Don't you forget about me - Trust me, I won't!

Rating: 8/10 (28 October 2004)

This movie begins and ends with one of my favorite songs from the eighties: "Don't you" from the Simple Minds. In the beginning you think this is just a song, but at the end you understand the true meaning of it for this movie.
The movie is about five teenagers who all have a completely different background. They have absolutely nothing in common, they never talked to each other before and they never would, but somehow they will have to get through eight hours of detention. Of course they hate each other, but before the day is over they find out that they have more in common than they thought.
This is a teen movie, but it certainly isn't a typical one. I mean: no teens that get killed, not a lot of screaming... No, this is an intelligent and timeless movie in which every one of us will recognize something from him or herself. It was shot in 1985, but it still hasn't lost its relevance. The different characters are perhaps a little bit stereotypical, but I don't consider that as a bad thing. It helps you to identify the different types of people that can be found in a large community like a school.
I really liked this movie and I would recommend it to everybody. Teens can recognize themselves in it and adults know all to well what it was like being a teenager. This is certainly one of the best eighties movies. I give this movie an 8/10.