1984 · romance · comedy
Sixteen Candles
Directed by John Hughes1h 33m1984
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.
Our read: Sixteen Candles (1984) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded romance · comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle romance / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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