Perhaps you just have to be a teen...and still live in the 1980s.

Rating: 4/10 (2 February 2017)

Back in the 1980s when "The Breakfast Club" debuted, I was in my early 20s and never got around to watching it. I know it is considered a classic so I finally saw it tonight...as there was nothing else I wanted to see on TV. And, after having watched it, I really wish I hadn't. I think most of the reason is because I am 52...hardly the target age for the movie.
The story is about five teens who are forced to go to Saturday detention at their high school. The teacher supervising them mostly leaves them alone...as he's an apathetic jerk. As for the five, they all seem to be caricatures--archetypes of sorts. And, through the course of the film you slowly begin to learn more about them.
As I said, I am hardly the age for this one. However, even aside from that, I can think of quite a few 80s teen films that are simply more fun to watch...such as "Better off Dead" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". I just felt bored as I watched "The Breakfast Club"...totally bored...even when the characters later began to spill their guts and supposedly 'got real'.
By the way, one scene would probably be seen today by many as a sexual assault. When the punk kid (Judd Nelson) is hiding under the table, he buries his head in a girl's crotch and she clearly did NOT want him to do this. Perhaps it was funny in the 80s...today folks would probably not be as impressed by this scene. Sensitivities have definitely changed.