Don't You Forget About Me

Documentary

Starring: a bunch of Canadians

Written and Directed by: Matt Austin

Release Date: 07/13/10 (filmed in 2008 though)

Cry Factor: Nope, no crying

Laugh Factor: At times, yes

WTF Factor: Only once

If you're a John Hughes fan, this is a must-see documentary. A group of 20something filmmakers from Toronto, fresh out of film school it seems, roadtrip it down to Chicago to find John Hughes, essentially asking him to come back and make another film that could so brilliantly "get" the modern teenager so well. Seems like a pretty daunting task, right? Finding an assumingly wealthy ex-great filmmaker in a city of how many million? Which suburb to even start in?! Since Shermer, IL is a fictional place, if you didn't know. :]

The commentary the group of young filmmakers gets from the random people on the streets is fantastic. Everyone begs John Hughes to come back, no matter what age, no matter what creed. I loved how they even got the old greats, like Bender from The Breakfast Club and Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off to beg John to come back for a last hoorah.

3 stars.