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Director: John Hughes Verdict: Thumbs Up Sixteen Candles follows the comedic romance of Sam Baker on her sixteenth birthday as she struggles with being ignored and finding her way through life. The use of sub plots and surprise twists help drive the movie and keep the viewer watching, waiting to see if Sam will get her man. Sam Baker wakes up on the morning of her sixteenth birthday to find that no one in her family remembers it’s her special day. With her sister getting married the next day, they all forget. At school, while writing a note for her friend about who she has a crush on, she drops it but her love interest, Jake, picks it up instead. As the day goes on, it is learned that Jake likes Sam as well. Coming home on the bus, Sam is hit on by Ted, a geek. She painfully rejects him. At home, relatives are arriving, leading to her growing resentment. She leaves dinner early to go to the school dance where Ted, after hitting on her more, tells her that Jake likes her. Ted goes to a party at Jake’s house where he and Jake have a man to man where they realize they both are good people. At the wedding, Sam walks out to see Jake waiting for her. A major driving force of the film is the sub plot which helps develop the characters and shows motivation behind the characters actions. One of the most important sub plots is Ted and how his character grows. After finding out about the issues that Sam was experiencing, he changed. Following him from then on, there was a sense of growth and knowledge. Like a hard math problem, once you know how to do it, it becomes so much easier. Once he learned from Sam about the issues of life, he seemed to become a much more mature person. He was still very, very immature, but far more mature than he previously was. Another major driving factor was how Jake acted throughout the film. At first it appeared as though he was a jock who would somehow magically fall in love with Sam at the end of the movie. However, throughout the movie, he continually showed he had affection for Sam, which appeared to grow stronger throughout the movie. It left the viewer curious as to what would happen next, who would make the first move, would they end up together at all? This coming of age film is a beautifully filmed movie, with a skillfully written and developed plot, complex, evolving characters, and a downright brilliant movie.
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