behind the camera. Michael Gore scores. Richard Marks cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 4.5× over at the box office.
240 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Directed by Howard Deutch, shot by Tak Fujimoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Michael Gore. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Richard Marks shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.".
8IMDB entry: tt0091790 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 17 themes, including "high school", "jealousy", "bullying", "outcast".

The technical file

Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Original score: Michael Gore
Editing: Richard Marks
Production design: John W. Corso
Makeup / hair: Tommy Cole
Sound: Gary C. Bourgeois
Stunt coordinator: Dick Hancock
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $9,000,000
Box office: $40,471,663
Return: 450% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Pretty in Pink (1986)
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 56/100
IMDB rating: 6.7/10 · 93,593 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

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John Chard2019-09-25
★ 8/10
You're ashamed to go out with me. Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) is different to most kids at school. Being solely raised by her unemployed father, Jack (Harry Dean Stanton), and dressing in hand made clothes, she's very much from the wrong side of the tracks. It's tough in school as Andie and her pals are looked down on by the more wealthy students who make up the majority of the student body. With the prom on the horizon, Andie is feeling a little more bluer than normal, but hope comes in the form of Blane McDonough (Andrew McCarthy), a so called rich kid, who in spite of peer pressure asks Andie to the prom. This is something that alienates Andie and Blane from their so called friends. As it turned out, "Pretty In Pink" was another in the line of John Hughes films that really hit the mark with the teenagers of the time. In fact it's fair to say it impacted with almost everyone who had suffered a less than straight forward climb through some angsty teenage years. It's not a perfect piece by any stretch of the imagination, for at times it's twee and at others a little trite, it is nevertheless a finely crafted piece that deals with teen perils and the ugliness of class division. Unfortunately the class divide is something that rarely gets associated with the pic, because focus tends to be drawn to the love story at its heart. Which is a shame, because although audience expectation will undoubtedly be met in that department, Hughes has plotted it nicely to make a valid point. There is also the real notable thread of the single parent here, where the single parent is a man and a man who is unable to break free of the escalating distress caused by the break up of his marriage to Andie's mother. The two best serious scenes in the film both involve the father/daughter axis, where both Ringwald and H.D. Stanton are simply terrific. Comedy relief comes in the form of Andie's best pals, Duckie (Jon Cryer our hero) and Iona (Annie Potts), with both characters neatly inserted into the structure of the piece. While the direction from Howard Deutch is careful and brings about reality based performances from the predominantly youthful cast. Containing a kicking 1980s soundtrack from the likes of "New Order", "Echo And The Bunnymen", "Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark" and "The Psychedelic Furs", "Pretty In Pink" is a special movie on the CV of John Hughes. It will not be special to all comers, but for many, myself included, it strikes a mighty chord, one that was first heard back in the 1980's and for sure can still be heard today. 8/10
JPV8522020-06-28
★ 7/10
Enjoyable enough teen rom-com from writer John Hughes, though, and this only after my first viewing, not a favorite of mine of his. Still, for the most part I liked the core cast and thought it had its moments. However, this is near the bottom of John Hughes' brilliant career in the 1980s. 3.5/5
CinemaSerf2023-02-26
★ 6/10
The opening bars of the Psychedelic Furs' song are probably all that really lingers in the memory from this teenage romance; that and the cracking rendition of "Try a Little Tenderness" by the star of the film Jon Cryer's lovelorn "Duckie". The thrust of the plot revolves around the eccentric outsider "Andie" (Molly Ringwald) and her burgeoning romance with posh boy "Blane" (Andrew McCarthy) much to the chagrin of his odious pal "Steff" (James Spader). Now the latter man tried it on with her, but was given short shrift and so is now pretty disdainful of her to the rather drippy and spineless "Blane". Will they manage to get it all sorted out before prom (where we hear what has to be the 24" version of OMD's "If You Leave" accompanied by some dancing that, well, just doesn't work!)? Cryer steals the film really, and along with the soundtrack of predominately British hits from the 1980s helps to deliver an amiable degree of nostalgia. It's still worth a watch, but it really has lost much of it's lustre now and shows just how little actual acting talent was around at the time - very much style and songs over substance