Pretty In Pink
(1986)
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Two high school students from different social groups fall in love. He's the wealthy campus heart-throb and she's the bright girl from the wrong side of town. As their romance builds, they struggle against mounting pressure to end their relationship. |
Remember Molly Ringwald — the girl who never quite made it? This is one of her increasingly desperate attempts to reverse the inexorable slide, but Ringwald can act and here she makes a game fist of playing a rebellious teenager who meets an upmarket designer boy. Ringwald, all flaming red hair and grungy attire, gives a touch of charisma to this well-worn theme, and she receives sterling support from Harry Dean Stanton as her feckless, deadbeat dad. This frenetic, hard-edged film belts along pleasingly enough, but, sadly for Ringwald, it's too hackneyed to effectively hit the mark.