Sixteen Candles

Director: John Hughes
Actors: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Edward Andrews, Carole Cook, Liane Alexandra Curtis
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 197 reviews
Sales Rank: 1304

Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.7

MPN: MCAD61102414D
UPC: 025195018678
EAN: 0025195018678
ASIN: B001AEF6BS

Theatrical Release Date: 1984
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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5 out of 5 stars A Classic    December 26, 2008
Sugartastic (Atlanta)
This is my 2nd favorite movie of all time. If you were born in the late 60s or the 70s, there's no way you wouldn't enjoy this movie. I've seen it at least 15 times and continue to watch it every chance that I get.

I mean really, come on ladies; JAKE RYAN...is there anything better.


3 out of 5 stars 2.5 stars out of 4    December 18, 2008
One-Line Film Reviews (Ann Arbor)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful

The Bottom Line:

Yet another overrated teen comedy from the 80s (which people for some reason fetishize), Sixteen Candles has nothing really wrong with it aside from the fact that it's a not-particularly good movie which has acquired the reputation of a classic.


5 out of 5 stars the perfect teen movie for all time!    October 25, 2008
Leslie Reback (denver, co)
i have loved this movie since i was a teen and now im in my 30's. still loving it as much as when i was 16!


5 out of 5 stars You know everyone in this family has gone total outer limits    September 5, 2008
Snow White (Orange County)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful


Samantha Baker(Molly Ringwald) has just woken up on the most special day of her life, her long awaited 16th birthday, only everyone in her house has forgotten!

She has a bratty little brother, a conceited sister who's getting married the next day, and two absent minded parents who've got there hands full with the relatives coming to stay with them.

Not to mention Samantha is totally in love with Jake Ryan(Michael Schoeffling) a beautiful senior who doesn't even know she exists(or so she thinks) who happens to intercept a note that says she would 'do it' with him! If that wasn't mortifying enough she doesn't have her own car yet and has to ride the bus with geeks like 'Farmer Ted'(Anthony Michael Hall) who only has eyes for her 'aged sophomore meat'.

Only John Hughes could deliver such a classic 80's tale, plus the soundtrack is near brilliant, especially Spandeau Ballet's 'True'.

Sixteen Candles is my personal favorite John Hughes film, and 80's movie to boot!

If only all bad birthdays could turn out to be not so bad at all!


5 out of 5 stars A near-perfect teen comedy    June 10, 2008
T. Stewart (Windy Valley, California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

"Sixteen Candles" is arguably the most well known film the the 1980s John Huges teen-film cannon. The film is the exact picture of high school as we try to imagine it as kids, and exactly what we remember when when we are reminescing as adults.

The film centers upon Molly Ringwald as we follow her around on her sixteenth birthday. Like all girls, Samantha has been building up her sweet-sixteen birthday for most of her teenage life. When she wakes up on the day she doesn't feel miraculously different, like she had hoped and is dismayed even further when her entire family forgets her birthday. The day continues from there as Sam is stuck into going to a lame dance with her cousin, giving her underwear to a geek, and going to an un-tamed party.

The movie is a comedy from the perspective of someone who has been there and been all of the major characters in the film. It is full of humor, but still carries a very big heart. It is one of those movies that you can watch 5 different times in you life, getting a different experience with every viewing. It is the definition of a classic 80s film, and is the first film screened in the "Teen Genre" courses in Film School.

This is a new special-edition DVD that finally includes special features such as a multi-part featurette, trailer and "additional extras"