Review of The Breakfast Club (1985) by Carolinarobin — 18 Sep 2019

Although The Breakfast Club is the lynchpin of the brat pack movies this film is a lot more than teen comedy. I'd even go so far as to call it one of the finest films of its kind that came out during that era.

The Breakfast Club is very different from almost every other entry into what was (at the time) a burgeoning genre. Instead of relying on the staples of bare flesh, crass humor, and brainless plots, this movie focuses on five dissimilar characters, is almost entirely dialogue-driven, and doesn't offer even a glimpse of a breast or buttock.

It's a story about communication gaps, teen isolation, and the angst that everyone (regardless of how self-assured they seem) experiences during the years that function as a transition from the freedom of adolescence to the responsibilities of adulthood.

(Evocative description of high school life).