Review of Don't You Forget About Me (2010) by Todd N — 29 Aug 2017
I just saw the documentary. Although I commend their effort in tracking him (or his home) down, I thought the documentary wasn't well researched. The producers mentioned the documentary took 2.5 years to make but they still had to speak to locals (around his suburb) and ask where his house was.
Along with this, they never mentioned Home Alone which was his highest grossing film or Uncle Buck. I don't even recall the producers mentioning Planes, Trains and Automobiles and just seemed to focus their adoration on his teen films.
The interviews with some of the actors were good but Molly Ringwald, Macaulay Culkin and Matthew Broderick would have made it much better seeing that they were his muses. Overall, the film was pleasant but nothing great or amazing and it seems to be a waste especially considering that John Hughes ignored their requests.
It made all of that footage with the lead-up to meeting him pointless.
This review of Don't You Forget About Me (2010) was written by Todd N on 29 Aug 2017.
Don't You Forget About Me has generally received mixed reviews.
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