One of those guilty pleasure movies that upon further examination, reveals itself to actually be a well-made and respectable piece of cinema. Hughes displays great comic timing in his editing, going from scene to scene at the exact moment which produces the best comedic effect. It always bothered me that he didn't continue directing. This serves as a great portrait of 1980's suburbia as well, something Hughes really had a knack for. His high school films kind of define the decade for me. I'll have to suspend my heterosexual tendencies one of these days, sit down, and watch 16 Candles.
