Some Kind of Wonderful 1987

Janet Maslin, New York Times: The film creates a perfect embodiment of every adolescent's nightmare. Read more

Pat Graham, Chicago Reader: Assembly-line feature from the John Hughes teen factory. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Some Kind of Wonderful is yet another film in which Hughes and his team show a special ability to make an entertaining movie about teenagers. Read more

Derek Adams, Time Out: This time it ends with the underdogs together. Oddly enough, it's this conclusion that feels phony, seeing as Stoltz has spent the last 80 minutes arranging his dream date with Lea. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: A simple, lovely and thoughtful teenage story that occasionally shines due to fine characterizations and lucid dialog. Read more

Richard Harrington, Washington Post: Like her energy, Masterson's beauty is kinetic, internalized, and she's a winner even if the film itself runs third in the Hughes opus on teenhood. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: Lighter and less filling than usual. Read more