An amazing Classic.

Rating: Null/10 (5 February 2012)

In the movie The Breakfast Club, the story takes place on a Saturday morning at a High School in dentition. Five very different students each where in dentition that morning for all very different reasons. You had the Jock, Andrew Clark played by actor Emilio Esteves, the Nerd, Brian Johnson played by actor Anthony Michael Hall, the Criminal John Bender, played by actor Judd Nelson, the Princess, Claire Standish played by actress Molly Ringwald and last but not least the Basket Case, Allison Reynolds played by Ally Sheedy. As the story continues the five young students began to realize their life is not as different as they might have imagined. The film does a beautiful job, displaying the typical problems many teenagers go through. For example, the pressure Andrew has put on him by his Dad to be the best wrestler he could be, and to follow in the giant shadow that his Dad has already created for him. Another example, John Bender is a young man who makes crazy decisions and acts out during school do to his abusive home life. As the Saturday continues, the young five students begin to develop a friendship with one another, however are confronted with the difficult decision on whether to continue to be friends and take the chance of being rejected by their status quo , or breaking their newly developed friendship in order to still be accepted into their "group". The Breakfast club shines light on the theme of everyone's desire to be accepted by their peers, as well as the idea that you are never alone. Another movie which relates to the theme of the Breakfast club would be Sixteen Candles. In Sixteen Candles two of the main characters Samantha Baker played by actress Molly Ringwald and the Geek played by Anthony Michael Hall are not a member of the popular crowd, however, both desperately want to be accepted by them. The theme of Sixteen Candles relates to the theme of Breakfast Club, everyone's desire to be accepted. Both movies portrayed the theme in different ways however, both very successful. A few techniques in the Breakfast Club that added emphasis on the theme of the movie were music and close up shots. Music added to the theme, because the music became another form of expression in the film in the sense, you could understand the emotion of the screen by the music in the background. The music choose for this movie, also helped relate to the time period in which the film was set in. The close up shots help add to the theme because it supported the importance of the scene by zooming in on one character, as well it helped connect the viewer and the character, by making their emotional level more relatable. Between the music and the close up views, the Breakfast club did a beautiful job of connecting the viewer to each character. The Breakfast Club was an overall outstanding movie, and shined light on the troubles younger individuals go through every day , but as stated in the classic by Karla DeVito " We are not alone".