for years upon years ive always wondered about old peoples fascination with this movie and that shaggy guy with a birdnose and baggy clothes pumping his fist in the air.
i get it now.

It captured teenage angst in the eighties so well.

And had a wonderful cast.

And such memorable characters.

And it was hilarious.

And then there's that soundtrack.

Boy, that soundtrack.....

Pauline Kael described The Breakfast Club as “a movie about a bunch of stereotypes who complain that other people see them as stereotypes.” That's certainly true, but The Breakfast Club is also about teenagers who realize that their peers are far more complex than the restrictive labels they're boxed into. That, I think, is what sets the film apart from most other high school comedies. It's funny as hell, but it's also sympathetic and understanding of the choices these teenagers make. That's a rare quality to come across in a film about people who don't yet know who they are. Although the characters will almost certainly retreat into the labels foisted upon them as soon as detention is over, they leave school that day with the knowledge that people are, well, just people. And we all know just how long it takes to understand something as simple as that.

Like the moste Iam in Love with this Movie ... Molly my queen

10. A Film With A Famous Theme Song

And what a banger it is, Simple Minds, thank you for that teen angst anthem.

And what a movie, like why isn't this running as a theatrical production?

It's my favourite John Hughes Brat Pack movie, everyone is perfectly cast, superbly acted, brilliant quotable script, the movie looks amazing, it's so 80s and gorgeous to look at especially since it occurs all within a drab school, but somehow it looks light, and not at all claustrophobic, which is how I suspect many cinematographers would have filmed it.

Another movie I snuck into this scavenger hunt which is one of my all time favourites.

A beautiful and perfectly balanced film that wonderfully represents the teenage and human existence.

Scavenger Hunt #30 – September 2017
Film 12 // Task#10 A film with a famous theme song

Loved all the characters. Very simple situation and all happens on just one day, but you learn so much about each of them.

A group of teenagers discover a little something about themselves and about humanity along the way.

Really great movie about adolescence and all the standards imposed by family and society, which in those years must've been even harder than nowadays.

The expectations of adults upon children and the suffocating weight of trying to grow up.  I don’t think there’s much I can say about this that hasn’t been said by the millions of people who obsess over it.

It has a lot of earnest angst and a melancholy acknowledgement of the future which is a nice, sobering touch to bring the antics and awfulness some grounding.  I also like that the group never coalesce into a true unit.  Even at the end, they still have their issues alone and with each other but they more or less align against the teacher.  They don’t magically become great friends even though the film tries to kind of sell it that way.

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Also, has everyone collectively ignored that this film ends with Molly Ringwald falling in love with the guy who makes a joke about raping her in the first ten minutes of the film?  How romantic.

I will forget this film....

one time i watched heathers and thought it was the breakfast club so i told everyone i loved it until i watched the actual breakfast club at a sleepover and ehhhh ....... its a fine film like there's no glaring mistakes that made me turn it off, but it definitely doesn't deserve the praise it gets as the Definitive 80s Coming-of-Age Film™ when stand by me exists :/