Must be 43 times now...

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2006)

I have just watched the Breakfast Club for what must be the forty third time, if I remember rightly. And I loved it just as much as when I first saw it, two months ago.
Being a typical teenager, (aged 13) I was actually sceptical to see this film. It has what I think is probably the most inappropriate name for such a good film. In fact, when a friend suggested I watched it, I believed it to be a club, where people went to eat breakfast.
I don't know whether it's the simple but heart tearing dialogues throughout the movie, the obvious attracting vibes running through four of the characters, or the amazing long scene where they are coming down from the cannabis, but something in this movie means that when I watch it, I can still feel the tensions between them just as I did the first time I saw it.
Not only giving a star performance, all five teenagers put their heart and soul into their performances, and it really shows. They have striking differences, but still they manage to come together as the breakfast club in the end.
Also adding a sinister feel is the corrupted principal of the school, who takes it upon himself to be rude to all the students, and in particular Bender. Adding a random but amusing character is the Janitor, who struck me also as rather sinister, when he revealed that he spied on all of the students when they least expected it, and went through their lockers.
I thought this was an absolutely amazing film, and will probably remain one of my favourites for a very long time. When the end came, I insisted on watching it again and again, because its endless dialogue was never wasted. I would recommend this to anyone, as it is a great movie, and I would love it if there had been a sequel. As it is, all the actors are now in their forties, so it probably wouldn't have the same teenage effect.