Directed by:
John HughesScreenplay:
John HughesCinematography:
Thomas Del RuthComposer:
Gary ChangCast:
Emilio Estevez, Paul Gleason, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, John Hughes, John Kapelos, Ron Dean, Mike BurnhamVOD (4)
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They were five students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At 7a.m., they had nothing to say, but by 4 p.m. they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. (Universal Pictures US)
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Those archetypical characters have their justification in the film. Because nowhere else do you come close to the psychology of these figures. The Breakfast Club doesn't go extremely deep on this one, and even leaves a lot to the viewer's imagination (which in this case is a cop-out), but it surprisingly doesn't go to any extreme lengths to enrich the film with some pretty fresh humorous elements. Otherwise, I'd gladly pay two paychecks for the model they smoked there -)
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I get what John Hughes was trying to say, and especially given the punchline, I won't fault the film for the fact that the main characters represent well-known (not only) American high school stereotypes... But if I hadn't been so bored watching their dialogue and monologues, I would have been at least one star happier.
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An original premise – one Saturday, the movie fills a single classroom with five completely different people who are characterized by exactly what they are; so a nerd, a jock, a wannabe gothic, a princess and a crook. They all hate each other and they all become friends in the end. A classic that interestingly hints at its era, young people and their opinions, which do not differ from what our generation went through years ago in many respects.
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John Hughes always managed to write very good characters, but here he truly went all out. At first glance, the protagonists may seem like caricatures, but they are deep, which is actually the essence of the whole movie, and John Hughes captured that perfectly. We are what we are, and this film shows it beautifully. Nothing will transform us unless we want it to. We just have to remember that.
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In the fifties it was Rebel Without a Cause, in the eighties it was The Breakfast Club. Two films that portrayed (and still portray) the contemporary problems of adolescents and their exacerbated relationship with authority and parents far more eloquently than any others. A small auteur film that through clever dialogue, believable characters and a dash of non-violent rock grimace has deservedly become a cult and quotable classic. Although it won't say much at times to someone who doesn't identify with any of the characters, it is undoubtedly an exceptional timeless work.
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