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  Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 5

  This rewatch was frustrating and somewhat infuriating.

  Not because the film disappointed, no, it's still as funny and perfectly balanced as ever.

  It's because, in over 30 years, the problems kids face because of self-centred adults haven't changed the slightest.

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  Review by 👽hayley👽 ★★★★ 17

  im always SO bitter about the makeover claire gives allison she looked so amazing with the goth look <///3

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  Review by Stacey Bates ★★★★ 6

  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.

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  Review by Sara Clements ★★ 14

  I get what the film was trying to do by bringing together characters of different stereotypes, but I found it so insufferable to watch honestly. And Bender treats Claire like shit the entire movie, talks about how he wants to rape her, sticks his head up her skirt, and at the end she’s like, “I luv u bb kiss kiss.” Get outta here.

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  Review by 𝐆𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐚 ★★★★★

  We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all.

  All my personalities who meet each other.

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  Review by DirkH ★★★★★ 3

  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.....

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  Review by 🇵🇱 Steve G 🇵🇸 ★★★★★ 18

  I'm now hereby installing The Breakfast Club on The Romancing The Stone Plan and it will be now watched on a bi-annual basis.

  And besides, I really did need to watch it today. Bank Holidays are fucking bollocks.

  Here's why I'm putting it on the Plan:-

  1) Judd Nelson casually swiping some Post-It Notes as he walks into detention.

  2) "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"

  3) The look Nelson gives Anthony Michael Hall when he tries to take his jacket off at the same time.

  4) "I'm in math club!"

  5) "No, I don't wear tights! I wear the required uniform."

  6) "Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place!"

  7) Why is…

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  Review by Angeles ✨ ★★ 12

  Considering this is a classic movie and most people seem to like it, I'm obviously the unpopular opinion here.

  A lot of scenes in The Breakfast Club feel dated to me, I was totally bored for the first half on the movie, and the other half bothered me a lot. I couldn't care less about the characters and I actually didn't find any of them likeable, in fact, I didn't stand some of these guys at all. My biggest problem with The Breakfast Club is how sexist it is and how uncomfortable it made me feel with its dialogue, especially the interactions between the ''rebel'' and the ''princess'', it was all really awkward and it definitely made me feel weird.…

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  Review by Rida ★★★★ 6

  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.

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  Review by hamfruitcake ★★★★★

  Every film about teenagers wishes it was this cool.

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  Review by Lizzy ★★★★★ 2

  imagine if there was a breakfast club comprised of the different kinds of letterboxd users. we would bare our souls about the pressures of trying to watch at least 300 movies per year, instead of smoking weed we'd vape, instead of jocks and preppies we'd have filmbros and filmsis's, instead of geeks and oddballs we'd have blockbuster connoisseurs and auteur obsessives. at the end of the day we'd all come home to our personal criterion collections of varied curation. imagine all of the chemistry and possible entertainment. somebody please make this happen

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  Review by Andy Summers ★★★★★

  The only movie where a guy called Bender is the coolest dude on the planet.