Blu-ray Review – Sixteen Candles

For his directorial unveiling, John Hughes selected a piece of material
held close to his heart; a screenplay that contained beloved topics: the
chaos of the nuclear family and the humiliation/redemption of the
average American teen. "Sixteen Candles" is largely Hughes testing his
gifts behind the camera, inadvertently pioneering a genre that would
come to define his career. It's a rough sketch of future triumphs, but
"Candles" is a brazenly mischievous, consistently uproarious comedy that
christens the devastating Hughes-fu with vivacious results. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com