The heroine's sixteenth birthday turns out to be the worst day of her life, she has a crush on the most popular boy in school, the geekiest boy in school has a crush on her, her sister's getting married and, with all the excitement, the rest of her family forgets her birthday! Hughes reinvented the teen movie by introducing real emotions and anxieties behind the usual run of dating decisions, wild parties and adolescent pranks, this is the second of his trilogy, sandwiching 'The Breakfast Club' and 'Pretty In Pink'. Excellent.