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Actors: Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Eric Stolz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Some Kind of Wonderful |
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This is perhaps the least treacly and tricky of John Hughes's many teen comedies. Keith (Stolz) wants more than anything to get the most popular girl in school, Amanda Jones (Thompson) out on a date. His tomboyish best friend(Masterson) loves Keith, but helps him get what he wants. (He also has to deal with Ms. Popular's ex-boyfriend from the rich side of town.) Masterson is wonderful; the scene in which she gives her clueless friend a kissing lesson, puts her whole heart into it, and it blows right past him, is heartbreakingly perfect. One of the many pluses of this unpretentious movie is that Ms. Popular, surprise, is not simply an easy-to-hate snot.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Some Kind of Wonderful |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
- seduction (yum!)
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- general coming of age story
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- a teen
Profession/status:
- student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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