The Breakfast Club

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Summary: The best of the brat-pack
Review: "The Breakfast Club" is on of the few brat-pack movies that really depict high school life. I love it for that, you meet stoners and weirdos and criminals and geeks and jocks and and and.... the list could go on for ever on how this film depicts each cliche. I love all of the actors, how each of them really get into the character and how they depict them (boy! I'm sure using the word depict alot today arent I?) This is a great movie for young people. I love it so much.

Five Kids are stuck in a painful saturday detention, a criminal, a jock, a geek, a prom queen and a weirdo gothic girl. As the day goes on they discuss controversal issues, such as sex before marrige, crime, drugs and politics and eithical stuff. When the day begins they hate each other don't trust each other and stereotype each other. But as the day goes on they talk and learn their strengths differences and rights and wrongs and they all change each others lives. There is a mean detention teacher that harasses them and is very cruel yet they stay strong.

The brat-pack kids were never expected to make a movie as good as this is. I was impressed, I'm a huge movie watched and I thought this was going to be just you know, swear drugs and bathroom humor. But it isn't its real life in real scenarios. There is strong language and drug content. So keep it away from the little ones. Perfect for anyone in high school. And look at the quote at the beginning of the movie

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Summary: The Breakfast Club
Review: Well, I cannot match the incredibly well-written and accurate reviews written so far, other than to agree with just about everything said. I didn't see this movie until 1996, my senior year in high school, for a "movie review" assignment in English class and I regret putting it off. Seeing it much earlier might have really helped me through a time that wasn't exactly a bed of roses, for me or a lot of other people...high school itself. And with all due respect to my teachers, the film taught me a lot more than I ever learned in class.

As far as the movie being "dated", that is a big part of its appeal for me. The dancing scenes look like "80s MTV videos", yes, but considering the direction MTV, VH1, and music (and really, just about everything else in this world) have taken from about 1994-on, some of us long for those cheesy 80s days, even if some of us were just young kids. The characters are stripped down to the most simple definitions of their given stereotypes, but that makes the movie a lot less complicated, and easier to watch. A most basic look at high school life, even to this day I would imagine.

Fantastic movie, perfectly cast and acted, well-written. See it. Then see it again. Then again. It's an amazing movie

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Summary: A classic of its genre
Review: The Breakfast Club is a damn enjoyable film. It stands out as a classic of its genre, the '80s teen movie, the "brat pack" flicks exemplified in the films of John Hughes (Ferris Bueller's Day Off). In Hughes's world, the grown-ups are exposed as morons, and here it is Paul Gleason as high school Principal Richard Vernon ("Does Barry Manilow know you raided his wardrobe?") as the token object of humiliation.

In The Breakfast Club, five students find themselves thrown together for a Saturday detention. Throughout the course of the day they fight, they cause mischief, they laugh, they cry, they get high, and they wind up discovering that as different as they are from each other on the surface -- the rich kid, the geek, the troublemaker -- underneath they're the same ordinary kids going through the same ordinary struggles.

You may have to ignore some of the amoral implications of the story to appreciate it. And you will have to find it in your heart to forgive the cheesiness as Hughes presents every cliche of his era one by one. Overlook some of the utter implausibilities and absurdities the film throws at us. This is good fun that puts adults in their place for a while and reminds us that "kids" are human, too.

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Summary: Great movie...then and now.
Review: I was a sophomore in high school when this movie came out. I loved it then...and I love it now. I just got the DVD today and watched it. It still makes me laugh. The lines are hilarious. And then there are the real issues that teens still face today. The movie touches on subjects in a real way...the teen movies of today have not been at the same level as The Breakfast Club.

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Summary: glen needs a woman
Review: THIS IS BY FAR THE MOVIE OF MY GENERATION AND DARE I SAY MY LIFETIME. VICOTR AND I AT WORK RECANT IT CONTINOUSLY WHILE CARING FOR THE ELDERLY IT REALLY SEEMS TO BRIGHTEN THEIR DAYS. I ONLY WISH KEVIN COULD CARE FOR THE WAY I DO,GOING TO LAMARS GLEN\

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Summary: One of the best teen movies from the 80's
Review: Anyone who talks about movies from the 80's will surely mention "The Breakfast Club" as being one of the most popular films of that decade. Although a little dated in some ways, it has certainly stood the test of time and remains a truly well made movie. The plot is simple: a nerd (Anthony Michael Hall), a popular snooty princess (Molly Ringwald), a basketcase (Ally Sheedy), a jock (Emilio Estevez) and a rebel outcast (Judd Nelson) are all forced to sit together for a day of detention for offenses they committed. Inevitably, they can't stand each other at first and begin bickering amongst themselves, throwing out insults left and right and making it clear that neither one of them wants to be in the presence of each other. But as the hours pass by, their bickering forces themselves to reveal the painful truths about their personal lives and open up to each other. Eventually, they all realize that each one of them has their own imperfections and the images they've created for themselves are nothing more than masks to hide their flaws. What was originally a regular everyday detension session turns into a group therapy meeting, although not without a lot of pain, tears and making oneself vulnerable. By the end of the day they all walk out of the school changed people, seeing the world in a whole new light. Ironically, they end up being set free by being held prisoners.

What makes "The Breakfast Club" work so well is not only the actors' performances but also the great script. When a movie takes place in only one setting (as is the case here) the script must carry it, otherwise it has nothing to go by. Whereas other movies might have breathtaking cinematography, non-stop action or dazzling special effects to make it appealing, "The Breakfast Club" only has 5 people confined together in one space. Therefore dialog is crucial. And it delivers in that regard.

This isn't to say that "The Breakfast Club" is perfect. While the movie has aged well, some scenes haven't. For example, when they're all dancing to the music. That scene has "80's MTV music video" written all over it. I also think the 4 characters hooking up at the end was too implausible, especially Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald. But these are only minor flaws.

Bottom line: I would urge any fan of quality movies to buy "The Breakfast Club." Unfortunately this new DVD edition isn't much improvement from the previous one, which is a huge shame. But when a movie is as good as "The Breakfast Club," just owning it is good enough regardless of how many bonus features the DVD has.

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Summary: Pooooo! A crime against humanity.
Review: This is without a doubt one of the dumbest and worst films ever made. I came of age during the 80s and even I can't sit through it. Terrible performances, breathtakingly silly dialogue, and gawdawful music. Is to film what Wang Chung was to music. A real super-duper-pooper.

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Summary: Damn fine movie--as good now as it was then
Review: This is such a damn fine movie. It stands the test of time. Take the clothes and music away and everything is still relevant today. All of the BRAT PACK kids deliver stellar performances. There's no nudity, no sex. Just raw emotions and relationships, issues, vulnerability, fears, expectations. Just excellent storyline. Absolutely great movie.

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Summary: Almost makes me wish I was back in high school.
Review: As someone who was autistic and confused throughout school this movie opened my eyes.Especially Allison whom I was attracted to and could identify with.She was possibly autistic,didnt say much but who was mysterious and unique.I was the basket case in the real world so she was the one who I could identify with the most because some people just shut me out and looked at me funny and was reffered to by some as a weirdo.
I could also relate to the brain because in Senior high I was setting goals and things and receiving good grades even though I was in special ed.I could just relate to the pressure of having the challenges of school assignments.
The princess was someone who I thought was cute but someone I felt miles apart from. She was hot but I just wasnt interested in anything else about her.
The jock was much of the same just someone I could care less about and couldnt identify with at all but I did sort of cry when the jock in this movie told his tale of the sinful things he did to a fellow student.
The criminal was someone who I was interested in but didnt necessarily wish to hang out with him because I was scared of his love of marijuana and rebellious attitude even though I was rebellious and proud of it because he was rebellious in a way that got him into trouble.But I could definitely understand his feelings of what was fair and what isnt.
I just feel that this was a great movie and it was something that made me stop and think.

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Summary: B-O-O H-O-O
Review: This movie is with out a doubt the quintessential teen movie. This is the movie by which other teen movies go by. This movie no matter how old you are never gets old. In fact I have a hard time watching this movie without quoting it word for word. The movie starts off great. With the quote from David Bowie to how each member of the prat pack arrives. Right after that you find yourself laughing from start to finish. From clips like "The door is way to heavy sir" to "Chicks can't hold their smoke that's what it is." This movie may not have real heavy depth, but it does have some depth. The way in which actully get into the truth about what high school is all about instead of skirting around the edges is great. Even thought it was made in the 80's school all over the world are still the same way. This movie is the cult classic. The one that start it all.