Pretty in Pink 1986

Gene Siskel, Chicago Tribune: Deutch has no discernible style; the scenes march ahead with only one development per scene, much like the worst in American television. Read more

Patrick Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: These kids have a bumpy ride, but this is one film that identifies with their passions instead of indulging them, giving us a perfect back-seat view of kids out cruising, not for kicks but for a hard-earned sense of pride. Read more

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel: When Molly Ringwald and Annie Potts are onscreen together, the movie is aglow. See Pretty In Pink or, years from now, you may suffer side effects from missing it. Read more

Rick Lyman, Philadelphia Inquirer: It's way too hackneyed for John Hughes. He's already shown us that he knows better. Read more

Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine: First-Timer Howard Deutch is a nice surprise too. His precise, unexploitative direction is sympathetic to the awkward pauses in teen talk, to the mopery of first love, to the suicidal bravado of words spoken in heat. Read more

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Miss Ringwald's pouty naturalness remains her biggest asset, and her performance is once again appealing. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: This is like every other Hughes film, just a little shoddier. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Although it is not a great movie, it contains some moments when the audience is likely to think, yes, being 16 was exactly like that. Read more

Richard Rayner, Time Out: To be able to give this kind of stuff new and sympathetic twists is a tribute to Hughes' skill with narrative, and to Ringwald's magnetism as a performer. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Pretty in Pink is a rather intelligent (if not terribly original) look at adolescent insecurities. Read more