The Breakfast Club (DVD)

>>>> Synopsis Having been punished with a Saturday detention, 5 students with what seems like nothing in common set about spending a boring day serving out their punishment. But as the barriers come down and they talk about there lives, loves and stresses they realise that they have a lot more in common than they initially thought. >>>> Opinion When ever I'm feeling a bit low I usually slap on one of my favourite films from the 80s, be it "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" or "St Elmo's Fire", but there is one film which always brings a smile to my face, the 1985 John Hughes classic "The ...  Read the complete review

I wish i grew up in 80's America, and this is one of the resons to that. This film watches a weekend detention in one high school, with some unlikely characters participating in. They are all different from each over, and start off hating the rest. However a whole day together and they find that first impressions are not always as they seem. Story wise i didn't find anything amazing about this. However when you watch it its hard to not want to be apart of it. The acting is good, along with the music. There are probably a lot of iconic statements and messages that i don't get in this, however i still find it amusing and enjoyable. It's one ...  Read the complete review

THE BREAKFAST CLUB MOLLY RINGWALD Molly plays the role of Clare someone whose parents spoil her but not out of love. They do it to spite each other and are very bitter. Clare is very aware of the reason for it and is saddened by it. She is in detention for skipping class to go on a shopping trip at the mall. She is a very sensitive person proven later on when she ends up crying due to one of the other people in detention being hostile towards her. She uses her looks and money to get where she wants in life. EMILIO ESTEVEZ Emilio plays the role of Andrew Clark he is a keen athlete and everything about him screams typical jock. ...  Read the complete review

Clearly this was made on either a really low budget or no money at all. Everyone raves about how brilliant it is and how "of the time" it is. The film is awful, nothing happens. In hardly any locations. The film must have cost about $10 to make? The budget most likely went on the soundtrack artists. There is little to no plot. A bunch of High School students made to take a detention in the school library on a Saturday. And it falls flat on its face right there as any freedom loving American student would tell their teacher to go screw themselves if they told them to do a detention on a Saturday. It's a basic idea of bringing together ...  Read the complete review

Directed By: John Hughes Written By: John Hughes Release Date: 1985 Genre: Classic coming of age Teenage cult Run Time: 97 minutes RRP: £15.99 (?) Amazon Price: £4.97 Main Cast: Emilio Estevez - Andrew Clark Anthony Michael Hall - Brian Johnson Judd Nelson - John Bender Molly Ringwald - Claire Standish Ally Sheedy - Allison Reynolds Supporting Cast: Paul Gleason - Principal Richard Vernon John Kapelos - Carl, the Janitor About the Director John Hughes Anyone who grew up in the 80's and even 90's knows of John Hughes or at least has seen many of his now cult status films ...  Read the complete review