If you grew up in the '80s like I did, you probably have seen every John Hughes movie he made during that decade. I literally grew up on a staple of John's films, namely "Pretty in Pink", "Weird Science", "The Breakfast Club" and "Sixteen Candles". I still love those movies to this very day, especially "Sixteen Candles". Molly Ringwald as Samantha Baker who has an unrequited crush on the most popular guy in school Jake Ryan (played by the Matt Dillon look-alike Michael Shoeffling). What makes this film hilarious is that her family forgets her birthday while they are consumed with her sister's impending nuptials, her grandparents who are staying with the family with their foreign studen exchanged student Long Duc Dong, and the geek who won't go away played by the hilarious Anthony Michael Hall. Chaos and non-stop laughs ensues. John Cusak and his sister Joan makes a cameo appearance. One of the funniest moments is when the family is about to go to the church for the wedding and they find Long Duc Dong passed out on the front lawn after a heavy night of partying. Not a very politically correct moment in cinema history but it sure is hilarious. My also favorite Long Duc Dong moment was when greets Sam from the top bunk bed in Sam's brother's room. I have never gotten tired of watching this movie. Teen comedies today just don't have the same comedic punch or innocence that John Hughes' films always had. Films like "Sixteen Candles' really captured the era that I grew up in.

Truthfully this should probably be rated PG-13. Anyway, this is kind of your typical 80's teenage angst movie. The main character, Samantha, is your typical over-dramatic teenager. The guy she has a crush on, Jake, is a total babe. Michael Anthony Hall, the geek, is pretty hysterical. All in all a decent flick with some pretty good laughs. Joan and John Cusack provide some pretty random chuckles in one of their first films.

I really loved this movie. Its pretty much about girl falling in love with cute guy, girl gets hit on by geek, girl bonds with geek, and finally girl wins boy (cute boy) with her magical charm. I really thought this was a great 80's movie. I love the whole 'I'm a girl that no one could like ever in a million years'. The charcters really make this an enjoyable movie with their charm and wit. 2 thumbs up, totally check this movie out! I loved it, ad I hope you do too!

"Sixteen Candles" is my second-favorite movie of all time. Just getting that out in the open right away.

In my opinion, this movie is the best teen comedy ever. The writing is crisp, the memorable lines are plentiful, the characterizations are spot-on (as someone who was in high school in the 80s, I can vouch for them).

Molly Ringwald turns in a great performance, Anthony Michael Hall does likewise, and even John Cusack is enjoyable here (for once).

John Hughes went on to make several more 80s masterpieces, but to me "Sixteen Candles" is the epitome of the great 80s teen movie. From the storyline, to the one-liners, to the awesome soundtrack, this is a warm-hearted comedy that can be watched again and again.

There is no villain in "Sixteen Candles", just the slings and arrows of teenage life's outrageous fortune. They don't make movies like this anymore.

P.S. To the reviewer below me: I have no problems fast-forwarding the ads at the beginning of the movie. Then again, I have a DVD player from 1998, maybe the newer ones have the FF feature disabled somehow by the DVD?

The film is excellently preserved here, and I love that the original music was returned to its rightful place.

But...

When you pop this disc into your player, it automatically plays a 3 minute trailer advertising this and several other "High School Reunion Collection" titles.
You cannot skip past it!
You cannot fastforward through it!
You can't even STOP THE PLAYER!!

How insidiously hateful of the studio and manufacturer to forcefeed consumers this obnoxious advertisement. If they consider this some kind of 'extra' (and by the way there are NONE on this DVD), they're nuts.

To make matters worse, the main menu contains a montage of audio clips from the film that play on a continuous loop. Fall asleep while this baby is playing and you'll be woken up at the end by the sound of Molly Ringwald screaming OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER...!!!

If anyone out there knows of some sort of "patch" that will help bypass this trailer, please let it be known by posting a message here.

ARGH!!!!