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Pretty in Pink

1986 · 97 min

A tender, wistful teen romance steeped in eighties pop, where class anxiety and first love ache with sincere, slightly awkward sweetness.

Tagline: Blane's a pretty cool guy. Andie's pretty in pink. And Duckie's pretty crazy.
Overview: Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
love
friendship
identity
coming-of-age
Places: suburbs
school
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: romance, drama
Directed by: Howard Deutch
Written by: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, Harry Dean Stanton, James Spader, Kate Vernon, Alexa Kenin
Music: Michael Gore
Cinematography: Tak Fujimoto
Runtime: 97 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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