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This film is one of the most influential films I have ever watched. It reaches out to you - and your touched by it. No matter what little sub-culture you were shifted into whilst going through the trials and tribulations of Secondary school you could relate to it. It may have been clichéd but what film isn't, we like certain elements we can relate to otherwise what would we take from films. Judd Nelson gives a convincing performance of 'Bender' the criminal. He managed to sway from angry to emotional - making you feel for him when he is describing what things are like at 'his house'. He seemed to have a lot of great lines including the Manilow comment! The emotion in this film is immense considering it is a teenage film - and touches on 5 lost characters who seem to be searching for some type of approval or acceptance. (Just like our-selves) Ringwald shows just how versatile she is, and very different from Pretty in Pink. I heard that Ally Sheedy originally went for Ringwalds part and they swapped? Emilio Estevez carrys his role off very well as a Jock - it gets a little cringe worthy when hes high at the end - and rushing around like a loony. But the end with Ally Sheedy certainly makes up for it. The ending is good, however even ten years later after I first saw this film I always wanted to know what they did the next day! This is such a great film, I can relate to it so much! I love it is truly the best, you can watch over and over and never get tired of it.Read full review
Five students — Allison Reynolds (Sheedy), Andrew Clark (Estevez), John Bender (Nelson), Brian Johnson (Hall), and Claire Standish (Ringwald) — report for Saturday morning detention on March 24, 1984 at Shermer High School in the Chicago suburb of Shermer, Illinois. While not complete strangers, each of them comes from a different clique, and seem to have nothing in common. They gather in the high school library, where they are ordered not to speak or move from their seats or sleep by the assistant principal, Richard Vernon (Gleason). They are to remain for a period of eight hours, fifty-four minutes (from 7:06 A.M. to 4 P.M.). He assigns a 1000-word essay, (in which each student must write about who he or she thinks they are) and then leaves, returning occasionally to check on them. Bender, who has a particularly negative relationship with Mr. Vernon, disregards the rules and riles the other students, mocking Brian and Andrew, and harassing Claire. Allison remains oddly quiet except for the occasional random outburst. The students pass the hours in a variety of ways. Gradually they open up to each other and reveal their inner secrets (for example, Allison is a compulsive liar, Bender comes from an abusive household, and Brian and Claire are ashamed of their virginity). They also discover that they all have strained relationships with their parents and are afraid of making the same mistakes as the adults around them. However, despite these developing friendships the students are afraid that once the detention is over, they will return to their very different cliques and never speak to each other again. At the request and consensus of the students, Brian is asked to write the essay Mr. Vernon assigned earlier (the subject of which was to be a synopsis by each student detailing "who you think you are"), which challenges Mr. Vernon and his preconceived judgments about all of them. Brian does so, but instead of writing about the assigned topic, he writes a letter to the teacher objecting to his request to describe to him who they are, and stating to him that he already has judged who they are (an athlete, basket-case, princess, brain, and criminal), and that he will not accept any different accounts from them about who they are. He signs the essay as "The Breakfast Club" and leaves it at the table for Mr. Vernon to read when they leave. Before leaving, Claire and Bender kiss in the closet, then the students are walking down the hallway to leave the school. Outside, Allison and Andrew are seen kissing. Claire gives Bender her earring, which he puts on after she leaves.Read full review
If you could put your finger on it, one might say John Hughes was very much a genius in many ways. Writing and directing The Breakfast Club, Hughes went beyond the boundaries of the high school system. Five different kids, (Alley Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald and Elmo Estivez) end up in detention on a Saturday morning. What starts off to be weird moments for each of them turns into a special bonding moment that redefined who they really were. Ranked within the top three most popular movies of 1985, the film has aged well. The film is also probably the most pivital of a series of teenaged movies of the 80s known as the Brat Pack.
We love 1980's movie and I bought it as a gift for my daughter for christmas and she LOVED IT! We seen it too many to count. This DvD has the interviews explaining why & how they created this MASTERPIECE... A++++
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Another excellent movie brought to you by the makers of The Breakfast Club. A touching and often funny story. Came In great condition and packaged nicely.
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