Sixteen Candles

When I found out that my group would have John Hughes as our director for this project, I knew that Sixteen Candles would be in our lineup. The things that come to mind when I think of John Hughes are all included in Sixteen Candles. Beginning with a young girls plea for attention on her sixteen birthday, we are introduced to yet another 80's flick starring Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall. It was a delight to revisit this movie for the one-hundredth time.

One of the best scenes in the film is of course during the big school dance. Nothing is going right on Sam (Molly Ringwald)'s sixteenth birthday. Everyone has forgotten about it, she has been forced to bring a foreign exchange student as her date, her secret crush found out how she feels, and on top of it all, she is being chased around then entire time by the school's biggest loser- played by Anthony Michael Hall. In this scene, we see John Hughes at his best. It masters all of the characters he strives to create in his films, breaking of the fourth wall, and low lighting. With the mixture of comedy and teen-angst love, he always keeps you watching.