Review of The Breakfast Club (1985) by Joe N — 06 Apr 2014

This is a coming of age cult classic that has that 80's charm to go with it. What we have here are 5 high school kids spending 9 hours of their Saturday in Detention in the Library. All of these kids are meeting each other for the first time (and hopefully not the last) and they all seem to have nothing in common.

You've got the Jock, played by Gordon Bombay er I mean, Emilio Estevez who's not as arogant as you would expect a jock to be. This jock is pretty likable and means well most of the time. Then you've got the criminal, (played by Judd Nelson) To me the crime he commits here is darn near stealing the show in the beginning.

He often does this by being rather confrontational. The most mysterious of the bunch was the Basket case played by Ally Sheedy, who I think said the least of the bunch, but still makes an impression. The Other two, Brian (Played by Anthony Hall) is the brainiac of the bunch, and Claire (Molly Ringwald) is the princess of the bunch.

Through a little soul searching and getting to know each other they find out that they have more in common than they think. However, it does not take much soul searching to know that one other thing these 5 have in common is their dislike towards the rather villainous principal played by Paul Gleason.

This man keeps these 5 in one room and has them stay in one spot the whole time. (or so he thinks) I personally wouldnot expect 5 kids in detention to simply stay where they are, and when you leave the room, ANYTHING can happen.

This whole movie takes place in the school where these kids (The Breakfast Club) spend their time learning more and more about each other, themselves, and of course, have some fun in the process. I recommend this film as a 1980's coming of age cult classic.