Fairly good

Rating: Null/10 (11 March 1999)

I had heard a few positive things about this film, that it was a very original, humorous, moving, and accurate film on teenagers in the 1980`s. After I viewed the film, I got mixed feelings. Altogether the film was fairly good, but there were a lot of flaws in it that just subtracted from the film`s quality. Sure, there were a few memorable parts of the film, some of the witty and comical, and others that were realistically poignant. The film`s plot was pretty basic; Five very different, almost stereotypical teenagers are forced to stay in a library for a whole day, serving detention. At first they can`t connect, but they ultimately bare their souls to each other. John Hughes did quite a good job constructing some real depth out of it. Now, it is time to review the film`s downside. The conclusion of the film was that bothered me the most. I don`t want to say what happens, but it is positively the weakest part of the film that just stands out too much to be ignored. The beginning of the film is also quite slow, it sort of takes a long time for the story to unravel. But all in all, if you are a fan of teen flicks and are easy to please, "The Breakfast Club" is the movie for you.