After four years and six films, John Hughes left the teen movie subgenre behind in 1987, but not before producing one last film, Some Kind of Wonderful. Join me as I take a look at the film, its novelization, the soundtrack, and evaluate its place in the teen movie canon and 1980s film history.
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After the jump, there are a few extras …
The cover to the novelization
The teaser trailer (which was shown in theaters as well as featured on the VHS release of Pretty in Pink):
The full theatrical trailer:
A set of commercials from WPIX in 1990 that features a Some Kind of Wonderful ad:
