"The Breakfast Club" can define a generation. It involves five teens representing the social classes of high school in the 1980's. The nerd, Brian, played by Anthony Michael Hall. The princess, Claire, played by Molly Ringwald. The jock, Andrew, played by Emilio Estevez. The basket case, Allison, played by Ally Sheedy. And the criminal, John, played by Judd Nelson. They are all in detention together, counting down the minutes until they are let out. The person watching over them, is Mr. Vernon played by Paul Gleason. When they enter Mr. Vernon tells them write a paper explaining who they are. At first, they cannot bear the fact that they are at school on a Saturday until the afternoon. Their eyes are glued to the clock, while every waking second goes by. They end up starting to talk and like each other regardless that most of them have never met and they are from different social statuses of the high school. They even start to realize that they are not that different from each other because they are in the exact same situation. They become a social group of everyone in the social statuses coming together essentially one group.
This film is so fantastic because it is considered a classic 80's movie. It defines the high school age for most high schoolers. There is always going to be the popular crowd, and the non-popular crowd of high school. John Hughes, the writer/director, is essentially saying that we are in the same boat during high school and no one is better than anyone else regardless of looks, or personality.
Grade = 85/100 = B
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