"There's nothing to do when you're locked in a vacancy"

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 1999)

The Breakfast Club opens with a simple quote from David Bowie that talks about the way that the youth are treated. This is what the generality of the movie is about. I love this movie, as should everyone that ever went to highschool. John Hughs clearly lays out five stereotypes that are given in every educational institute. The way the movie progresses is brilliant, the characters don't sell out to each other and their are no false emotions. These people spend a whole day together and speak of their greatest humiliations and talk about stuff they normally wouldn't, and then when a simple question is asked. "Will we still be friends on Monday, if we're friends now that is?". This gives the perfect set-up for a cheesy hollywood ending, but the characters are true to themselves and their stereotypes.
The scene with the janitor and Vernon is outstanding as he learns that if he keeps up his attitude towards students that there will be no one to look after him in his old age, we learn so much from these students: humanity, humilty, trust... it's a film for the ages. This movie will stand the test of time, and I'm glad that it is one that proves that you don't need big expensive sets and outragious special effects, all you need is a good story with good people to tell it - that is the fundamental of film and John Hughes has caught it in his 1:45 min of running time, I just wish he would make more movies like this and leave the Home Alone series to hacks like it should be. This is THE HIGHSCHOOL movie. Never pass up the chance to see it.