Film Analysis: The Breakfast Club

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The Breakfast Club is a coming-of-age movie. This movie follows five high school students who all have school detention on a Saturday morning. They all come from various types of group. There is the anxious and bizarre girl, Allison; the sporty guy, Andrew; the hard-acting guy, John; the popular girl, Claire; and the nerd, Brian. They all saw each other that way too because they were “brainwashed” into accepting that. Since they are all from different types of groups, they don’t know each other, nor do they want to. At first they think they don’t have anything in common, but as time passes, that proves to be wrong. Since they were the only people in the library, they can’t help but slowly get to know each other. This movie was written and directed by the brilliant John Hughes, who in my opinion is the “King of 80’s movies.” He has directed great 80’s teen movies like 16 Candles, Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, and Pretty in Pink. This movie has mix of genres any individual could possible enjoy: drama, comedy, and even romance. The actors in the movie performed to be tremendous in their roles. The actors in the movie are known as “the brat pack”. The movie is starring: Emilio Estevez, known for popular movies like The Outsiders; Molly Ringwald, who starred in movies like Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles; Anthony Michael Hall, who was in the movie 16 Candles with Molly Ringwald; and Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson, they both starred in St. Elmo’s Fire. There couldn’t be anyone better to portray the characters in the movie than these actors.
This movie was filmed at a high school, inside of a school library. The movie begins with the students getting picked off at school by their parents on a Saturday morning. The students go to the library to s...

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...ke “basket case”, “criminal”, “athlete”, “brain”, and “princess”. However to them, they’ll always be known as “The Breakfast Club.”
Edgar Cochran says “The Breakfast Club is a magnificent, brilliant outstanding and thought-provoking piece of youthful energy…. It ends with realism and honesty that surprised me. Beyond all doubts, it is one of the best films of the genre, with an amazing array of audiovisual 80s memorabilia including a blast of a soundtrack.” The Breakfast Club’s plot, truthfulness, and impressive actors are what make it an unforgettable and evoking movie to this day. If you want to watch a movie where you want to laugh, rejoice, and relate, this is the movie for you. It has an amazing cast, incredible acting, a good plot, and great soundtrack. The Breakfast Club is the best 80s movie and everyone should see it at least once in their lives.

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