One of the greatest films of the 1980s

Rating: 10/10 (13 May 2006)

I work with teenagers. I remember when I saw the Breakfast Club. It was on television, cable or regular, maybe both. I grew up in the 1980s and I can relate to this group of teens. This film was serious and funny, dark and light comedy all at the same time. John Hughes is one of my favorite directors of all time. Maybe it's because to the kids of the 1980s, we grew up knowing his films and the lines and the characters and everything in between. I lived in the suburbs. The characters here in this film are casted excellently. Molly Ringwald owes her career to John Hughes' films, so does Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Emilio Estevez. We can't forget Paul Gleason and John Kapelos who play the principal and the janitor who worked a Saturday to remember. We all grew up with the lines from the film especially Johnny's. THe film touches a lot of issues like teen suicide, depression, child abuse, emotional and psychological abuse, and running away. We love the music and we remember the ending. We will always wonder what happened on Monday morning after their detention. What a school library, they make some public libraries to shame.