Director Howard Deutch and John Hughes reunited one year after their previous joint venture "Pretty In Pink" to make "Some Kind Of Wonderful", which is essentially the same movie as the Molly Ringwald vehicle. The only difference is that this time it's a boy who's torn between two girls, one of which is his best friend and the other being the popular high school queen. Although this is still a fairy tale in which characters act like they never would in real life, "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is the more successful of the two movies. The pacing is tighter, the characters are less sappy, the acting is far superior and most importantly, the ending is more satisfying (if not exactly believable). Besides, it's nice to see Lea Thompson and Eric Stoltz interact, since they had already both been cast in "Back To The Future" before Stoltz was thrown out for creative differences with director Robert Zemeckis. They're working real well as a couple in this movie. All in all "Some Kind Of Wonderful" is the bettered version of "Pretty In Pink".
Review of Some Kind of Wonderful
