man, what a cool movie

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 2001)

after coming across the breakfast club page in imdb, i read the comments submitted by a fellow imdb user and felt that his view of the film didnt do the film justice. i think it was fantastic. sure there was no inspiring moral in the story. Maybe there wasnt much of a story at all. but of all the videos in my collection(60+) breakfast club is one i can always be sure to enjoy even though ive seen it so many times.
it revolves around 5 school kids in saturday detention. the plot is as simple as that. but what makes it a classic film is the issues it deals with and the way that they are dealt with. it also has some great one-liners and humor.
its covers teen suicide (brians flare gun going off in his locker), drug use(four of them smoking dope in the library), life at home and parents, general teen angst/disenchantment, parental abuse(benders cigar burn scar) and different ranks of human beings in society. One of the heaviest, most intense scenes being the one in the library when the group all confide in each other with secrets or feelings that they couldnt talk to with their friends/family. Its a little sullen but quite beautiful.
Its a great feel good movie and im sure most teenagers (and adults with children down inside =) ) will relate to the implications of teen life and how it can often be a kind of torment for some.
And to top off, it has a happy ending. 5 strangers go into detention and walk out feeling better in themselves and feeling stonger and more confident with who they are.
to wrap up, if you see this one on the shelf at your video store, pick it up and try it at least once. you wont regret it...