| Starring: | Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelley LeBrock, Bill Paxton, Suzanne Snyder, Judie Aronson |
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| Written and Directed by John Hughes
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After a couple of introspective films, Sir John lets loose with this farcicle, funny film, leaving all doubt behind as to his taste for fun and optimism.
Here we find a dynamic duo of computer geeks who take it upon themselves to create, via computer programs and a little magic, the ideal woman neither one believes he can attain in the real world. They do the voodoo they think they do so well, and Bawitdaba, dang-a-dang, diggy, and up pops Kelley!
We all want to believe in teen fantasies, but really-this magic woman is totally hot and British (a particular fetish of YMP`s), and she breaks all boundaries, leading our boys where no young man has gone before (not even in FFTTM`s, where fantasies rule!). Our heroes schmooze with grizzled old black guys in a blues bar, stare down one set of `rents, turn a fascist older brother into a monster, and simply act as bad as they wannabe without any payback.
But reality comes to the fore when the newly-cocky kids go too far and throw a party. Kelley lets them save the day when some weird bikers invade FFTT turf, and our boys duly defeat them, but faint when they find out that she`d provided no help at all and that they always had the strength to fight and fend for themselves. She has fulfilled their deepest wishes by showing the boys that they can acheive their dreams on their own.
Ilan and Michael get the real girls, and the fantastic Kelley fades into the background as her mission as a genie-type gal is completed.
Trivia: Ilan was also in a Cameron Crowe Film The Wild Life, with Eric Stoltz and Ben Stein. All three actors were used by Sir John in films after being discovered by perhaps his greatest rival for the FFTTM crown! How original is Mr. Hughes, in actors, plot or subject matter after all?
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