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."
Top Billed 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
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2019-09-25
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...
J JPV852Verified TMDB Critic
2020-06-28
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**...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2023-02-26
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 "...
