40 Candles: 'Sixteen Candles', the most 'problematic' ‘80s movie, turns four decades old

John Hughes' directorial debut was a big hit in 1984- but there's a lot about it that's since been questioned- including by its own lead actress, Molly Ringwald

Sixteen Candles shares its name with a popular song from the 1950s about wishing a female romantic interest a happy 16th birthday. So it’s only natural that many things happen in the movie that are a bit, let’s say, questionable.