Review of The Breakfast Club (1985) by Fanboycritic1 — 24 Mar 2016

Plot/Summary,John Hughes wrote and directed this quintessential 1980s high school drama featuring the hottest young stars of the decade. Trapped in a day-long Saturday detention in a prison-like school library are Claire, the princess (Molly Ringwald); Andrew, the jock (Emilio Estevez); John, the criminal (Judd Nelson); Brian, the brain (Anthony Michael Hall); and Allison, the basket case (Ally Sheedy). These five strangers begin the day with nothing in common, each bound to his/her place in the high school caste system. Yet the students bond together when faced with the villainous principal (Paul Gleason), and they realize that they have more in common than they may think, including a contempt for adult society. "When you grow up, your heart dies," Allison proclaims in one of the film's many scenes of soul-searching, and, judging from the adults depicted in the film, the teen audience may very well agree. Released in a decade overflowing with derivative teen films, The Breakfast Club has developed an almost cult-like status.

My Review.

Man I have been wanting to see this film for quite a while now, and finally I did. I wanted to see this film cause it is one of the pivotal 80's films along with some of my other favorite films like ET, Jaws, and Back to the Future. I have been trying to buy the DVD copy since I saw it at a store and I finally bought it and I have seen it and it is a masterpiece.

The Plot has to deal with five kids with nothing in common all in a detention room on one saturday and they all learn about each other throughout the film and become better friends.

In the opening sequence you meet your characters and find out a little bit about them like how Andrew's the jock,Brian's the brain,John's the criminal, Claire the princess, and Allison the basket case.

The movie is great on an exponential level with it's characters. They are the pivotal part of the movie. These are characters are so well written that you either know or are like someone that are just like one of these characters. This movie has the pivotal 80's soundtrack a person would want in a movie. The film is something that should be seen along with another High School movie called The Perk's of Being a Wallflower which is similar to this along with two other John Hughes classics I will be checking out sometime soon named Sixteen Candles and Ferris Bueller's Day Off. You feel for these characters cause you can probably relate to them that's the point of High School movies like this and these are very good high school movies were you feel like you either know or are one these characters that's what makes a great high school movie. I have not seen any of his other films but this already my favorite John Hughes film. But I will be sure to check out some of his other movie's.

In the end there isn't much I can say then what I already have. This movie is my second favorite High school movie of all time I like the characters I feel for the characters this movie has an awesome soundtrack and I think it's a masterpiece I give The Breakfast Club a 5 out of 5.