One of the Best John Huston Movies

Rating: 9/10 (11 July 2007)

I remember when this movie came out; I saw it with some of my high school friends and we though that it would be another dorky teen movie. We couldn't have been farther from the truth. This movie was so touching, so well made, so convincing and so unbelievably realistic. Need I say more? Judd Nelson was very convincing as "The Rebel" but also added a touch of sympathy to it. It's like; he's rebellious because of his home life but there is some sense of empathy to his character. All the characters have some sort of problems, family problems, that made them who they are and how they got in detention. It was a very emotionally strong movie and it really spoke about high school life and differences between clicks.
What really makes this movie worth watching is also the chemistry and character development between these alienated and severely different groups of kids. At first they don't want anything to do with each other, but as the movie goes on, they grow to like one another. It's even better, considering how John Huston found so many different activities and lectures to pass the time in detention. How many kids haven't thought of some of the things that the Breakfast Club though of to pass time? This movie, among others, was the corner stone of teen angst and the general teen genre all together. John Huston knows how to write teen dramas, unlike some of the writers today.
A great American classic.