Review of Sixteen Candles (1984) by Moviereviewer80 — 16 Jan 2023

Not John Hughes's funniest comedy ever. Not nearly as good as "Weird Science", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles", or "The Great Outdoors." This movie does have its moments, I will admit.

It is some cutesy, funny movie about a sixteen-year-old girl, who wants to meet the boy she likes. This does make for some good content, but is too much of a rinse-and-repeat of other teen comedies, without some special plot devices other teen comedies use, like "Grease", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", or "Back To The Future.

" There also are some rather harmful stereotypes, like the Asian guy that does not speak English, who is infatuated with one of the girls in this movie. Please, Asian viewers (or any viewer, for that matter), if you are offended by these stereotypes, steer clear of this movie.

If you don't mind, this movie will be pretty good. Simultaneously, there is far too much drunk humor in this movie for this entire movie, like when this attractive blonde girl drinks so much, she gets wasted, and sleeps in the car for an entire day, to be really that funny.

There also is the younger brother of the main character, who (pardon my language here) is one of the biggest movie **** I have ever seen. If I ever did what he did, I would be grounded for a month. On all ends, a watchable comedy, but not nearly as good as the John Hughes comedy that came out around the same time, "The Breakfast Club," or any other of John Hughes's works.