Overview:
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.| Status: | Released (1985-02-15) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins total |
| BoxOffice: | $45,875,171 |
| Screen: | John Hughes |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, A&M Films, Channel Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 2880: Emilio Estevez - Andrew Clark
- 21624: Judd Nelson - John Bender
- 21625: Molly Ringwald - Claire Standish
- 1904: Anthony Michael Hall - Brian Johnson
- 12851: Ally Sheedy - Allison Reynolds
- 7675: Paul Gleason - Richard Vernon
- 55554: John Kapelos - Carl
Crews
- 1117353: Andrew Meyer - Executive Producer - Production
- 11505: John Hughes - Director - Directing
- 11505: John Hughes - Producer - Production
- 950463: Gil Friesen - Executive Producer - Production
- 3031: Thomas Del Ruth - Director of Photography - Camera
- 6453: Dede Allen - Editor - Editing
- 21643: Ned Tanen - Producer - Production
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Reviews
SierraKiloBravo
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Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/tCnm1BN1iAs The brain, the athlete, the princess, the basket case, and the criminal - yes we’re talking about _The Breakfast Club_. It’s been dubbed as a seminal film of the 1980s and takes a place as an intergenerati ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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_**Forced, artificial dialogs with eye-rolling character arcs**_ Released in 1985 and written & directed by John Hughes, "The Breakfast Club" is a teen dramedy about five high school students from five different sub-cultures during an all-day detention over the weekend at their su ....
Continue reading ->Rob
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An absolute classic, and no mistake. If you disagree, sorry, you're wrong. John Hughes was an utter genius.
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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I'd struggle to recall any other of Judd Nelson's films, but in this he really does shine. He's the obvious recalcitrant amongst five teenage youths who have been dragged into school on a Saturday for some seemingly rather pointless detention. This is manna from heaven for their head ....
Continue reading ->Margot Maritz
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I absolutely love this film. When I saw that Ster-Kinekor was having a throwback screening, I immediately went to book my tickets to see it on the big screen. I still think The Breakfast Club is an incredible film, and the core message it presents remains deeply important and rele ....
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