Some Kind of Wonderful

Plan: Eric Stolz loves the unattainable Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), and his best friend Mary Stuart Masterson is so clearly in love with him. Also, Stolz is an artist, so everyone at his high school needs to make fun of him for that.

John Hughes continued! To be clear, he only produces and writes this one, but his handiwork is still evident. In this case, it's actually directed by Howard Deutch, who directed Article 99, which I already reviewed.

The love triangle is pretty obvious and now considered trite, but I am not sure it was at the time. Even so, let's pit the redhead against the blonde, the popular against the loser, the rich against the wrong side of the tracks, the girlie girl against the tomboy. Oh, wait, high school really is stupid like that, so I cannot fault Hughes.

Plus, you get some stellar performances. Stolz is as adorable as he is clueless, Thompson manages to rescue her character from becoming just another rich bitch, and Masterson is as plucky as she always is. Honestly, she should make more movies.

Did I mention that Masterson plays some sweet drums in the movie? Drums are always a plus. Overall, an adorable movie.