Enjoyable but had higher potential

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2004)

I would take Breakfast Club as a very enjoyable teenage movie. It might not have a clear point or top performances but it still retains its entertainment value. Apart from that, since the setting is minimal and the movie is concentrated on the dialogues, there was room for far better lines. Plenty of plot elements could be analyzed and explored deeper. It does not really justify the forming of the bond between the kids. Moreover, while only scraping the surface of their problems, it tries to communicate some vague moral lesson, without having truly elaborated on it before.