Pretty in Pink

This screening took place on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 8:30 pmYukon Theatre

Molly Ringwald gives an outstanding performance in this sweet, intelligent teen comedy that takes an ancient premise and injects it with insight and wit. We can't overlook the John Hughes canon in our 70 Years of Yukon Cinema. Plus, this one has a the penultimate 80s soundtrack! OMD! Psychadelic Furs!

Andie (Molly Ringwald) is an outcast at her Chicago high school, hanging out either with her older boss (Annie Potts), who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky classmate Duckie (Jon Cryer), who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane (Andrew McCarthy), asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realizes that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.