Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
by Howard Deutch
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Actor: Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, John Ashton, Lea Thompson, Mary Stuart MastersonDirector: Howard Deutch
Brand: Paramount
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-08-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: Hold its ground even today
Summary: 4 Stars
A pleasant watching experience through and through. Masterson, Thompson, Stoltz, Koteas, Sheffer, all give strong and enduring performances.
A little gem.
DVD Review: Some Kind of Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like this movie, it is great. If you don't, I would not recommend buying it. Personally, I think it is a great movie and bought it for that reason.DVD Review: OLD TIME FAVORITE
Summary: 5 Stars
I have always liked this movie ever since it came out in the 80's. I had it on VHS but I kept looking for it on DVD everywhere. I decided to look on Amazon cause Amazon has everything...and I found it. Thanks amazon!DVD Review: I don't remember 1987 as being this dated
Summary: 1 Stars
This came out of a Hollywood era when movies for teens were just beginning to be the rage. You can see there is still a very conservative 'Leave it to Beaverish' quality here, especially in the stiff acting by the parents. Also, it's filmed with a glow filter over the lens, giving a kind of hazyish quality, very weird. They only used to do that for aging female stars to hide the wrinkles. The 80s soundtrack is still wonderfully evocative, however. DVD Review: Great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I remember this movie from when I was a teenager. It was as great now as it was back then. I have already watched it twice. I loved the special features and am glad that I made this purchase. I would definitely recommend this movie.
Description of Some Kind of Wonderful (Special Collector's Edition)
A young tomboy, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school, Amanda, (Lea Thompson). Unfortunately, the girl's old boyfriend, Hardy (Craig Scheffer), who is from the rich section of town, is unable to let go of her, and plans to get back at Keith.After dominating the teen-movie genre for the bulk of the 1980s, writer-producer (and sometimes director) John Hughes proved that he had at least one good movie left in him before squandering his talent on lame comedies throughout the 1990s. Like The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful treated its teenaged characters like real people with real feelings, hopes, fears, and desire. Mary Stuart Masterson gives a great performance as a tomboy drummer named Watts who's secretly in love with her best friend, Keith (Eric Stoltz), an aspiring artist who is oblivious to her affection because he's got a crush on Amanda (Lea Thompson), the popular high school beauty. Watts will even go so far as to chauffeur a date for Keith and Amanda, if only to prove--after a lot of patient, emotional anguish--that she's better for Keith than Amanda could ever be. The movie's drama comes from Keith's gradual realization that there's more to love than surface attraction, and Hughes gets extra mileage out of the romantic confusion by allowing Thompson's character to be more than a shallow campus cutie. All three of the leads are good fits in their roles, and this was one of the few teen films of the '80s to add genuine depth to its mainstream appeal. It's one of the few John Hughes movies to stand the test of time. --Jeff Shannon
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