Classic movie, puts you in touch with yourself

Rating: 10/10 (12 March 2013)

Five very different high school kids wind up at Saturday detention for a various reasons. The educator pulling Saturday duty isn't the nicest guy around, and the kids immediately begin carving out their niches according to what they believe their social status and place in life demands. By the end of the film, you understand that this day, they've learned a lot about life and who they are, and that they will not allow their lives to be determined by what their parents, teachers, and other students think they should be. This is a wonderful film, and a powerful lesson in life, love, friendship, and free will. What happens in between the start and finish will make you mad, sad, and everything in between. The actors do a superb job of pulling you in and making you care, between raw outbursts of emotion, or displays of self sacrifice, this is one of those rare films that just touches you.