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The Breakfast Club (1984)

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Reviews Counted: 42

Fresh: 38

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 7.5/10

Consensus: The Breakfast Club is a warm, insightful, and very funny look into the inner lives of teenagers.

Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention, they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first... When five high school students from different social groups are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention, they find themselves interacting with and understanding each other for the first time. A jock (Emilio Estevez), a criminal (Judd Nelson), a princess (Molly Ringwald), a basket case (Ally Sheedy), and a brain (Anthony Michael Hall) talk about everything from parental tension to sex to peer pressure to hurtful stereotypes while serving time. Ultimately, the five find that they may have more in common than they ever imagined and learn more about themselves as well as each other. The only question is, Will they remember what they've learned after they leave detention? Director and writer John Hughes, along with the stellar Brat Pack, cast makes this a memorable, moving film filled with believable dialogue, intelligent humor, and a sufficient dose of high school hijinx. Its timeless appeal makes this film a teen classic along with Hughes's other teen films from the 1980s: SIXTEEN CANDLES and FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF. A great soundtrack features the hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. [More]

Starring: Paul Gleason, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall

Starring: Paul Gleason, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, John Kapelos, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Ron Dean

Director: John Hughes

Director: John Hughes
Producer: John Hughes, Ned Tanen
Screenwriter: John Hughes
Composer: Gary Chang, Keith Forsey

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Sep 2, 2003

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There's not a single false beat to be found, concluding Breakfast with a singular display of emotional discharge unheard of in its genre.

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09/08/08
Brian Orndorf
DVDTalk.com

Time capsule.

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02/16/08
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

In nine hours of threatening, bickering and, eventually, poignant (but never maudlin) self-revelation, the stereotypes dissolve and re-form.

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07/27/07
Michael Booth
Denver Post
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Good and bad, it’s still the definitive ’80s teen movie.

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07/18/07
Simon Crook
Empire Magazine

John Hughes's 1985 film seems meant to explain 80s youngsters to yesterday's youth, and comes to the comforting conclusion that they're just as alienated, idealistic, and vulnerable as the baby boomers of the 1960s.

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07/18/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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One of the few teen-oriented films that truly addresses the troubles of its characters, yet it falters in dealing with the issues raised.

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07/18/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Does director John Hughes really believe, as he writes here, that 'when you grow up, your heart dies.' It may. But not unless the brain has already started to rot with films like this.

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07/18/07
Variety Staff
Variety
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No review available.

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02/18/07
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

An iconic movie of the '80s, with all the unappealing baggage that suggests.

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06/24/06
Time Out

The Breakfast Club was teen-auteur John Hughes' attempt to take a step back and evaluate the large horde of teens our schools turn out and how they desperately search for identity.

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12/06/05
Brad Laidman
Film Threat

Equal parts funny, smart and sincere, it's a movie that delved a little deeper into the teenage psyche and came back with something more challenging than "nerds want sex."

Full Review Source: DVD Clinic | comment Comment
11/11/05
Scott Weinberg
DVD Clinic

Teen comedy-drama, over easy.

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07/06/05
James Plath
DVDTown.com

No review available.

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06/07/05
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

Anyone who has ever been to high school can relate to at least one of these kids.

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04/22/05
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

...Hughes may have been the first filmmaker to attempt to put plausible teenagers on screen

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04/17/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

One of the best films ever made...I mean it!

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03/11/05
Clint Morris
Moviehole

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01/05/05
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

No review available.

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11/05/04
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

The Breakfast Club doesn't need earthshaking revelations; it's about kids who grow willing to talk to one another, and it has a surprisingly good ear for the way they speak.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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Offers a breakthrough portrait of the pain and miunderstanding which result from demeaning social hierarchies set up by teenagers.

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08/22/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
 
 
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