Must See Movie | Breakfast Club [VHS] | Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson

The Breakfast Club. | Breakfast Club [VHS] | Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson

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	• Breakfast Club [VHS] Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson Universal Pictures, 1992 average customer review:based on 348 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A Little Cheesy, But Gets You Thinking

To be completely honest, I usually hate movies like this. It's like Don McLean's song "American Pie", where basically he just mashes up a whole bunch of different themes and lets people interpret them to death. It kind of takes the fun out of the experience. Fortunately, director John Hughes (Mr. 80s himself!) doesn't allow his weighty material to get in the way of the film's true message.

Basically, the plot of this film centers on a group of five high-schoolers dragging into the school on a Saturday to serve their detention "sentence". They come from all walks of life: The Rebel (Judd Nelson), The Jock (Emilio Estevez), The Princess (Molly Ringwald), The Troubled (Ally Sheedy) and The Nerd (Anthony Michael Hall). While being lorded over by Principal Richard Vernon (played brilliantly by Paul Gleason; he almost steals the show!), the self-dubbed "Breakfast Club" start to get to know each other a little bit.

From there, the rest of the film is essentially two things: a series of hilarious sight/action gags to foil Mr. Vernon, and (more importantly) a treatise on the cliquish life of high school students. Led by the colorful commentary of Nelson's hard-edged character, each stereotype is carefully picked apart and laid bare for the world to see. Is "Ringwald" truly a good girl, or just fooling herself? Is "Hall" a dedicated student, or just playing the role to keep the few friendships he has? Plus, the instigator ("Nelson") turns out to be perhaps the most interesting character-study of them all!

What keeps the movie from seeming too high-handy and sappy, though, is the wonderful directing of Hughes. Unlike, say, James Cameron's "Avatar", where the issues are preached to you in black-and-white terms with no room for disagreement, Hughes leaves it up to the viewer to decide who "The Breakfast Club" members really are. You can view them as Mr. Vernon does, or have the opportunity to delve in deeper if you so choose.

Thus, I have no problems recommending this film to any and all fans of movies that will really make you think. The ending may be too cheesy (but probably needed to satisfy the teen audience), but along the way it packs quite an intellectual and emotional punch, with a hefty dose of comedy thrown in as well.

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Must See Movie

If you are ur daddy's boy, this movie is not for you. But if you have your parents who hate your gut and you are not good enough for them no matter what you do, this is the movie for you. This is not an action flick. This is a talkie movie. So, if u r one of us, you know exactly what this movie is talking about. Otherwise, nothing will make sense.

Picture and sound quality is very good for this old flick.
Love this movie. 5 stars!

The Breakfast Club.

Saw it on Netflix,although a bit long and overdramatic at times, it is the quintessential 80's movie and a must see. It still relates to High School and modern school cliques and how everyone goes with their own whether it be class,color or social.Just to see Molly she is beautiful, I love redheads,But I am A bigger Fan of Brunettes and found the quiet girl turned beautiful cliche even better than molly. Yes the movie is long,the dance sequence is looked aside by me but it's a good movie.

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Teen Angst Masterpiece!

This is such a great movie! It went into the lives of five different teenagers and had great character development. Great acting! Great quotable lines! This is one of my favorite movies!

Five students: Allison, a weirdo, Brian, a nerd, John, a criminal, Claire, a prom queen, and Andy, a jock, are forced to spend the day in Saturday detention. At first they are quiet, but later they start talking and learn that behind the exterior, they are all the same. OK, that original plot description sounds cheesy, but this is a classic! Everyone who can sit still for the length of a movie should have already seen it. If you haven't, buy it now! And don't tell anybody you haven't. It's embarrassing.
Actors: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Paul GleasonDirectors: John HughesFormat: Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSCRegion: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. )Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Number of discs: 1Rating:Studio: Mca Home VideoDVD Release Date: April 29, 1998Run Time: 92 minutesDVD Features: Available Subtitles: English, SpanishAvailable Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)Size: 7 1/2" x 5 1/4" x 1/2"

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