Reception
The film earned a disappointing $14.7 million and met with generally negative reviews. Rotten Tomatoes.com's aggregate score gave the film a 22% rotten rating, although user reviews were generally much higher. Typical critic comments included "feature-length after-school-special nothingness" and "the start of Ringwald's slide" Roger Ebert was a notable exception, giving the film three stars and while acknowledging the film "is probably a good deal more pleasant than the average American teenage girl could look forward to" and the ending "contrived", he found it has a "feel for plausible dialogue and scenes that reveal personalities" particularly in scenes involving the young passion of Ringwald and Batinkoff.
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