With ‘Sixteen Candles’ celebrating its 40th anniversary, Us is taking a look back at how Molly Ringwald has both criticized and accepted her role in the problematic film
Forty years after its release, Sixteen Candles has an undeniable place in the pantheon of American comedies. The box-office smash has remained a staple in the coming-of-age genre, even if its legacy has become clouded in recent years.
In the years since its release, Ringwald has come to terms with both the good and bad aspects of a movie she can now watch with her children. Keep reading for everything she has said about Sixteen Candles and its complicated legacy:Speaking at the Miami Film Festival in April 2024, Ringwald weighed in on how a remake of Hughes hits like Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink would have to differ from their originals — in a word, diversity.
“I am so happy about that. I really do feel like when people always ask me about rebooting my movies, I am like, ‘No, those movies were wonderful,’ but what they should do is take inspiration from them and do something completely different but inspired, so that just sounds fantastic,” she told Deadline.
In the NPR interview, Ringwald talked about how watching with Mathilda changed how she sees her movies. Ringwald wrote, “My mom objected. ‘Why would a father know what happened to his daughter’s underwear?’ she asked. John squirmed uncomfortably. He didn’t mean it that way, he said — it was just a joke, a punch line. ‘But it’s not funny,’ my mother said. ‘It’s creepy.’ The line was changed to ‘Just remember, Sam, you wear the pants in the family.
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