A realistic and intimate portrayal of teen life

Rating: 10/10 (2 August 2013)

The Breakfast Club was a breakthrough movie in the 80's. John Hughes wrote and directed this masterpiece about five completely dissimilar teenagers who are forced to spend 8 hours together in the library for detention. This movie can grab you in, making you laugh, or making you even shed a tear. The Breakfast Club is one of the best movies from the 80's and possibly the best teenage movie of the century.
I always find some hilarious lines from John Bender ("Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?"), and some great lines from Principal Vernon. The movie manages to make you laugh a lot. However, for these five teens, they may be dissimilar, but they all relate to having parent issues. Somewhere between the arguing with them all, they find friendships in their 8 hour endeavor which is shown in the last 30 minutes of the film. One of the best and funniest scenes from the film, is where they gather to the back of the library and smoke weed. Although a very obviously wrong thing to do, they manage to shield the pain through the drugs supposedly. It portrays how teens live their lives and when they need to get away from the abuse they might have. Emilio Estevez doing back-flips across the library, while the rest are stoned on the couch is an example of the comedic style and energy shown through adolescence. The first hour makes you laugh, makes you root, makes you wish for the 80's, and makes you think. After all the chaos; (Arguing, Smoking, Escaping Vernon, Laughing, Crawling through the air vents.etc), they gather on the top of the library and create one of the best and most wonderfully scripted emotional scenes to date.
In the last superb/emotional 30 minutes of the film; They pour their hearts out to each other. Emotional topics such as suicide, abuse, and drugs are brought into the conversation caused by all of their parents. Molly Ringwald's character "Claire" doesn't believe their friendships will carry on after the Saturday of detention when Brian (Anthony Michael Hall) asks the question. They all eventually break into tears after they all admit the stress of life, school, and popularity.
They end a legendary conversation with admitting that they care about each other and a laugh at Brian's expense (although he eventually laughs with them too.) After dancing to 80's pop music in happiness (which i yearn to hear in movies again), giving Allison a makeover, and writing the supposed letter posed to be written to Mr. Vernon in the beginning about "who they think they are"; They walk out of detention with pride and accomplishment. The film ends with Bender raising his fist to the sky on the school field (as a freeze frame.)
Although i didn't describe every detail of the film: (Relationships, Locker Scene, Closet Scene, Gym Scene.etc), i summed up what the movie was about, and it is a fun watch. It may bring you nostalgia, but it always manages to bring a smile to your face (at least for me). The Breakfast Club is a classic that will always be one of my favorite movies.
Rating: 10/10