Pretty in Pink

1986 97 min ★ 6.7 Romance, Drama

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.

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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

Emily Longstreth

Kate

Jim Haynie

Donnelly

Details

Director

Howard Deutch

Tagline

"Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$9,000,000

Revenue

$40,471,663

Production

Paramount Pictures, Hughes Entertainment

Reviews

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John Chard

September 25, 2019

★ 8/10

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. W...

J

JPV852

June 28, 2020

★ 7/10

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**

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CinemaSerf

February 26, 2023

★ 6/10

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 ...