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Sixteen Candles

1984 · 93 min

A breezy, warm-hearted teen comedy that captures the awkwardness and sweetness of adolescence with light humour and gentle romance.

Tagline: Turning sixteen isn't easy, when you've fallen in love... for the first time.
Overview: With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
love
family
identity
friendship
Places: suburbs
school
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	7
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy
Directed by: John Hughes
Written by: John Hughes
Starring: Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn
Music: Ira Newborn
Cinematography: Bobby Byrne
Runtime: 93 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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