David Ansen

“… Pretty in Pink… could plausibly be described as a Marxist "Romeo and Juliet" in which the warring clans are the haves and have-nots of a Midwestern high school. Fortunately for Hughes and director Howard Deutch, Juliet is played by the fetching 18-year-old Molly Ringwald, an actress capable of revealing adolescent angst with amazing grace…. "Pretty in Pink" is a gentle and well-meaning sketch of teen peer pressures, but its dopey, feel-good ending leaves you suspecting that what you've really been watching is Much Ado About Nothing.”

David Ansen
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