Breakfast Club

Pros: Characters, Performances, Dialogue, Music
Cons: None

“...And these children that you spit on as they try to change their worlds are immune to your consultations. They’re quite aware of what they’re going through...” (David Bowie)

So begins The Breakfast Club, one of the...

Pros: great acting, theme is respectful of teenagers
Cons: too many new teen movies discredit their predecessors

The name John Hughes and Eighties movies are practically synonymous to me. The Breakfast Club is no exception to the rule. There isn't one main character who WASN'T part of the so-called Brat Pack, including Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson and...

Pros: Accurate depiction of high school society, great dialogue.
Cons: Some dated bits, a few over-the-top moments.

In looking over John Hughes resume as a writer-director, it's obvious why it's easy to forget that he was once one of the better writer-director's in Hollywood. For the past decade he has largely been coasting, giving us crap like Flubber, 101 Dalmatians...

Pros: A surprisingly brilliant depiction of the trappings of high school
Cons: None

I still remember the first time I saw it. I was in my pre-teens, and it seemed like everyone was talking about it. This cool, hip movie that seemed to capture the essence of high school. Though I wasn't yet in high school myself, and I saw the movie ...

Pros: Greatest movie ever written
Cons: Nothing!

The Breakfast Club is the greatest movie ever made. Not only is it writen by a ginuess (John Hughes) but the cast is phenominal! Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall are the perfect people to play the roles...

Pros: Stars brat - pack actors/actresses, comedy, uplifting
Cons: None

Anyone who lived a significant portion of their life in the eighties will appreciate this classic. Starring brat - pack superstars Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Judd Nelson, and Anthony Michael Hall this movie brings out the true feelings...

Pros: the perfect depiction of high school, good acting
Cons: none

This film is a classic in every sense of the word. It's theme of cliques in high schools (oh yeah by the way people, if anything caused Columbine, it was THAT, not Marilyn Manson or any other music) and how they hurt people with the stereotypes is...

Pros: Great cast, script, directing
Cons: explicit drug use (marijuana)

This movie is a GREAT movie for teens today. I teach high school and I show this to all my classes every year and have them write a paragraph on who changes the most. I went to high school in the 70's and there were similar "groups." ...

Pros: Lots of good lessons and funny humor
Cons: None!

My high school could've severely used a breakfast club. The movie teaches you about accepting peoples' differences and there's more to people than just what is presented on the outside. This lesson is a very important one for life. The movie itself ...

Pros: cast, humor, classic eighties
Cons: a few glitches

The Breakfast Club is the prime example of an 80's film. However, it deals with problems that haunt teens even to this day. Director John Hughes was able to identify and portray effectively the troubles so many people face during their adolescent...

Pros: Strong teen perfromances. Unequivocally the best teen movie ever.
Cons: Limited cast.

John Hughes' "The Breakfast Club" is unequivocally my favorite teen film of all time. Even when looked at today, over fifteen years later, the film still holds its impact.

How ingenious. A film with a very small ensemble cast,...

Pros: A Journey of Teens and their Self-discovery.
Cons: Weak final scenes tended to trivalize the important messages.

When I review a movie, I either really like it or I really don’t. That’s why I don’t review many movies. Most movies or videos that I view fall somewhere in between. So if they are only an “OK” movie, I can’t find the words to express it and I can’t...

Pros: Good lesson that high school kids of all groups could learn.
Cons: NONE AT ALL!!

I saw this movie for the first time in 1986. I didn't understand the problems really as a kid, but I understood the film better when I got to high school in 1993. This film is a must for a kid ready to head off to high school. Many classic examples to...

Pros: chillin out with the bratpack
Cons: there's really no plot

This is my all time favorite movie. With an all-star cast of Judd Nelson, Emilio Estivez, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Michael Hall, and Molly Ringwald this is possibly the greatest line-up of all time and what really started it all as the famously known...

Pros: Excellent story line
Cons: none

This movie is one that I have seen over and over again. This movie is absolutely amazingly well written, performed, and directed. The plot is really kinda dumb, in that these students must spend their Saturday in detention, but the way it is written,...