Detention Generation.

Rating: 9/10 (6 May 2015)

The Breakfast Club (1985): Dir: John Hughes / Cast: Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estivez, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy: Title regards making the best of a bad situation as five students spend an entire Saturday in detention and the stereotypes are only a surface coating concealing real emotions. Judd Nelson plays a trouble making rebel. Molly Ringwald plays the prom queen with the wealthy parents. Emilio Estivez plays the wrestling jock. Anthony Michael Hall is the class nerd. Ally Sheedy is the outcast. They elevate beyond stereotypes with broad characters and genuine emotion that viewers can relate to. Director John Hughes understands teenagers and their confused role in society, which is perhaps why he is celebrated within this class of film. He previously directed Ringwald and Hall in Sixteen Candles as well as produce and write several other projects. The library detention room gives a appropriate claustrophobic feel as the students weigh out the time. It begins with aggressive introduction until Hughes reveals the pressures that these students face and how they are effected. Some claim that this is the best of teen movies. It is stagy but it does create a worldview likely to provoke a response from the number of viewers who know the drama of detention. What Hughes establishes is the differences in upbringing and the promise of adjustment as they enter society. Score: 9 / 10