Simply the best

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2001)

Despite other erronius reviews I've read (here) TBC is, simply put, the best movie of it's category I've ever seen. For those of you have not seen it (yet) it's about a group of 'catagorized' high school students who are lumped together one fateful Saturday for detention. Sound dull 'till you see it. The walls of society's 'pigeon holes' come crashing down when the teens learn to talk to each other as individuals rather than talking to each other as who they think they should be. In example we learn that the 'tough guy' John Bender (Played by Judd Nelson) although street smart and rugged is also insightful and intelligent.
The thing I liked specifically about this movie is how the writer (John Hughes) takes the conversations between the actors one step beyond. Although in real life the flow probably wouldn't happen. It was portrayed in a believable manner. The attitudes, dress, and even the language of that era (1985) take me right back to high school.
It has been commented that scenes in the movie 'could never happen' and are even 'far fetched'. To these critics I say perhaps. But if you delve into the real meaning of the movie and understand that the intention of the writer was to illustrate the social prejudices of the time, you'd understand that the premis isn't 'far fetched' at all.
On a less serious note, there are (at least in my mind) some serious one liners that even today i'll take out of my one liner library, dust off and use. "Does Barry Manilow know you raid his wardrobe?" All in all I found this movie to be funny, nestalgic, dramatic and uplifting... Even still. I give it a full 9.9/10. An excellent rental for the 30 something crowd.