An excellent dramatic film that dives deep inside the teenage spirit

Rating: 9/10 (20 August 2008)

In one of John Hughes' most critically acclaimed films, 5 teenagers are in detention on a Saturday and are forced to interact under the watchful eye of Principal Vernon.
After seeing Ferris Bueller's day Off and hearing friends discuss this 1985 drama, I was very eager to give it a watch, and was spoilt in one, if not the, best teenage dramas ever made.
Estevez, Hall, Nelson, Ringwald and Sheedy are today big stars in Hollywood and it's fair to say that this film pushed them towards that status in a marvellous display of teenage emotions and antics in a great enjoyable and interesting drama.
John Hughes has done it again with sharp writing, jokes and a great character driven plot that justifies the ideology of how parents can have bad effects on children.
And this ideology of being brought up is very interesting to watch, and is portrayed well by all actors, and how the characters are all effected in different ways by their parents attitudes towards them.
Though not designed to be funny, there are a few quirks in the plot that adds a delightful depth to the narrative and keeps the interest alive, and an ideology of what detention is like, and how it can affect your own mood.
Though taking a while to get into, once the characters start interacting more does the plot really come together and capture the true essence of what goes on inside a teenage mind.
Having an open question to the story will keep you watching to the very end, why is everyone in detention on a Saturday? This technique is well used and the final scenes are very dramatic and are worth hanging on for.
The Breakfast Club is a sharply written, intense and intriguing drama that questions the whole concept of how children and teenagers should be raised. Hughes has brought this ideology to a dramatic light to create one of the best teenage dramas ever, not over doing it with unnecessary jokes and focusing on the characters and heir personalities which makes it an essential watch.