The Breakfast Club is a 1985 HollyWood classic, following five Sherman High students dealing with the misfortune of having to go to school on a saturday. Their misfortune continues after their Principal, Mr. Vernon, assigned them a thousand word essay on who they think they are. During the eight hour period spent not doing their essays, the students found themselves more than occupied by their boredom, inability to shleep and a mutually shared disdain for one another. The characters of the five students were created to represent five separate social groups stereotypical of a highschool setting. There’s Brian Johnson “ The Brain” who spends his time enjoying all five food groups and attempting to fit in with the rest of the group, Claire Standish “ The Princess” who shows everyone what she learned at camp in seventh grade and deals with consistent beration by John Bender “The Criminal” who, while not criticizing his other four cellmates, spends his time crawling through the ceiling and taking a shmoke of some of that good shtuff. Representing the Jocks is Andy Clark “ The Athlete” who takes to the role of defending the princess and rationalizing his relationship with his father. Then there's Allison Reynolds “The BasketCase” whose time was spent munching on her nails and sugary cereal between two slices of bread sandwiches.
Throughout their stay the five criticize each other, fight, shmoke weed, dance and eventually open up to one another. Eventually they learn that they share a common trait of strained relationships with their families, it comes out that Andy’s act of taping another man's Buttocks was due to his desire to prove to his father that he was worthy of his admiration going on to say “ Sometimes I wish my knee would give. And I wouldn't be able to wrestle anymore. And he could forget all about me.”. The group also shares a collective fear of growing up to make the same mistakes as the adults in their lives.
Subjectively this film is wonderful. It was created with the perfect amount of memorable lines Ex. “Hey, how come Andrew gets to get up? If he gets up, we'll all get up, it'll be anarchy.” , “Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.” and “ Eat my Shorts” which later became the catchphrase of Bart Simpson. Combined with a cast perfectly tailored to their roles and a story that is as true as it is depressing this movie is a classic that will stand the test of time years to come. Subjective Rating: Good
An Objective look at the film leaves the same impression, a classic American story that couldn't be done better. Objective Rating : Good
Based Off your Interest in
1: Ferris Bueller's Day off
2: Dazed and Confused
3:The Good the Bad and the Ugly
4: A Bug's Life
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