Search - Some Kind of Wonderful on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1987 DVD Release: 08/20/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 31 Genres: Comedy Drama, Teen Movie, Coming-of-Age See Also: Some Kind of Wonderful [Special Collector's Edition], Some Kind of Wonderful [I Love the 80's Edition]

In a gender-reversed version of his previous hit Pretty in Pink, John Hughes retreads all-too- familiar ground in Some Kind of Wonderful, the story of a sensitive, young would-be artist, Keith (Eric Stoltz), who vies for the affection of his high school's popularity queen, Amanda (Lea Thompson), seemingly out of some deep-rooted insecurity regarding his social ineptitude. He enlists the help of his butch best friend and fellow misfit, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), unaware that she secretly pines for him. While she goads him to give up his pointless pursuit of Amanda, he encounters one other small obstacle -- Amanda's rich bully of a boyfriend, Hardy (Craig Sheffer), who threatens Keith with a face rearrangement. Undeterred, Keith decides he will, by any means necessary, escort his dream girl to the prom -- but not before he buys her expensive jewelry with the money from his college fund in order to impress her. (Hughes expects the audience to side with Keith when his father protests.) Some Kind of Wonderful is pure fantasy, but the plot is too tired and flawed for it to be completely satisfactory escapism. Still, the performances are all-around good and the ending is slightly more likeable than its predecessor's. Hughes decided to use the original Pretty in Pink ending, which had been dropped from the original after poor audience response at the advance screenings. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide

Eric Stoltz - Keith Nelson
Mary Stuart Masterson - Watts/"Drummer Girl"
Lea Thompson - Amanda Jones
Craig Sheffer - Hardy Jenns
John Ashton - Cliff Nelson

A love triangle erupts in writer John Hughes' classic '80s drama Some Kind of Wonderful. Paramount's work on this 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer is very nice. Sporting a vast array of crisp colors and dark black levels, this transfer appears to be in very good shape. While a small amount of softness crops up in a few scenes, overall this is a solid effort from the studio that should please fans of the film. The soundtrack is presented in a newly created Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround mix in English. The biggest benefactor of this new remix is the music score -- otherwise, the surround sounds are focused in only the front and center speakers. All aspects of the soundtrack are free and clear of any hiss or distortion. Also included on this disc are subtitles in English, as well as a Dolby Digital 2.0 track in English and French. Alas, Paramount has decided not to included even a single theatrical trailer on the edition of the film, making this a disappointingly bare-bones disc. ~ Patrick Naugle, All Movie Guide