The Breakfast Club | | Cast : | Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy | | Director : | John Hughes | | Studio : | Universal Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound | | Released Date : | February 15, 1985 | | DVD Released Date : | September 02, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Good movie | Content
 | This is basically one of the greatest portrayals of the teenager's high school life. Each different perspective and yet how they all attract and connect with eachother is amazing. Well done movie, well done acting, I even liked the purposefully stagnant setting. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 31, 2005 | | Summary | Great cast & theme rise above flaws | Content
| Five high school students who are representative of well-known stereotypes-the princess (Molly Ringwald), the brain (Michael Anthony Hall), the athlete (Emilio Estevez), the basket case (Ally Sheedy), and the criminal (Judd Nelson)-are sentenced to all-day Saturday detention in the school library together. Wanting nothing to do with each other, they nevertheless begin to interact and, by the end of the day, they have learned a great deal about themselves and the others, completely shattering the concept of a stereotype.
There's a 5-star movie here screaming to get out, as exemplified by the wonderful scene in which the kids just sit down on the floor and talk about themselves and challenge each others assumptions. It's hampered by many lesser elements, such as one-dimensional adult characters and silly posing (such as the MTV flavored dance scenes, which are unrealistic and painfully bad). Nevertheless, the excellent performances and that basic core of honesty about high school that manages on occasion to rise powerfully above the formula rescue the film.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 29, 2005 | | Summary | They're GRRRRRREAT! | Content
| Back in 1986, this film successfully spoke very clearly and accurately for high school students. And now over 15 years later, it still stands. Writer/Producer/Director John Hughes (Ferris Bueller's day off) put 5 students of different cliques together for 8 hours.
A Brain. An Athlete. A Basket Case. A Princess. A Criminal.
The casting is defining and the result served the story very well. Anthony Michael Hall (Sixteen candles) is the brainy Brian. Emilio Estevez is the Athlete, Andrew. Ally Sheedy(Short Circuit) is the basketcase, Allison. Molly Ringwald (Pretty in Pink) is the Princess, Claire. Judd Nelson is the criminal, John Bender. Through all their chiding, differences and arguments, a bond is formed that new authority figure could ever topple. That is what attracted me to the film as a teenager and the message still stands today. This is a very funny ensemble piece with a strong theme for all generations, but is still aimed for the teenage crowd. Still, Hughes should be acknowledged for this film, giving respect to the problems facing Gen-X. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2005 | | Summary | Best movie ever!! | Content
| When i saw this movie for the first time on abc family i was like "this is good" then i couldn't get it off my mind cause i didn't finish the whole movie. When they aired it again i watched the whole thing!! i wanted the movie on DVD so i bought it. I really can't get enough of it!!
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| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2005 | | Summary | Another Unforgettable 80's Flick | Content
| This is another one of those GREAT Molly Ringwald movies from the 1980's - the ones that show EXACTLY what highschool life was like for us some 20 years ago.
"The Breakfast Club" is about 5 highschool teens who were forced to attend in-school suspension on a Saturday (could you imagine having to be in school on a weekend??? Do they do that anymore???).
Anyway, these 5 teens were from COMPLETELY different circles and, although they had seen eachother in the halls, and had heard rumors about eachother, none of them REALLY knew what the others were about. So, they start off thinking that each one is totally different from them, and so they are each pretty snobby to the others.
There's 1 "tough guy", 1 "geek", 1 "jock", 1 "glamour girl", and 1 "weird/loner chick". Due to the fact that they all HATED the teacher who was watching over them, they wound up coming together to go against him. It's during this process that they come to learn about eachother's home & school life - they learn about eachothers hurts, thoughts & fears. And, through this, they realize that they're not so different after all.
So, will they continue to be friends after this day of in-school suspension is over? I don't want to ruin it for you in case you've never seen it, but suffice it to say that you'll probably never forget the ending to "The Breakfast Club" - I don't know of anyone who has - even 20 years later...
Overall, I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys teenage-type movies - it makes as much sense today as it did 20 years ago (only the styles have changed). I would also recommend it to anyone who was a teen during the 1980's - it will bring up a lot of great (or not-so-great) memories of your highschool years. |
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