The Breakfast Club movie review

The Breakfast Club was an iconic movie from the '80s about five teenagers who are forced to spend a Saturday at school in detention. You have the preppy princess (Molly Ringwald), the jock (Emilio Estevez), the nerd (Anthony Michael Hall), the freak (Ally Sheedy), and the loser (Judd Nelson). This movie is so timeless because these social stereotypes still exist, and will probably continue to exist forever. This movie is so relatable because we know these characters, we wen't to school with these characters, and we were these characters. I am Allison, I am that weirdo, that social outcast, I see so much of myself in her character. That is the thing, we all can identify either as these characters or know people who do intimately. This movie tells about how these kids from these different social groups and backgrounds come together through out the space of a day, and they grow and get to really know each other, and learn that they are each more than just their social stereotype. This movie is almost 100% character development, that is the point of the movie si that these characters grow, and as they do we learn more and more about them. John Hughes is an amazing director, and he has this ability to direct teenage movies, that are true to life, that are relatable, not just to kids of the '80's but to kids of all generations. There will always be John Benders in this world, who have shitty lives at home and are abused and neglected, and they come to school and abuse everyone and everything around them, because let's be honest, negative attention, is better than no attention at all. That is the thing all of these characters, we know them, we went to school with them, and we are them. The ability to write a movie that can touch the hearts of everyone is a rare skill. Everything about this movie really was perfect, the set, which the movie just takes place in a school, is a generic enough school that it could be any school in the country, the costumes all fit perfectly with teenagers in the 80s, and honestly are still to a degree true today. The dialogue is all very true of school in that time period, again really everything is perfect, the pace, the lighting, everything. But this movie is not without its flaws. The thing that bugged me the most, is that Allison had to go through a physical transformation, of Claire changing her clothes, hair, and make-up. No one seemed to recognize that she was beautiful, until she was made up to look more like society's beauty norms. I will be honest, i loved Allison, exactly the way that she was in the beginning, I loved her make-up, her hair, everything. It is sad that this movie is reinforcing those societal beauty norms. Would I recommend this movie? Yes, this is one of my all-time favourite movies, I truly believe everyone needs to see this amazing move, and i am so happy that it is part of my collection. Definitely a well done. I love Brian's (the nerd's) question, if we run into each other in the hall on Monday, would we still be friends? That's a hard question, that should have a simple answer, but it really doesn't, when considering the pressures of being a high school student, and the importance of fitting into social groups. This is a movie that will most likely never stop being relevant.