On Feb. 28, 1986, Paramount unveiled John Hughes’ high school feature Pretty in Pink in theaters, where it would go on to gross $40 million in its run and become a breakout for Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:
What do you say about a girl whose date reneges in his invitation to the prom? If it’s Molly Ringwald and you’re Paramount, you’d say you’ve probably got a box-office hit. Color Pretty in Pink green for the studio.
Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy star in this latest John Hughes’ teenage melodrama about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks and a boy from the country club who fall for each other. It’s not an easy boundary to cross in their stratified high school and screenwriter Hughes has very astutely dramatized the pressures and crosscurrents of high school life.
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