a timeless masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (8 June 1999)

I first saw The Breakfast Club 10 years ago when in the 7th grade we had to watch it in English class. It struck a chord with me as even though the labels of the kids in the movie were different as to what they were when I was at school (change the crim to the goth etc. etc) the themes with the popular kids ignoring the outsiders were pretty much the same. Even now, as I work in the education system - the Breakfast Club is still as popular today as it was 14 years ago. I have seen this movie over 50 times and I never tire of it. Allison and Brian are to two characters I related to when I was growing up because since I didn't conform to the popular kids "beliefs" I was automatically ostracised - which was fine by me although my family didn't push me like Brian's or ignored me like Allison's. Judd Nelson gave a powerful performance as John. Even though I am usually a fan of Molly Ringwald's work I think she was miscast in TBC - automatically making me dislike the character of Claire. Emilio Estevez was good as Andrew although making Vernon's character evil and the little use of Carl seemed like a waste. I always hoped there would be a sequel - to see if they remained true to their new friendships on Monday!! I heard a rumour that there may be a sequel with the characters reuniting at their high school reunion. Also the blonde joke that Bender said while crawling in the roof was made up... I know some people were asking about it in one of the web sites for this movie.