12 out of 12 people found the following review helpful:

Brilliant!

gnasher18us from Lancashire, 8th November, 2004

This has been my favourite film ever for donkey's years-I can even recite pretty much every word (though no-one will care!).

It's a pretty hard film to find to be honest, and the people who have watched this had probably never heard of it before. It surprises me that the people who have heard of this film are harder to find than Mr Bin Laden!

The fact is though, as I write this, not one person who has watched this film has rated it under "4 out of 7". I reckon this is a pretty good sign to anybody that the film is fine!

It hasn't aged, as the story is ageless.

Everyone can relate to the story and its so simple (the simplicity makes this film even better). The music is fine (especially the introduction-which, in itself, indroduces the characters in a very original way). The end version of "Can't help falling in love with you" is superb with a toe-tapping Irish flavour (yes, you'll even enjoy the credits!).

I couldn't rate "Some Kind Of Wonderful" anything but 7 stars-a film first watched in my teens still hits all the right notes for me-and I'm 30 now!

Excellent-if not underated-"teen" film!

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

Some kind of wonderful film

John Gooch from Epsom , England, 15th March, 2005

They don't make films as good as this currently. Even now, 18years on, it has not dated really. It could make you cry, laugh or even help you remember those early days of wanting more than you romantically have, forgetting the friend you already have - who really loves you! Tomboy loves her friend, who has a serious crush on school hottie - craves her attention but being poor wants to impress what he thinks is a goddess, but is quite shy so enlists. help from Tomboy friend. A lot of good acting throughout, lots of lively colourful characters.The plot twists and turns and reveals some surprises. True to life yet different. Could teach you a thing or too or just experience the music and the magnificent storyline. If you're in a bad mood, this film is the tonic you need. Try not to overlook this gem - you will not be disappointed.

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5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:

all time great romance

deansarrived from notts, 8th December, 2003

This is one of my partner's favourite films. It's got everything a woman likes about a film and everthing they can relate to. Will not say anymore than that or it will spoil the film. A must see movie.****

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Brilliant

A Customer from Luton, England., 15th August, 2004

This is a brilliant teenage love story...An excellent story, very well acted. The Breakfast Club, Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, all movies by John Hughes about teenagers, Some Kind Of Wonderful was the other teenage film he made that it seems no one has heard of. It's as good as the others and if you liked the others rent this. The lead male character is hopelessly in love with this girl, she doesn't know he exists, his female best friend is hopelessy in love with him and he doesn't know, great stuff...

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I shouldn't like it...but I do.

Yochanan from , 5th February, 2010

In one sense, this is pap. Few will recognise the lead actors most of whom must be middle aged by now. It's classic American High School underdog comes hero stuff. Low budget but not so poorly acted by the central 3 characters. Oh look...it's not worth your time me going into why I like it, but just let me say that it is a feel good movie that you and the Mrs or whoever will enjoy when you are knackered on a nightime and feel you need some inane pap that is not the Soaps that you can get into and feel good about at the end. I marked it 3-star because it doesn't rock the world but I do go back to it when I need a pick-me-up movie.

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Pretty Wonderful TBF

Smudgy from , 29th October, 2009

Everything about this film screams at me that I should hate it. There's the dodgy 80s fashions for a start. The blindingly obvious plot. The ultra-hot leading lady who's not actually that ultra-hot. The one dimensional rich boy baddy with more mousse in his hair than a VO5 ad. But, there's something about it... It nicely captures a time when things that aren't really that important in the grand scheme of things become matters of life and death, for those involved. 20 years on, and it still holds up as a good movie. Sure, now, the kids would all be better dressed and spend the entire movie bellowing into mobile phones before showing up at the party at the end for an exciting gun-battle; but that would miss the point. It's about life, friendship and romance and never gets dumb and tries to be an action movie or comedy. Well, it made me smile anyway.

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Still Wonderful!

allykat from , 12th October, 2009

Age has not dimished the charm of this feel-good movie but turned it into a classic of the 1980's. Eric Stolz shines as the schoolboy, Keith, who falls for the local high-school beauty and who, in a stroke of luck, gets her to agree to go out with him though he is regarded as being the local poor boy/weedy geek. (The one weakness of this particular version of the story is that most girls would die for Eric Stolz he's so handsome!) His tomboy chum agrees to help him out even though she is secretly in love with him herself. Trouble really looms for Keith when the beauty's ex-boyfriend, the big-headed rich boy with a retinue of nasty pals, takes exception to someone else getting a girl he's stringing along. But Keith has a plan .... The threesome resolves itself but not without heartache and it is so well played by all the cast that I defy anyone without a heart of granite not feel touched!

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A lovely film.

JoshuaaaaM from , 23rd September, 2009

I watched this film with my girlfriend last night, she had seen this before and so recommended it to me. This is one of those films that makes you think about what people think about YOU! The ending is nice. Quite a short film, with it lasting 1 hour 30 mins. It's worth a watch if you haven't seen this before.

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