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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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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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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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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Although I've heard allusions to this now iconic film in more than one movie or TV show episode, it's only now, almost forty years after its premiere, that I got to The Breakfast Club. I was honestly expecting a more comedic piece, but after watching it I have to say that despite more than one humorous and light-hearted scene, John Hughes's film has quite a serious edge to it. In real life, this story, taking place over a few hours, would probably play out differently, yet the film ultimately appealed to me. For an hour and a half, we follow a group of seemingly disparate people who are united (literally bonded) by shared family and personal traumas. From quite banal problems, the plot slowly spills over into truly dense levels, but the film does not forget to be funny at the same time. A bonus is the theme song “Don't You (Forget About Me)”.
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Nice guys aren't extinct, resistance hasn't died out. A film that deserves to be referenced (Scrubs), imitated (Dawson's Creek), and parodied (Not Another Teen Movie). In any case, it is an ideal generational statement surpassing either the famous Fast Times at Ridgemont High or Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused.
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