Why does John Hughes get such a bad rap?!
Question: He's directed/written some of the best movies in history.
I can't even name them all:
16 Candles
Breakfast Club
Pretty In Pink
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Home Alone 1 & 2 (3 & 4 sucked)
Uncle Buck
*I KNOW I am missing a lot lol*
Answers: He's directed/written some of the best movies in history.
I can't even name them all:
16 Candles
Breakfast Club
Pretty In Pink
Some Kind Of Wonderful
Home Alone 1 & 2 (3 & 4 sucked)
Uncle Buck
*I KNOW I am missing a lot lol*
Writer
National Lampoons Class Reunion (1982)
Mr. Mom (1983)
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
Nate and Hayes (1983)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985; story)
Weird Science (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
The Great Outdoors (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Home Alone (1990)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Curly Sue (1991)
Beethoven (1992)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Beethoven's 2nd (1993)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Flubber (1997)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Maid in Manhattan (2002)
Drillbit Taylor (2008; story)
Director
Sixteen Candles (1984)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Weird Science (1985)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Curly Sue (1991)
Producer
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Pretty in Pink (1986; executive producer)
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
She's Having a Baby (1988)
The Great Outdoors (1988; executive producer)
Uncle Buck (1989)
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Home Alone (1990)
Career Opportunities (1991)
Only the Lonely (1991)
Dutch (1991)
Curly Sue (1991)
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Baby's Day Out (1994)
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
101 Dalmatians (1996)
Flubber (1997)
Home Alone 3 (1997)
Reach the Rock (1998)
New Port South (2001; executive producer)
I've never heard of him getting a "bad rap" ? Where is this stemming from ? I grew up on his movies !
You forgot Ferris Bueller's Day Off! LOL!
Never heard anyone dis John Hughes......but he never did any real adult oriented films. His films really are for teens.
i never have heard them rake him over the coals but i know some crtitics dont like reviewing made for teen movies so thats what it might be i raelly like his work some of the best lines have come from his movies
Who cares what age they are for? I still enjoy them years after I first watched them and now my kids watch them too! Anyone who put's John Hughes down is really missing a few brain cells!
He occasionally gets a bad rap from critics merely because his films aren't highbrow. They tend to be viewed as over-sentimental or juvenile.
On their own terms, they're great. Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller's Day Off are total classics that I watch over and over again.
John Hughes is a huge eighties icon. His movies link "children of the eighties" together. I think many of us highly regard him. Screw the critics!