The Brats of my yesteryears

Rating: 8/10 (26 May 2018)

I was turning eighteen on the year 1985 and seeing this flick for the first time I half appreciated it. A few years later, graduated and all, I caught this film replayed on the telly. Then it dawned on me that I really can relate to this film and started to fully appreciate it. What our high school memory collage is made of, it varies from person to person ; bullied, awkward, spoiled, brat, ungrateful, never satisfied, restless, shy, anxious, angstig, nervous, happy, sad, shallow, and all the oxymoronic description of being a teenager comes to mind. But a few years passed before I really reflected on this film, and yes I have changed and so has everyone. A lot of these youngsters, Estevez, Ringwald, Sheedy, Nelson, Michael Hall are just the same as me and my high school friends, some made it, some continue to struggle but one thing for sure, we're all trying to survive this crazy, cruel but wonderful world. As a rite of passage film, still relevant personas up to this day. For the younger generation, the music of Simple Minds is perhaps worth adding to your ' like ' list.