The Breakfast Club (1985)

Cast

Molly Ringwald
as Claire Standish
Anthony Michael Hall
as Brian Johnson
Emilio Estevez
as Andrew Clark
Ally Sheedy
as Allison Reynolds

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Genres & Description

Action Comedy Drama

7.9 / 10

Beyond being in the same class at Shermer High School in Shermer, Illinois, Claire Standish, Andrew Clark, John Bender, Brian Johnson and Allison Reynolds have little in common, and with the exception of Claire and Andrew, do not associate with each other in school. In the simplest and in their own terms, Claire is a princess, Andrew an athlete, John a criminal, Brian a brain, and Allison a basket case. But one other thing they do have in common is a nine hour detention in the school library together on Saturday, March 24, 1984, under the direction of Mr. Vernon, supervising from his office across the hall. Each is required to write a minimum one thousand word essay during that time about who they think they are. At the beginning of those nine hours, each, if they were indeed planning on writing that essay, would probably write something close to what the world sees of them, and what they have been brainwashed into believing of themselves. But based on their adventures during that ...

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Met Fan since 1968

I watched this movie as a teenager and wasn't mature enough to realize how flawed it was. I watched it again last year and realize that if someone tried to make the movie today the opening would drow protests. First of all, the plot device that drives the play is completely absurd. 5 kids do something so bad did they get Saturday detention (my school also had that, too) yet the vice principal leaves the kids unsupervised, walking across the hall to his office. I realize that has to happen so the kids can talk to each other--otherwise it is a really boring movie--but the situation panders too much to the teanage belief that they can get away with anything. The Judd Nelson character then unmercifully sexually harasses Molly Ringwald's character. This section of the movie is cringe-worthy. Yet only a few hours later Judd is completely different and Molly is in love with him. Yuck. The only person who doesn't smoke weed in the group is the "freak," so I guess the message there is that if you don't smoke weed you are a freak. There is no redeeming adult character. All adults are bad? I grew up and realized how terrible this movie was. I guess A.O. Scott never grew up. - @Monday, November 12, 2018 10:24 AM

Russ G

All the kids are white. What high school is like that today? Saturday detention? Yeah, they open the building and pay a teacher to supervise five kids for the entire day. In real life if they had done anything serious enough to warrant that kind of treatment, they'd be suspended, or put in detention for two hours for five straight days. This would probably get the jock kicked off the team, and anyone with an afterschool job fired. Miss five days of drama club rehearsals? There goes your part in the school play. THAT's the way real high schools work. It wasn't different in 1985. So, the movie basically blows b/c it's about as believable as ET. - @Friday, August 24, 2018 1:59 AM

guru-in-drag

Great movie. Love everything John Hughes did. - @Tuesday, July 31, 2018 7:23 PM

dirty06maggot

eat my shorts - @Thursday, January 12, 2017 7:22 PM

Carlisle Dreww

We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it is all. - @Wednesday, September 9, 2015 12:27 AM

Cing Nuam

The reason why it's called the breakfast club is because of the early time that the detention begins, according to one article that I read - @Friday, June 28, 2013 3:34 AM

theivory1

Every teen should watch this movie. - @Friday, December 7, 2012 9:07 PM

Mark Rabinowitz

@Neonman78 I agree, putting Claire with Bender and Andrew with Allison were relationships that seemed like things that might happen over the course of months or even weeks, but not in one day. - @Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:31 PM

lordoftheTV

I like these movies i still never understood why it was called the breakfast club - @Saturday, May 21, 2011 2:11 AM

FloSick808

watched this movie in psychology class and i loved it! now i need to do an essay about it -_______- - @Monday, April 18, 2011 11:54 PM

wet hole

@danathor99 Nah, I suppose that ending is pretty good. I meant the resolution of all the characters, that is, them all getting together in relationships (except Brian, who's just left to another 15 years masturbating to his own sexual frustration). I didn't see it necessary for them to become romantically involved, would've been better if they all just remained (secret) friends. - @Sunday, January 30, 2011 4:48 PM

danathor99

@Neonman78 Are you thinking about another film here? The ending to The Breakfast Club is one of the most iconic moments. The letter that Brian writes/ reads out, with simple minds playing and Bender doing the classic fist pump at the end, if you think thats a bad ending then you need to get your head checked... - @Sunday, January 30, 2011 12:47 AM

Alessandra Soffi

I wis my life was like an 80's movie, watching this only makes me cry one of the best movies ever. - @Tuesday, December 21, 2010 11:59 PM

Will Scarlett

@fivedinners 'cos the movies mentioned were about high-school kids. I guess I can see that in Uncle Buck; maybe you're right; it should have been mentioned. - @Saturday, November 13, 2010 5:16 PM

jayant asodekar

jrj4u.com - @Tuesday, October 19, 2010 4:01 PM

Badnewz730

Don't ask me why but I get chills just hearing that final monologue to that song. I guess it just reminds me of a different time. - @Friday, October 8, 2010 5:12 AM

T Davis

Happy 25th Anniversary "Breakfast Club" I graduated in '85 and it was magical for movies, music and pop culrure in general. R.I.P.the magnificent "John Hughes" who understood kids/teens in the 80's like no other writer/director ever in t.v. history!! - @Wednesday, September 22, 2010 8:25 AM

wet hole

This is a terrific movie, but brought down by a horrible ending. - @Monday, July 19, 2010 12:42 PM

Mark Vergeer

Now this is highschool all over again. It not only defined American Adolescence but easily translated to other parts of the world like my native The Netherlands. John Hughes really shaped the movie background of my teens... - @Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:08 PM

Roy Phillips

One of the best. RIP John Hughes. - @Tuesday, April 13, 2010 5:13 PM