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"40 Candles"

Original: In quintessential ’80s teen farce “Sixteen Candles,” Sam (Molly Ringwald), Farmer Ted (Anthony Michael Hall) and dreamboat Jake Ryan (Michael Schoeffling) endure the many rigors of adolescence.

The sequel: “The Big Chill” as envisioned by Judd Apatow. Screwball antics ensue when the original cast reunites at the funeral of Jake Ryan, tragically killed in a car crash. (In real life Schoeffling now makes furniture in Pennsylvania, so his character only appears in flashbacks.) Divorcée Sam has a teen daughter of her own and the father is—wait for it!—Farmer Ted.

All your favorite co-stars are back, including John and Joan Cusack, Haviland “the hot blonde popular chick” Morris, Jami Gertz and Brian Doyle-Murray. Gedde Watanabe reprises his role as popular-but-politically-incorrect Asian stereotype Long Duk Dong and utters a variation on a classic line: “He getting buried... BURIED!”