Seriously insightful, if saucy, romantic comedy from director Kevin Smith, the genius behind Clerks and Mallrats. Cult comic strip creators Holden (Ben Affleck) and Banky (Jason Lee) have an unshakeable 20 year friendship, until a spanner's thrown into the works in the shapely form of Alyssa, with whom Holden falls immediately and hopelessly in love. That Alyssa is a confirmed lesbian does little to deter the lovestruck Holden, who continues his relentless pursuit with a vigour matched only b find out more...
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 Clu find out more...