IMDb plot summary: When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith. Meanwhile, Keith's best friend, tomboy Watts, realizes she has feelings for Keith.
Directed by Howard Deutch. Starring Eric Soltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson.
Some Kind of Wonderful is a John Hughes-written teenage rom-com about a boy who falls in love with a girl in his school who is not super rich herself but has found popularity in the rich crowd. He and his female best friend work together to try to get her to give him a chance. There is a lot to like about this movie. The journey watching through John Hughes' writing work has been very up and down, with as many misses as hits, but this one brings out the best things I like about his work. It has very rewarding relationships and relationship dynamics -- and an ending that I didn't know if I was going to get, but was absolutely what I was rooting for the whole way through. There are enough fun little moments throughout that add light and levity to what could be a purely melodramatic story. Overall, it's a really enjoyable story that is heartwarming and sweet and fun and works a lot better than I thought it might.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Some Kind of Wonderful > The Invention of Lying
Some Kind of Wonderful < Safe
Some Kind of Wonderful > The Impossible
Some Kind of Wonderful > Time Bandits
Some Kind of Wonderful < Cats
Some Kind of Wonderful > Pain and Glory
Some Kind of Wonderful > Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Some Kind of Wonderful > The Bad Seed
Some Kind of Wonderful > 1917
Some Kind of Wonderful > Nina Wu
Some Kind of Wonderful < Gentleman's Agreement
Final spot: #1106, or 72%.
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