Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

  • Director: John Hughes
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: May 4, 1984
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Sound mix: Mono
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: 16 Candles
  • "Sixteen Candles" is a comedy romance directed by John Hughes, starring Molly Ringwald and Justin Henry .
    The film tells the life of a 15-year-old girl, Samantha.

    Details

    • Release date May 4, 1984
    • Filming locations 3022 Payne Street, Evanston, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies Universal Pictures, Channel Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $6,500,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $23,686,027

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $4,461,520

    Gross worldwide

    $23,686,027

    Movie reviews

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    • By Arjun 2022-09-29 23:07:03

      Self-inflicted sins cannot live, people have to be responsible for their own actions.

      The gentleman believes in the etiquette, the villain is afraid of the etiquette, and the beast ignores the etiquette. The bad news is that the beast will always have it. So for your personal safety, don't be rude, and don't foolishly think that everyone is a gentleman.

      A gentleman does not stand under a wall of danger. Protect yourself, you have to know.

      Otherwise, she can only be like her, breaking her teeth and swallowing in her...

    • By Evangeline 2022-09-29 21:50:21

      The debut of "Adolescent Philosopher"

      1. "Sixteen Candles" is John Hughes’s debut. The film’s keen grasp of the girl’s mentality, the accurate restoration of the language of high school students, and Huster’s sense of humor and perfect use of music have made the film gain The double success of word of mouth and box office.

      2. "Sixteen Candles" also contributed the typical images of John Hughes appearing in subsequent works-a delicate and innocent girl (or little princess), a lonely nerd who...

    • By Devante 2022-09-29 12:10:30

      The Rape Culture in the 1980s [Translation]

      Author: Constance Grady (Vulture)

      Translator: csh

      The translation was first published in "Iris"

      Translator's note: On October 6, 2018, the U.S. Senate finally voted to pass the Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh nominated by U.S. President Trump, and he finally took office two days later.

      However, Kavanaugh was accused in September of sexually assaulting a high school girl years ago when...

    User comments

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    • By Brandon 2023-09-14 05:46:37

      - happy birthday, make a wish - my wish has come...

    • By Garret 2023-09-12 14:14:19

      The youth films of John Hughes have become the template for too many similar films in the future, but even in imitation, the later films are still only in shape without God. This aspect has something to do with the lines and the rhythm of the film, but it also has a certain relationship with the actors. Relationship, the group of youth idols in the 1980s had a unique temperament that later young actors did not have. . . The scene where the heroine and her father say that she is in love with a...

    • By Myrna 2023-09-04 14:09:51

      Silly but innocent, weird but charming, sweet and sensitive. John Hughes' debut, though naive, is full of style. Above the chaotic youth hormones, it is delicate and sensitive; beyond the exaggerated comedy, it is pure and natural. Far beyond the reach of the average American youth film. This film is still far inferior to "The Breakfast Club", in which the image of the Chinese boy is quite stereotyped and ugly, but at the end, it still makes people feel as if they have returned to their...

    • By Kaya 2023-09-02 16:44:42

      It's fun, and the music is...

    • By Kira 2023-08-18 06:49:12

      Although it is equally famous, but there is no breakfast club and spring is not a good day for reading, it is a bit funny and a little sly feeling, it is...

    Movie quotes

    • Jake: [Jake is now holding Samantha's panties] These are really hers?

      The Geek: Yeah.

      Jake: How did you get 'em?

      The Geek: She gave 'em to me.

      Jake: Did you...?

      The Geek: No! No, Jake. She's cranked for you. I told her you asked about her, right? The girl freaked. She had a hissy. She thinks you're the cats meow!

      Jake: Really? She came up to me in the gym tonight. She looked at me like I was a leper.

      The Geek: Girls will do that, Jake. You know? You see, they know guys are like in perpetual heat, right? They know they shit, and they enjoy pumping us up. It's pure power politics. I'm telling ya.

      Jake: I thought she hated my guts.

      The Geek: Games, Jake. Silly torturous games. You know how many times I've gone without lunch because some bitch borrows my lunch money? Any halfway decent girl can rob me - blind! Because I'm too torqued up to say no. It's heinous, I'm telling you.

    • Jake: You better not be dickin' me around. It'd be a major downer to try and get together with this girl and find out that she really does think I'm a slime.

      The Geek: Jake, would I dick you? Let me put it to you this way, what happens to me if I dick you?

      Jake: I'll kick your ass.

      The Geek: Right! So why would I lie? But I feel compelled to mention to you, Jake, I mean, if all you want of the girl is a piece of ass, I mean, I'll either do it myself, or get someone bigger than me, to kick your ass. I mean, not many girls in contemporary American society today, would give their underwear to help a geek like me.

      Jake: I can get a piece of ass anytime I want. Shit, I've got Caroline in the bedroom right now, passed out cold. I could violate her ten different ways if I wanted to.

      The Geek: [almost chokes on a pretzel] What are you waiting for?

      Jake: I don't know. She's beautiful, and she's built and all that.

      [sighs]

      Jake: I'm just not interested anymore.

      The Geek: Does that really matter, guy?

      Jake: Yeah, it matters. She's totally insensitive. Look what she did to my house. She doesn't know shit about love. Only thing she cares about is partying. I want a serious girlfriend. Somebody I can love, that's gonna love me back. Is that psycho?

      [Spits]

      The Geek: That's beautiful, Jake. I think a ton of guys feel the same way as you do.

      Jake: Really?

      The Geek: Yeah. It's just they don't... They don't have the balls to admit it. You know? They're just... They're wimps.

    • Jake: I'll make a deal with you.

      [holds up the panties]

      Jake: Let me keep these; I'll let you take Caroline home. But you gotta make sure she gets home. You can't leave her in some parking lot somewhere. Okay?

      The Geek: Jake, I'm only a Freshman.

      Jake: So? She's so blitzed she won't know the difference.

      The Geek: Jake, I don't have a car.

      Jake: You can take mine.

      The Geek: Jake, I don't have license.

      Jake: I trust you...

      The Geek: Jake, I'd love to... I can't.

      [holds out a bowl]

      The Geek: Want a pretzel?

      Jake: You sure?

      [takes the bowl and sets it down on the counter]

      The Geek: Positive.