An '80s "classic".

Rating: 7/10 (25 May 2019)

How "The Breakfast Club" leapfrogged all of the other great '80s teen movies to become the classic of the genre is a bit of a mystery to me. When I saw it in the theater (MovieWorld, Douglaston, NY) I liked it but never did it cross my mind that this movie was going to be the '80s movie that future generations would be watching. I mean both of my daughters had to watch "The Breakfast Club" in school (even though it's rated "R" and filled with cursing and parent bashing). It is a good movie but the "serious" scenes are a drag to watch and, at the end of the day, kind of silly. It is actually the scenes with Mr Vernon and janitor Carl that save this movie. They are the best characters in movie not the whiny teens. All that said, "The Breakfast Club" is required viewing. At least once.